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Jezebel
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The days of my life pass by, dissolve like mist. I don’t know the what and when; I don’t know the who. Baal and Astarte have grown alien to me. My kingdom and my foes grow alien, too. I don’t…

Contributor:

Shulamit Kalugai

Places:

Mandate Palestine (Israel)

Date:

1941

Subjects:

Women, Dreams, Monarchy, Theology, Death, Poetry

Categories:

Poetry
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.