491 Section 002. Contact between human beings and the Divine has generally been confined to revelation in which the Divine talks to man, and prayer, in which man talks to the Divine. The second part of the course will deal with the common daily prayers, following the order of the prayer book, explaining the nature and meaning of each prayer and showing how these have changed throughout the generations. Structure of Hebrew. Introduction to the structure and analysis of spoken and literary Hebrew.
Emphasis is on current usages in modern Hebrew.
The history and characteristic features of different stages of Hebrew will also be included, from biblical and pre-modern Hebrew to the current Israeli Hebrew. The course will consist of linguistic considerations and practical applications. The Bible in Jewish Tradition. Medieval Jewish Literature. Readings of medieval genres, including secular and liturgical poetry, the romance and prose narratives.