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I Protest
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I wipe the dust off my books with a small t-shirt, an old t-shirt which was once my son’s. We have more dust this summer than last, and its composition is different…

Contributor:

Aryeh Sivan

Places:

Tel Aviv, Israel

Date:

1989

Subjects:

Mourning, Children, Violence, War, Death, Poetry

Categories:

Poetry, Popular Poetry
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Koheleth’s Attempts to Find Meaning in Life
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I, Koheleth, was king in Jerusalem over Israel. I set my mind to study and to probe with wisdom all that happens under the sun.—An unhappy business, that, which God gave men to be…

Places:

Land of Israel (Israel)

Date:

Persian–Hellenistic Period, 6th–3rd Century BCE

Subjects:

Wisdom, Monarchy, Economic life, Philosophy, Death

Categories:

Wisdom Literature
Relief of figure on chair and figure reclining on sofa, surrounded by foliage, as several smaller figures wave fans, carry platters, and play instruments.