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Book: If I Forget You, Jerusalem!

Chapter: 1. "If I Forget you, Jerusalem!"

DOI: 10.1558/equinox.44792

Blurb:

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?

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