A notable reference to an unnamed book is found in Exodus 17:14, where God commanded Moses to inscribe an Israelite military victory over the Amalekites in a book and recount it later in the hearing of his successor Joshua.[4] The book is not specifically mentioned by name. However, some Torah scholars such as Moses ibn Ezra have suggested this book may refer to the Book of the Wars of the Lord.
I would further suggest that the song that appears in between the Arnon Border Song and the Heshbon Ballad, namely the Song of the Well, may also be a quote from this book.[11]Although this song is entirely different in genre and has no connection to battle, this is not a problem, since collections of songs need not have a specific theme. One need only look at the book of Psalms to know this.
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The Torah does not say that this poem was taken from the book of Yashar, but I believe it is not only from that collection, but was actually its opening song, which is how the collection got its name.[15]
What can we infer about these books from the materials we have? The simplest answer is that they are collections of songs with disparate themes. The titles of these collections appear to tell us nothing more than the name of the first or particularly prominent song appearing in the collection. Further research may show that our Tanakh includes additional poems belonging to an ancient Hebrew songbook.
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The Jewish Quarterly Review, XCII, Nos. 3-4 (January-April, 2002) 581-585 Seymour Feldman. Levi ben Gershom (Gersonides): The Wars of the Lord, Vol. 3, translated with notes by Seymour Feldman, appendix by Tzvi Langermann. Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society; New York and Jerusalem: The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 1999. Pp. 580. The Wars of the Lord is one of the most fascinating philosophicalscientific writings of the 14th century and reflects several new trends typical of this century. The work is of importance not only for students of Jewish thought, but also for anyone interested in medieval science and philosophy . Making it accessible to a wide readership is a significant undertaking , and the completion of Feldman's English translation of the book is very welcome. The Wars of the Lord was published in Riva di Trento in 1560 and in Leipzig in 1866. The second printed edition relies on the first, and both are quite defective. There are also many manuscripts, scattered in different libraries but easily available at the Institute of Microfilmed Hebrew Manuscripts in Jerusalem. A few partial translations into modern languages exist.' Prof. Feldman has been working on a complete translation for many years: a general introduction and Book I appeared in 1984; Books H-IV were published in 1987. With the publication of the present volume, which includes Books V-VI (but not V.l), the enterprise is accomplished. The first four books of the Wars, contained in the first two volumes of Feldman's translation, are more popular. The third volume, now published, is the longest and its contents the most difficult. Book V is Gersonides' astronomical-cosmological treatise. It is divided into three parts. The first is complete in itself and presents the author's mathematical astronomy. This highly technical part is not included in the printed Hebrew editions and is extant in a few separate manuscripts. The second and third parts deal with cosmological and cosmological-theological subjects. Although far from easy, these two parts are not restricted to specialist readers, as the first is. The sixth book consists of two parts and deals with the creation of the world. Book V.l was already translated into Latin in Gersonides' lifetime,2 and the first twenty chapters were edited and translated into English by Bernard R. Goldstein, who studied this work intensively. He also translated and 1 See vol. 1, "Introduction," pp. 63-64. 2J. L. Mancha, "The Latin Translation of Levi ben Gerson's Astronomy" in G. Freudenthal, ed., Studies on Gersonides: A Fourteenth-Century Jewish PhilosopherScientist (Leiden, 1992), pp. 21-46. 582THE JEWISH QUARTERLY REVIEW commented on other chapters in papers studying various topics in Gersonides ' astronomy.3 Feldman's is the first translation of Books V.2-3, VI. 1, and part of VI.2.4 In the present volume, as in the first two, the translation of each book is preceded by a synopsis. The volume includes an appendix by Tzvi Langermann, "Gersonides and Astrology," which is an important contribution to this volume and to the research on Gersonides' science and astrology. Most translations of medieval texts into modern languages are not based on critical editions, as the need for a translation is often felt more urgently than that for a critical edition. This is true of Feldman's translation. It is based on the two printed Hebrew editions and on three manuscripts selected by Charles Touati. This is a good compromise. The manuscripts are better than the printed editions, and many errors and lacunae in the printed editions are corrected in Feldman's translation. For example, in reading chapter VI. 14 in the Leipzig edition I had difficulty with a sentence that was syntactically correct and made sense, but did not support my understanding of the text: pt?> twn jiinìti tuo mona ww yyiinan riyiin ??a? >a yûon na tub ?.5 I checked several manuscripts and found the word "not" which was absent in the printed editions: yinn na tsb ??>. Feldman indeed selects the correct reading. My impression is that the text used for Feldman 's translation, even though not based on a critical edition, is nevertheless reliable. The translation itself is readable. Acquaintance...
Star Wars: Lords of the Sith is a new Star Wars novel by Paul S. Kemp. The plot of the book follows the adventures of Darth Vader and Darth Sidious as they struggle to escape a trap set by a rebel resistance movement.
Lords of the Sith is a canon novel written by Paul S. Kemp. It was published on April 28, 2015 by Del Rey. The story is set in the year 14 BBY, and it connects with stories from the television shows Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels. The audiobook version was narrated by Jonathan Davis.
As of May 14, 2014, Kemp finished writing the first draft of the novel's Act One.[6] On June 23, Del Rey announced that the book's release date had been moved from March 3, 2015 to April 21, 2015.[7] On October 24, it was announced that the novel would be released on April 28, 2015.[8]
DF: It is important to note, as we do in the book, that much of what Viktor Bout does is, while reprehensible, not illegal. For example, it violates international norms to break U.N. weapons sanctions on a given country, but there is no penalty attached to those violating the sanctions regime. What specific crime was committed in what country? If a weapons merchant uses a forged End User Certificate to purchase weapons, should the country selling the weapons be penalized, should the merchant be punished, or should the country of the forgery be pursued? The answer, of course, is none of the above. No one is penalized, although the law was broken numerous places. This is the grey market, where one may know the weapons are destined for Liberia, but the EUC says it is for Rwanda, and the Bulgarian company selling the weapons, while knowing the EUC is likely a forgery, proceeds with the sale anyway. The black market is selling weapons in a clearly illegal and punishable way.
The different races of Men that had served Sauron suffered grievously; much of Harad's fighting men were annihilated on the Pelennor Fields, slaughtered by the swords of Gondor and the lances of Rohan or drowning in the Anduin river. The Easterlings hastily retreated back to their homelands after Sauron's fall and fought several territorial wars with King Elessar over lands near the Sea of Rhûn, but ceased to be a major threat.
The War of the Ring is one of the major wars in The Lord of the Rings trilogy. It was one of the major wars in all of Middle-earth and the main conflict in the film series. It begun with the Attack on Dol Guldur and Battle of Five Armies in TA 2941, which sent the conflict into a 60-year lull during which Sauron rebuilt his power, before erupting with attack on Osgiliath and culminate in Sauron's ultimate defeat during the Battle of the Black Gate in TA 3002.
The sequence was criticized for being cartoonish and slightly ridiculous, but the visuals are still stunning. It also portrayed the sequence better than in the book, as in Tolkien's The Hobbit, Bilbo is simply knocked unconscious and reawakens after the battle is finished, making the ordeal in the book seem rather boring in comparison.
The superstar New York Times bestselling writer who helped launch Marvel's current Star Wars comics to huge success in 2015 and penned some of Vader's most iconic comic book moments along the way, returns to a Galaxy Far, Far Away, teaming up with fellow Star Wars mastermind Leonard Kirk for a rousing saga that will span all four issues.
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