If I Forget You, Jerusalem! - Studies on the Old Testament - Niels Peter Lemche
1. "If I Forget you, Jerusalem!"
If I Forget You, Jerusalem! - Studies on the Old Testament - Niels Peter Lemche
Niels Peter Lemche [+]
University of Copenhagen
Niels Peter Lemche, has been publishing in the field of Old Testament studies for fifty years. He has been both Assistant Professor at Aarhus University, Denmark, from 1978 to 1986 and Professor of Theology at the University of Copenhagen from 1987 to 2013. He is the founder of the Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament, and a member of the board of the Copenhagen International Seminar (Routledge). He has recently edited (in co-operation with Dr. Jim West) Jeremiah in History and Tradition (Routledge, 2019).
Description
Jerusalem has always been in our heart. From the oldest text we know of about Jerusalem, Ps 137, Jerusalem is something we remember. This is not different even when poems are written about Jerusalem by people living in the city. Should it remain in our heart? Is the Jerusalem in our heart more important than the Jerusalem of reality?