by Flavius Josephus (37 - c100)
Translation by Karen Siegel (b. 1980)
Festival of Lights
Language: English after the Greek (Ελληνικά)
Celebrate the restoration, the renewal of customs, the freedom to worship, when we hardly dared hope for it-the Festival of Lights.
after Josephus, Jewish Antiquities, Chapter 12 (1 Century CE)
Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
Text Authorship:
- by Karen Siegel (b. 1980)
Based on:
- a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) by Flavius Josephus (37 - c100), no title, appears in Ἰουδαϊκὴ ἀρχαιολογία (Ioudaikē archaiologia) = Antiquitates Iudaicae = Antiquities of the Jews [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Karen Siegel (b. 1980), "Festival of Lights", copyright © 2017 [ mixed chorus ], Chestnut Oak press [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2026-02-07
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