Un Événement À Jérusalem

Features Un Événement À Jérusalem

[Ebook Reader of An Event in Jerusalem]An event in Jerusalem (A Tale of Jerusalem) is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe published for the first time in June 1832.
Translated into French by Charles Baudelaire, it is part of the collection Histoires grotesques et Seriouses.
Excerpt: “Let us hasten to the ramparts,” said Abel-Phittim to Buzi-ben-Levi and to Simeon the Pharisee, on the tenth day of the month Thammuz, in the year of the world three thousand nine hundred and forty-one; – let us hasten to the walls which are near the gate of Benjamin, which is in the city of David, and which overlook the camp of the uncircumcised.
It is the last hour of the fourth watch, and here is the sun rising; and the idolaters, to fulfill Pompeys promise, must wait for us with the sacrificial lambs.
» Simeon, Abel-Phittim and Buzi-ben-Levi were the Gizbarim, or sub-collectors of the offering, in the holy city of Jerusalem.
“Verily,” replied the Pharisee, “let us hurry; for this generosity among the pagans is a rare thing, and infidelity has always been an attribute of the worshipers of Baal.
– That they are unfaithful and deceitful, this is as true as the Pentateuch, – said Buzi-ben-Levi, – but it is only towards the people of Adonai.
When did we see that the Ammonites were unfaithful to their own interests?...
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