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I adapted the above psalm to my situation, for the blessed Lord freed me from the Inquisition—although broken, I was released and free—where I saw eleven seeming penitents burned to death for heresy…
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David Abenatar Melo
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Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire (Hamburg, Germany)
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1626
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The book’s name: This book [Song of Songs] is called a “song,” a noun bearing several meanings. First, it denotes music, as in the verse: all the daughters of song (Ecclesiastes 12:4), which means…
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Yoḥanan Alemanno
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ca. 1500
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Then did Moses and the Children of Israel sing this song (Exodus 15:1). Before we explain the words of this song, it is appropriate to clarify its poetic structure. I maintain that we, the Israelite…
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Isaac Abravanel
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Early 16th Century
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I shall recount the love of God, the faithful God,
I shall study his words, and prostrate myself to the formidable God, the Lord,
I shall walk in his paths, to the central land, my palace.
Happy…
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Amīnā
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Kashan, Safavid Iran (Kashan, Iran)
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1719/20
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The fire of joy in solitude. . . And since in vain I have made this journey,The ground giving way to my burning steps,Let me embrace this ardorIn abstract revelry* * *
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Henri Franck
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Paris, France
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1912
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When the world wearies of day’s golden egg,
Shabrang, the dark bay steed, appears
From under the crow’s wings…
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Khwājah Bukhārā’īā
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Bukhara, Khanate of Bukhara (Bukhara, Uzbekistan)
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1606
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With his asses, male and female,
His woolly sheep and billy goats,
His oxen and his camels
Bearing wineskins on their backs,
With his wives and his handmaids,
His servants and his…
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Edmond Fleg
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Paris, France
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1913