Hebrew Humour and Other EssaysLuzac & Company, 1905 - 186 pagina's |
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Pagina 5
... belong to that class of writers whose humour is but a mixture of bitterness and melancholy , and who , like the authors of Faust and Manfred , speak bitingly of humanity at large . His humour is mostly of the cheerful order ; and far ...
... belong to that class of writers whose humour is but a mixture of bitterness and melancholy , and who , like the authors of Faust and Manfred , speak bitingly of humanity at large . His humour is mostly of the cheerful order ; and far ...
Pagina 32
... belong the Book of Proverbs , the Book of Ecclesiastes , and the Proverbs of Jesus ben Sirach , better known under the name of Ecclesiasticus . Though the religious element is not entirely excluded from these books , yet they chiefly ...
... belong the Book of Proverbs , the Book of Ecclesiastes , and the Proverbs of Jesus ben Sirach , better known under the name of Ecclesiasticus . Though the religious element is not entirely excluded from these books , yet they chiefly ...
Pagina 33
... belong the Psalms , which are confessedly the peculiar product of Hebrew Art . They have never been surpassed in any other literature in simplicity of diction and originality of sentiment . Being the classical expression of the speech ...
... belong the Psalms , which are confessedly the peculiar product of Hebrew Art . They have never been surpassed in any other literature in simplicity of diction and originality of sentiment . Being the classical expression of the speech ...
Pagina 44
... belong to the same category , viz . Korah , Balaam , and Balak . Kerah signifies in the original Hebrew " coldness , " exemplified by his apathy to divine ordinances , when he brought about a rebellion against the authority of Moses ...
... belong to the same category , viz . Korah , Balaam , and Balak . Kerah signifies in the original Hebrew " coldness , " exemplified by his apathy to divine ordinances , when he brought about a rebellion against the authority of Moses ...
Pagina 88
... belong to the Jewish nation , is like the sluggard who exclaims : ' A lion is in the way . ' ' This extract , being a specimen of the contents of Immanuel's commentaries on various parts of the Bible , shows 88 IMMANUEL DI ROMA.
... belong to the Jewish nation , is like the sluggard who exclaims : ' A lion is in the way . ' ' This extract , being a specimen of the contents of Immanuel's commentaries on various parts of the Bible , shows 88 IMMANUEL DI ROMA.
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Agada Alcharizi ancient Hebrews appeared beautiful Bechinath Olam Berlin Bible Biblical Book of Proverbs called century chap chapter charm commentary composed Dante David David Kaufmann death Dervish Eben Bochan entitled Erter existence Frankel Geiger German Graetz Greek happy heaven Hebrew literature Hebrew periodical Hebrew women Heine humour ibid Ibn Ezra Immanuel interesting ISAAC ERTER Isaiah Italian Jewish community Jewish literature Jews Judaism Kalonymos Kalonymos's king Latin light literary living Luzzatto Machberoth Maimonides mentioned metaphors Mishna MODERN HEBREW Moses Moses Mendelssohn once original passages Piyutim poems Poesie poet poetical poetry Prince prophets Proverbs published Purim Rabbi Rebbe reference religious remarks rhymed prose Robert of Naples runs as follows SAMUEL DAVID LUZZATTO satire says scholars Solomon songs soul spirit Steinschneider style subjects subsequently synagogue Talmud Temple thee translation verse wife woman words writers Yedaya Zunz Zunz's
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Pagina 1 - It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation ; neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there, neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there ; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures ; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.
Pagina 3 - Who hath woe ? who hath sorrow ? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause ? who hath redness of eyes ? They that tarry long at the wine ; they that go to seek mixed wine.
Pagina 16 - Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground ; Another race the following spring supplies, They fall successive, and successive rise: So generations in their course decay, So flourish these, when those are past away.
Pagina 3 - And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
Pagina 12 - The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light : they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
Pagina 144 - IF there are ranks in suffering, Israel takes precedence of all the nations, — if the duration of sorrows and the patience with which they are borne ennoble, the Jews are among the aristocracy of every land, — if a literature is called rich in the possession of a few classic tragedies, what shall we say to a National Tragedy lasting for fifteen hundred years, in which the poets and the actors were also the heroes...
Pagina 18 - And it shall come to pass in that day, That the Lord shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, And for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.
Pagina 15 - As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth : For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone ; and the place thereof shall know it no more.