Lamentations 5: the seventh acrostic
Six complete alphabetic acrostics structure the first chapters of the book of Lamentations. Midrash Eikhah Rabbah suggests that there are seven acrostics. In the footsteps of Siegfried Bergler and of Azriel Rosenfeld, this article identified another four letters of the puzzle.
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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2009
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The journal of Hebrew scriptures
Year: 2009, Volume: 9, Pages: 2-6 |
IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
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Summary: | Six complete alphabetic acrostics structure the first chapters of the book of Lamentations. Midrash Eikhah Rabbah suggests that there are seven acrostics. In the footsteps of Siegfried Bergler and of Azriel Rosenfeld, this article identified another four letters of the puzzle. |
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ISSN: | 1203-1542 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of Hebrew scriptures
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5508/jhs.2009.v9.a16 |