First Edition of C.G. Montefiore's Ancient Jewish and Greek Encouragement & Consolation

"We may classify sorrows, evils and calamities in more than one way. There are the calamities which come to an individual' there are the calamities which affect a group a community a tribe. There are evils which seem to belong to man as man, as for instance death if death be accounted for evil". With these words the author begins his brilliant analysis. Drawing upon the classics of Jewish and Greek literature, Montefiore portrays the responses of great writers in antiquity to sorrow and calamity. Rooted in academic scholarship, this study presents a fascinating view of the way in which two great civilizations dealt with the sorrows in man's life. The subject and its treatment therefore will be of interest to all who deal with the realities of human existence.

Title: First Edition of C.G. Montefiore's Ancient Jewish and Greek Encouragement & Consolation