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What is this sound of tumult that I hear—
Roaring of the sea, not burbling of the brook
Like the roar of a lion or a tiger?
I am in great danger and do not know
If my time approaches when I must…
Contributor:
Moses Zacuto
Places:
Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)
Date:
Mid–17th Century
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In the first year of King Belshazzar of Babylon, Daniel saw a dream and a vision of his mind in bed; afterward he wrote down the dream. Beginning the account, Daniel related the following…
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Land of Israel (Israel)
Date:
Hellenistic Period, 4th–2nd Century BCE
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This leaf-shaped ivory relief from Samaria depicts Horus as a child sitting on a lotus flower. The lotus was a symbol of regeneration, and because, in Egyptian belief, each pharaoh was considered an…
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Samaria, Land of Israel (Samaria, Israel)
Date:
Iron Age IIA–IIB, 9th–8th Century BCE
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Once, at night, after the seven days of mourning, while I lay on the sacks dozing, someone came to me, the Evil One himself, and said to me, “Gimpl, why are you sleeping?”
“What should I be doing,” I…
Contributor:
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Places:
New York, United States of America
Date:
1945