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The Emergence of Modern Hebrew Creativity in Babylon, 1735- 1950
This book begins with a brief history about the Jews in Babylon, now Iraq, their Hebrew creativity, and the fact that this creativity was excluded from the history of Modern Hebrew literature because it was unknown to the scholars. The book focuses on the years 1735-1950 and presents the secular Hebrew poetry written in Babylon at that time. It also includes the folktales, journalistic articles, epistles, research of Hebrew literature, a story and a play. The last part presents the Hebrew periodicals that were published in Babylon.
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The Emergence of Modern Hebrew Creativity in Babylon, 1735- 1950
This book begins with a brief history about the Jews in Babylon, now Iraq, their Hebrew creativity, and the fact that this creativity was excluded from the history of Modern Hebrew literature because it was unknown to the scholars. The book focuses on the years 1735-1950 and presents the secular Hebrew poetry written in Babylon at that time. It also includes the folktales, journalistic articles, epistles, research of Hebrew literature, a story and a play. The last part presents the Hebrew periodicals that were published in Babylon.
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The Emergence of Modern Hebrew Creativity in Babylon, 1735- 1950

The Emergence of Modern Hebrew Creativity in Babylon, 1735- 1950

by Lev Chicago Science Group
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The Emergence of Modern Hebrew Creativity in Babylon, 1735- 1950

The Emergence of Modern Hebrew Creativity in Babylon, 1735- 1950

by Lev Chicago Science Group

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This book begins with a brief history about the Jews in Babylon, now Iraq, their Hebrew creativity, and the fact that this creativity was excluded from the history of Modern Hebrew literature because it was unknown to the scholars. The book focuses on the years 1735-1950 and presents the secular Hebrew poetry written in Babylon at that time. It also includes the folktales, journalistic articles, epistles, research of Hebrew literature, a story and a play. The last part presents the Hebrew periodicals that were published in Babylon.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781557535146
Publisher: Purdue University Press
Publication date: 08/15/2009
Series: Shofar Supplements in Jewish Studies
Pages: 257
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Lev Hakak is a professor of Hebrew language and literature at the University of California, Los Angeles. He taught at various universities, including University of California, Berkeley, a joint program of Hebrew Union College and University of Southern California, the American Jewish University. He published eight books and numerous articles in the field of Modern Hebrew Literature. Some of his publications focus on the literature of and about Sephardi and Near Eastern Jews. In addition to his research books he published two novels, a poetry volume and a volume of short stories.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction 1

A A Brief History about the Jews in Babylon

B The Essence of the New Hebrew Creativity in Babylon

C Jewish Education in Babylon

D Hebrew Teaching and Hebrew Knowledge in Babylon

E The Hebrew Press in Babylon

F The Hebrew Creativity of the Near Eastern Jews and the History of Modern Hebrew Literature

Part 1 Poetry

Chapter 1 Pathfinders and Explorers in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Hebrew Poetry in Babylon 23

Rabbi Ezra Habavli: The Debate of Man and his Earth

"A Man Must Get Tipsy": The Call of Rabbi Moshe Hutsin

Didactic Poetry: Rabbi Salih Matsliyah

Rabbi Nissim Matsliyah: Playful Poetry

Rabbi Sason Ben-Mordekhai: "I am Sason a Small Minded and a Short Tongued Man."

Rabbi Mordekhai Ben Sason: His Pals Disappointed Him

Rabbi Sason Yisrael Gives Advice: "For Who will You Collect Silver and Gold?"

Chapter 2 Four Poets of Babylonian Origin

Shaul Yosef: An Enlightened Poet

Rabbi Saliman Menahem Mani: From the Bonds of the Conventional to the Personal Articulation

A Lyrical Poet Who Died While Still in his Prime: Rabbi Avraham Barukh Mani

Rabbi Ezekiel Hai Albeg Carries his Legacy Overseas

Chapter 3 The Twentieth Century Poets in Babylon

The Renaissance Poet Aharon Sason

The School Poems of David Hai Abbudi

Shelomo Yitshak Nissim, a Member of the Hebrew Association in Babylon

The Vineyard Poems by Rabbi Shelomo Ben-Salih Shelomo Gabai

About the Holocaust and the Massacre: Rabbi Menasheh Saliman Shahrabani

"And they Pierced their Heads with Nails": Rabbi Yitshak Nissim Mourned, Rabbi Moshe Ventura Condoled

The First of the Social ProtesterPoets: David Saliman Tsemah

Part 2 Folktales, Reportage, Epistles, Research of Literature, and a Story

Chapter 4 The Folktales of Rabbi Yosef Hayyim 117

Chapter 5 Rabbi Shelomo Bekhor Hutsin (Rashbah): The Words of an Enlightened Jew 137

A The Various Pursuits of Rashbah

B The Hebrew Printing House and the Antiquarianism of Rashbah

C The Periodicals in which Rashbah Published

D Rashbah's Reflections and Thoughts on the Jewish Enlightenment Movement

E Is Rashbah's Reportage Reliable?

F Rashbah's Style

Chapter 6 An Epistle as a Literary Work: Rabbi Ya'acov Hayyim's Letter to Farha Sason 153

The Renaissance Poet Aharon Sason

Chapter 7 Shaul Abdullah Yosef: A Scholar of Medieval Hebrew Poetry 157

A Shaul Yosef's Literary Activities

B The Articles of Shaul Yosef

C The Books of Shaul Yosef

Chapter 8 Rabbi Saliman Mani: Hebron, Gaza, and the Demons 163

Part 3 Hebrew Periodicals in Babylon

Chapter 9 Ha-Dover: The First Hebrew Journal in Babylon 169

Chapter 10 Yeshurun: "The Newspaper is the Heart of the People" 175

The First Issue

The Second Issue

The Third Issue

The Fourth Issue

The Fifth Issue

Chapter 11 Shemesh: An Anthology of Poems and Compositions from the Students of Shammash School 189

The First Issue

The Second Issue

The Third Issue

The Fourth Issue

Responses to Shemesh

Chapter 12 Derekh He-Haluts: The Journal of the Movement Counselors 207

The First Issue

The Second Issue

The Third Issue

The Fourth Issue

The Fifth Issue

The Sixth Issue

The Eighth Issue

The Ninth Issue

The Tenth Issue

Closing Remarks About Derekh He-Haluts

Epilogue 225

Questions 227

Index of Authors 233

Bibliography 237

Images 247

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