Epitome of Post-Biblical History, for Jewish-American Sabbath-Schools
Epitome of Post-Biblical History, for Jewish-American Sabbath-Schools

Author: Sigmund Hecht

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2015-06-12

Total Pages: 136

ISBN-13: 9781330051795

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An Epitome of Biblical History
An Epitome of Biblical History

Author: David Townsend

Publisher: PIMS

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13: 9780888444806

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An epic of some 5500 lines on the life of Alexander the Great, Walter of Chatillon's Alexandreis stood, from the late twelfth century till the close of the Middle Ages, among the most successful and widely read works of Latin literature. This volume presents one free-standing version of the more or less 'standard' commentary on a uniquely celebrated passage from the poem. The lines in question, 176-274 of Book 4, describe a tomb commissioned by Alexander for the wife of Darius, after her death in captivity to the Greek commander. The painter Apelles devises for the tomb an iconographical schema largely devoted to rehearsal of the Hebrew Scriptures. The commentary elucidates Walter's compressed biblical references to the fictive tomb's illustrative cycle through extensive paraphrase of episodes from the Hebrew Bible.