mourning the destruction of Jerusalem through Jewish apocalypseDaschke, Dereck.creatortextbibliographyElectronic books.Criticism, interpretation, etc.History.neLeidenBostonBrill2010monographiceng1 online resource (x, 231 pages) : illustrations.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.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.by Dereck Daschke.Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-221) and index.Temple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem)Criticism, interpretation, etcCriticism, interpretation, etcCriticism, interpretation, etcCriticism, interpretation, etcTemple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem)Apocalyptic literatureHistory and criticismJudaismHistoryPost-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.DEschatology, JewishReligionRELIGIONJudaismSacred WritingsRELIGIONBiblical StudiesOld TestamentApocalyptic literatureEschatology, JewishJudaismPost-exilic period (Judaism)ApokalyptikKlageliedBiblische TheologieJerusalemZerstörung (581 v. Chr.)JerusalemZerstörung (70) 586 B.C.-210 A.D fast BS1705 .D37 2010eb221/.046Daschke, Dereck.Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010(DLC) 2009049039(OCoLC)4688574159789004181991900418199797890041818169004181814278667 MILhttp://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=338699http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=338699N$T10093020200709055309.0ocn667288221eng