The Biblical Era · c. 560 BCE
Sefer Eikha: With Ibn Ezra and Ibn Kaspi
The Da’at Tanakh Series
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About This Edition
- Hebrew and English
- Edited by Ophir Ospovat. Translated by Simon Montagu.
What does it mean to survive the discovery that God has turned against His people?
Composed after the destruction of the First Temple in 586 BCE, Eikha gives poetic form to the catastrophe that ended the kingdom of Judah. Its five chapters move from a ruined capital, through one sufferer’s descent into darkness, to a halting return to hope.
This volume of the Da'at Tanakh Series sets the Hebrew text beside a fresh English translation, with a combined commentary from Rabbi Abraham ibn Ezra and Rabbi Yosef ibn Kaspi, who read it with grammar, philology, philosophy, and history.
What Will I Gain from This Book?
A companion for Tisha be-Ab that helps you understand the words you recite, and a way of reading national catastrophe with grammar, history, and honesty.
