CATEGORY: MOVIES
In this and the next post, we attempt to determine who the "lambs" are in "The Silence of the Lambs." To do this, we will look into the biblical book of Isaiah.
The book of Isaiah is not one of the Five Books of Moses (the Torah), but Judaism nevertheless considers it to be a part of its canon, and regards Isaiah as the first of the major prophets.[a] In the first 39 chapters of the book of Isaiah, Isaiah prophesies doom for a sinful Judah and for all the nations of the world that oppose God. The rest of the book (chapters 40-66) consists of what some have called "The Book of Comfort." In the first eight chapters of this Book of Comfort, Isaiah prophesies the deliverance of the Jews from the hands of the Babylonians and restoration of Israel as a unified nation in the land promised to them by God. The remaining chapters of this book contain prophecies of the future glory of Zion under the rule of a suffering servant, generally understood by Rabbinic Judaism to be Israel, that is, the term represents Israel personified.[b]
In the next post, we'll see what the notions of a 'promised land' and the future glory of Zion, have to do with the metaphorical "lambs" of the movie's title; we'll see who these lambs are.
a. Wikipedia, 'Book of Isaiah'. Web, n.d. URL = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_isaiah.
b. "Zion" is a term that most often designates the Land of Israel and its capital, Jerusalem. However, as we will see in the next part of the analysis, a 'new' Zion (i.e., a 'utopia') is to be established at a particular location in the United States.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
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