Next Year in Jerusalem

Next Year in Jerusalem recognizes that Jews have often experienced or imaged periods of exile andreturn in their long tradition. Thefourteen papers in this collection examine this phenomenon from differentapproaches, genres, and media. Theycover the period from biblical times through today. Among the exiles highlighted are theBabylonian Exile (sixth century BCE), the exile after the destruction of theJerusalem Temple (70 CE), and the years after the Crusaders (tenth centuryCE). Events of return