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Israel and Lebanon: Touches of Spirituality

Mount Sinai

Lebanon

  • has experienced a long succession of Mediterranean cultures-- Phoenician, Hittites, ancient Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Byzantine, and Arab

Lebanese Literature

George Schehade

- a Lebanese playwright and poet writing in French

Kahlil Gibran

- celebrated as a literary hero in Lebanon

- the third best-selling poet of all time, behind Shakespeare and Laozi

Michel Chiha

- a Lebanese banker, politician, writer and journalist

-one of the fathers of the Lebanese Constitution

Writers who have achieved international reputations:

Yehuda Amichai

-Israel's greatest modern poet

Isaac Baschevis Singer

-has achieved spectacular success in translation

Amos Oz

-works were published in 41 languages in 35 countries

Israeli Literature

"The Holy Land"

Golgotha Hill

  • Judah Ha-Leru: the most notable Hebrew poet during the Middle Ages

Mount of Beatitudes

  • Moses Hayyim Luzzatto wrote allegorical dramas and poetry in the Modern Hebrew Literature

Israeli Literature

  • Bible-- its greatest masterpiece, has a profound influence on human development
  • Scholars based their teachings on the Bible
  • These teachings were compiled in the Mishnah, which in turn became the basis for the discussions and commentaries of the Talmud
  • is literature written in the State of Israel by Israelis
  • Most works classed as Israeli literature are written in the Hebrew language, although some Israeli authors write in Yiddish, English, Arabic and Russian
  • spans a period of more than 3,000 years

Mishnah

considered as the first work of Rabbinic Judaism made by Rabbi Yehudah Ha-Nasi

The Six Orders of the Mishnah (Shisha Sidrei Mishnah):

  • Zeraim (Seeds)

agricultural laws and prayers

  • Moed (Festival)

Jewish holidays and Sabbath

  • Nashim (Women)

marriage and divorce

  • Nezikin (Damages)

civil and criminal law

  • Kodashim (Holy Things)

sacrificial rites, the Temple, dietary laws

  • Tohorot (Purities)

laws of purity and impurity

How does literature nourish and develop ones' spirituality?

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