1 result for (book:ur2 AND session:724 AND stemmed:figur)
2/52 (4%)
Roman
soldier
tower
Jerusalem
Peter
[... 8 paragraphs ...]
“What would a Roman soldier be doing up there?, I wondered. For below, on the flat ground outside the wall, were the hordes4 of the Roman army. I don’t know whether they were preparing for an attack, or had some other reason to be assembled there. I saw only a forest of helmets and spears pointing upward, with light glinting dully on metal here and there. I write ‘saw,’ yet it would be just as accurate to note that I sensed these figures. They were turned toward the soldier on the tower.
[... 3 paragraphs ...]
“My only touch of emotion was involved with this second image; as I first saw it, I felt light thrillings in my body, coupled with a somewhat fearful reaction. I trust the thrilling sensations, since over the years I’ve learned that they signify something psychically legitimate for me5; their onset now at least reinforced my suspicion that the tumbling figure was me. Yet, I’m not sure. I slept.
[... 38 paragraphs ...]
