Hebrew Literature Flashcards
Can be called Jewish literature
Can be written in Greek, Aramaic, Arabich, Yiddish, not just Hebrew
is known mostly for comprising about 20 out of 30 books in the Old Testament of the Bible.
Hebrew Literature
Three periods of the ancient history of Hebrew Literature
Pre-exillian period
The period of the second temple
Talmudic Literature
is composed of the Psalms and the Songs of Solomon.
The pre-exillian period
It is assumed that in ancient
Hebrew literature,
poetry preceded prose
Gave rise to the Dead Sea Scrolls, which
include the homiletic, sermonizing commentaries of the Bible also known as the __________.
The Period of the Second Temple
Midrash
contained Jewish civil and religious law, and a large part
of it came from the;
__________ or statements with theological and ethical matters told through stories, anecdotes, and parables.
Talmudic Literature
Haggadah
4 categories under which Hebrew literature can be categorized
Law
Prophecy and Wisdom
History
Psalmody
Apart from ____ governing civil and public life,
these also include _____concerning private habits and thoughts, conscience, and morality. The observance of these _____ may at times still be seen in modern Jewish practices.
Law
Topics under this category are mostly about ethics and metaphysics.
Prophecy and Wisdom
3 products of Prophecy and Wisdom
Cabala
Polemical literature
Karaism
Refers to directing man’s conduct in life through the world of action;
Cabala
which is also known as an extensive literature of controversy;
Polemical literature
which Mohammedan
dogmatism influenced.
Karaism
is characterized
mostly by the sufferings and persecutions experienced by people of the Jewish
faith.
History
The chronology and genealogy featured in ______, Biblical material from the ________, and historic documents such as the ________ all exemplify this category.
Halakah
Haggadah
Seder
