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He Was their text; they were
        His commentary.

And we today who conceive His hill
Eroded by the workings of that sea
He once bade DIVIDE—by our will
Not to have been His—we
Who live in dread of our own history,
Not His, hang on His margins, still.


About the Author

Jacob Sloan, who is on the editorial staff of the American Jewish Year Book, has been a frequent contributor to this magazine with both poetry and criticism. He is the author of a volume of poetry, Generation of Journey. Mr. Sloan is a graduate of Brooklyn College and the Seminary College of Jewish Studies of the Jewish Theological Seminary.

Reader Letters May 1985 May 1985

My Jeremiah January 2001

Days of Our Years October 1998


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