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How sweet is the light, what a delight for the eyes to behold the sun! Even if a man lives many years, let him enjoy himself in all of them, remembering how many the days of darkness are…
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Land of Israel (Israel)
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Persian–Hellenistic Period, 6th–3rd Century BCE
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I, Koheleth, was king in Jerusalem over Israel. I set my mind to study and to probe with wisdom all that happens under the sun.—An unhappy business, that, which God gave men to be…
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Land of Israel (Israel)
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Persian–Hellenistic Period, 6th–3rd Century BCE
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These are the people of the province who came up from among the captive exiles whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had carried into exile to Babylon, who returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his…
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Land of Israel (Israel)
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Persian Period, 6th–4th Century BCE
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My beloved is clear-skinned and ruddy,
Preeminent among ten thousand.
His head is finest gold,
His locks are curled
And black as a raven.
His eyes are like doves
By watercourses,
Bathed in milk…
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Land of Israel (Israel)
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Hellenistic Period, 4th–2nd Century BCE
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The earth shudders at three things,
At four which it cannot bear:
A slave who becomes king;
A scoundrel sated with food;
A loathsome woman who gets married;
A slave-girl who supplants her…
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Land of Israel (Israel)
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Biblical Period