Vale of tears

Vale of tears is a biblical description of the existence of the wandering people of God on its way through the desert as the valley of tears. The one in the Greek Septuagint " κοιλάδι τοῦ κλαυθμῶνος " (Valley of Lamentation ) and in the Vulgate reproduced as vallis lacrimarum ( valley of tears ) term goes back to the concept of the psalm tradition, which is Germanized today as " arid arid zone '

The turn from the Hebrew formulation עמק הבכא emek habaka ( the Baka Valley ) as a waterless area basis, which was to pass through as a pilgrim route before had opened the longed-for blessing sources of Zion.

A classic recording was made the turn in the medieval Salve Regina ( Hail Mary ), where the caller as Weeping in this vale of tears represent ( flentes in hac valle lacrimarum ).

The motive of the vale of tears is handed down in various forms to the present day in the Christian- edifying text creation.

In the 19th century the image of the vale of tears the target atheistic criticism, by Karl Marx and Heinrich Heine, whose singing harp girl gained by the following Verses notoriety was: