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Guarte, J.R. Hebrew Literature.

The document provides an overview of Hebrew literature from ancient to modern times. It begins by defining who the Hebrew people are and where they originated from in the ancient Middle East. It then discusses some of the key works that form the foundations of Hebrew literature, including the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible), Talmud, and different categories and sections within those works. The summary highlights some of the major developments and authors within ancient, medieval, and modern Hebrew literature time periods.

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Guarte, J.R. Hebrew Literature.

The document provides an overview of Hebrew literature from ancient to modern times. It begins by defining who the Hebrew people are and where they originated from in the ancient Middle East. It then discusses some of the key works that form the foundations of Hebrew literature, including the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible), Talmud, and different categories and sections within those works. The summary highlights some of the major developments and authors within ancient, medieval, and modern Hebrew literature time periods.

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CAVITE STATE UNIVERSITY-CCAT


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Written Report in GNED 15: World Literature


HEBREW LITERATURE

Submitted to:
Ms. Shanna Ky Opina

Submitted by:
Julie Rose H. Guarte

May 2023
HEBREW LITERATURE

ETYMOLOGY

● Midlle English word-"EBREU"


● Latin- HEBRAEUS

WHO ARE THE HEBREW?

● Ancestors of Samaritan and Jews


●  Descendants of the Hebrew
●  Descendants of Biblical Patriarch

WHAT COUNTRY DO THEY LIVE?

● Ancient Middle East, 1400 BC they settle in Canaan


● Member of the Canaanite group of Semitic languages

WHAT DID THEIR BUILDING LOOK LIKE?

● Tent
● House made of sand dried mud bricks
● Jerusalem Temple

WHAT DID THEY EAT?

● Bread
● Wine
● Meat
● Fish

WHAT DID THEY WEAR?

Fringes
Temhelet ribbon

HEBREW LITERATURE

● Consists of ancient, medieval and modern writings in the Hebrew language


● It was pronounced in many different parts of the world throughout the medieval and
modern eras.
ANCIENT LITERATURE

● Leshon Hakodesh- oral literature, holy language


● Tanakh- Hebrew Bible, the most important work
● Mishna- Primary rabbinic, codification of laws

MEDIEVAL LITERATURE

● During the medieval period, the majority of Jewish and Hebrew was composed in
Islamic North Africa, Spain, Palestine, and Middle East.
● " Fox Fables"- work of fiction which was written in Hebrew.
● Liturgical Piyyutim- Yose, ben Yose, Yanai, and Eleazar Kalir.
● " The Siddur" Amram Gaon and Saadia Gaon

MODERN LITERATURE

● In addition to writing traditional rabbinic literature in Hebrew, MODERN Jews


developed new forms of fiction, poetry, and essay writing which are called " Modern
Hebrew Literature.

18th CENTURY

La- Yesharim Tehillah"


- it is an allegorical drama
- 1st product of modern Hebrew Literature
- it was written by Moses Hayyim Luzatto

" Shiere Tif' et" and " Mosiade"


- poems made by Nephtali Hirz and Wessely.

19th CENTURY

● In the 19th century Galicia poets, scholars, and popular writers who contributed to the
discrimination of Hebrew and to the emancipation of the Jew of Galicia.
● Meir Havely Letteris- a lyric poet
20th CENTURY

Leah Goldberg
- Prolific writer and pioneer of Israel Children's Literature
Hayim Nahman Bialik
- one of the pioneer of modern Hebrew poets.
Yitzaq Shami
- novelist, Palestine Jewish native Hebron

FOUNDATIONS OF HEBREW LITERATURE

HEBREW BIBLE ( TANAKH) 

- The bible is the various collections of scared scripture of the various branches of
Judaism and Christianity.

TALMUD

- A collection of numerous treatises which are chiefly dedicated to the laws and
legends of the Jews

HEBREW BIBLE ( TANAKH)

CATEGORIES 

● The five Books of the Torah (teaching or law)


● The Nevi'im("prophets")
● The Ketuvim ("writings")

SECTIONS

● The Old Testament


● The New Testament
● The Apocrypha
LITERARY GENRE

HISTORICAL- fictional stories, legends, myths and stories

PROPHETIC - gender related to visions, oracles and announcement

LAW- guide the Hebrews from the religious, daily and moral.

SAPIENTIAL - teachings and lessons

POETRY- most common genre

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