Lamentation Scroll
Pictured is a fragment of the earliest known attestation of the Book of Lamentations, dated to the First Century CE. It is written on a parchment in Hebrew and was discovered along with other Dead Sea Scrolls in the caves of Qumran.
Overview
Lamentation Scroll from the Dead Sea Scrolls, 1st Century CE
Pictured is a fragment of the earliest known attestation of the Book of Lamentations, written on a parchment in Hebrew and discovered in the Qumran caves.
In the Bible
Judah has gone into exile
Because of misery and harsh oppression;
When she settled among the nations,
She found no rest;
All her pursuers overtook her
In the narrow places.
גָּֽלְתָ֨ה יְהוּדָ֤ה
מֵעֹ֨נִי֙ וּמֵרֹ֣ב עֲבֹדָ֔ה
הִ֚יא יָֽשְׁבָ֣ה בַגּוֹיִ֔ם
לֹ֥א מָֽצְאָ֖ה מָנ֑וֹחַ
כָּל־רֹֽדְפֶ֥יהָ הִשִּׂיג֖וּהָ
בֵּ֥ין הַמְּצָרִֽים."
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Antisimetism
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