The Hebrew Literature

The State of Israel

Israel was establish on May 14,1948 and is known to be the Jewish
Republic of Asia. It is surrounded by Arab States – Egypt, Lebanon,
Syria and Jordan. Israel is a part of historic land called Palestine, which
believed the holy land where the Jewish and Christians faith began.
 since 1948, Israel has fought several wars with its Arab neighbors,
who refused to recognized the State of Israel for several decades.
 In 1949, Israel occupied about one-third more territory than had
been allocated in the 1947 United Nations plan that partitioned
Palestine into Jewish an Arab State and international enclave including
Jerusalem, and the surrounding regions.
 The monotheistic religion of the Hebrews differs from that of the
Egyptians. The Hebrews believed in Jehovah, an unseen god who
was never identified with images or sacrifices. The worship of
Jehovah was tied with right behavior in compliance with the Ten
Commandments.

The first ruler of the Hebrews were patriarchs.

 King Saul is the first king of Israel.

 second king of Israel
 he united the people of Judah and Israel.
He killed the giant of the Palestine, Goliath.
He is a great poet and musician.
Hebrew literature
Consist of ancient, medieval, and modern writing in the Hebrew
language
Written by Jews on Jewish theme in any Language; works of literary
character written by Jews in Hebrew or Yiddish or another recognized
languages, whatever the theme; literary works written by writers who
were essentially Jewish writers, whatever the theme and whatever the
language.
Characterize by love on f god, being emotional, showing great of the
country( poetry)having no rhyme or regularity of rhythm.
Ancient literature Hebrew
Began with the oral literature of the LeshonHakodesh”The holy
language”

Important works:
Tanakh( the Hebrew Bible )
Mishna – primary rebbinic codification of law as derived from the
Torah.
Foundation of Hebrew Literature
Bible (Tanakh)- which are chiefly dedicated to ancient history of the
Jews, their laws and social aspirations.
Written Torah( Teaching of Law).

Talmud- collection of numerous treatises which are chiefly dedicated to

the laws and legends of the Jews.
Marked by it precise terminology and strict logic. It is predominantly
prosaic.
Oral Torah
Ecclesiastes 3
A Time for Everything

There is a time for everything,

and a season for every activity under the heavens:
2 a time to be born and a time to die,
a time to plant and a time to uproot,
3 a time to kill and a time to heal,
a time to tear down and a time to build,
4 a time to weep and a time to laugh,
a time to mourn and a time to dance,
5 a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,
6 a time to search and a time to give up,
a time to keep and a time to throw away,
7 a time to tear and a time to mend,
a time to be silent and a time to speak,
8 a time to love and a time to hate,
a time for war and a time for peace.
9 What do workers gain from their toil?
10 I have seen the burden God has laid on the human race.
11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set
eternity in the human heart; yet[a] no one can fathom what God has
done from beginning to end.