TY - BOOK AU - Daschke,Dereck TI - City of ruins: mourning the destruction of Jerusalem through Jewish apocalypse T2 - Biblical interpretation series, SN - 9789004181991 AV - BS1705 .D37 2010eb U1 - 221/.046 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Leiden, Boston PB - Brill KW - Temple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem) KW - Temple de Jérusalem (Jérusalem) KW - fast KW - Bible KW - Ezekiel KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - Ezra KW - Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch KW - Greek Apocalypse of Baruch KW - Griechische Baruchapokalypse KW - gnd KW - Apocalyptic literature KW - History and criticism KW - Judaism KW - History KW - Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D KW - Eschatology, Jewish KW - Littérature apocalyptique KW - Histoire et critique KW - Judaïsme KW - Histoire KW - 586 av. J.-C.-210 (Période postexilique) KW - Eschatologie juive KW - RELIGION KW - Sacred Writings KW - bisacsh KW - Biblical Studies KW - Old Testament KW - Post-exilic period (Judaism) KW - Apokalyptik KW - Klagelied KW - Biblische Theologie KW - Jerusalem KW - Zerstörung (581 v. Chr.) KW - swd KW - Zerstörung (70) N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-221) and index; Introduction. "If I forget you, O Jerusalem" : traumatic memory and the fall of Zion -- I. Apocalyptic melancholia and the trauma of history -- II. Ezekiel : "Desolate among them" -- III. Ezra : "Because of my grief I have spoken" -- IV. 2 and 3 Baruch : "Cease irritating God" -- Conclusion. The apocalyptic cure : recovering the future by working-through the past -- Epilogue. Apocalyptic melancholia and 9/11 N2 - This study addresses the way in which a psychoanalytic model of mourning relates to a set of Jewish apocalypses concerned with the destruction of Jerusalem and its Temple. These texts respond to the traumatic symbolic loss of Zion and attempt to heal it through the apocalyptic narrative, the visionary experiences of the seers, and the emotional transformation that results from the interplay of the two. The seers react with rage, paralysis, and self-annihilating sentiments, and hence these texts resemble incomplete, stalled mourning, or melancholia. Through the course of their narratives and a UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=338699 ER -