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(חג פירים) Today is the first day of Purim
The first day of Purim started on Thursday evening at sunset. The second day (aka Shushan Purim) will start on Friday evening at sunset, and coincide with the weekly Sabbath. (I don't know how that latter fact affects Judaic observance of the holiday. It would be interesting to find out.) Too bad this week isn't my turn for Thursday OPP. I ...
Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on March 21, 2008
(המקרא) "The Bow": David's Elegy (YouTube)
From the Poems Fray: (המקרא) ''The Bow'': David's Elegy (YouTube)by White_Rabbit 03/03/2008, 11:18 AM Here is my latest slideshow of biblical Hebrew poetry (or more exactly, melopoesis). It features David's Elegy for Saul and Jonathan, aka ''The Bow'' (2 Samuel 1:19-27), with Hebrew text, Latinized transliteration and English translation. The ...
Posted to Faith-Based by White_Rabbit on March 11, 2008
"The Bow (David's Elegy)" - Repost: Any comments?
(המקרא) ''The Bow'': David's Elegy (YouTube)by White_Rabbit 03/03/2008, 11:18 AM Here is my latest slideshow of biblical Hebrew poetry (or more exactly, melopoesis). It features David's Elegy for Saul and Jonathan, aka ''The Bow'' (2 Samuel 1:19-27), with Hebrew text, Latinized transliteration and English translation. The Hebrew word in the ...
Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on March 11, 2008
(המקרא) "The Bow": David's Elegy (YouTube)
Here is my latest slideshow of biblical Hebrew poetry (or more exactly, melopoesis). It features David's Elegy for Saul and Jonathan, aka ''The Bow'' (2 Samuel 1:19-27), with Hebrew text, Latinized transliteration and English translation. The Hebrew word in the title of this post, ha-Miqra (המקרא), is different from the shalom (שלום) I've been ...
Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on March 3, 2008
(שלום) My upcoming trip to Jerusalem
Fellow Poems Fraysters, Not many of you know that I will be departing at the end of December for an extended trip -- most of which will be spent in Jerusalem, Israel. The following blog summarizes the trip as it stands now (and you should be able to read the blog, given the settings I have on the page). While the primary purpose is to attend a ...
Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on December 19, 2007
Re: Poetry as song as poetry and belief systems
Dear MaryAnn, I hope you'll catch my other reply to you -- the one that addresses why I submitted this Psalm as poetry. It covers some of the issues raised here. Again, no one in the specialties involved -- no one -- doubts that the Psalms (taking just the words alone) are poetry. No one considers them prose or even prose poetry. But biblical ...
Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on December 13, 2007
(תהללים) Thursday OPP: Psalms 24
Thursday OPP – Psalms 24Let us begin with just the consonants of the Masoretic Text: לדוד מזמורליהוה הארץ ומלואהתבל וישבי בהכי הוא על-ימים יסדהועל-נהרות יכוננהמי-יעלה בהר יהוהומי-יקום במקום קדשונקי כפים ובר לבבאשר לא-נשא לשוא נפשיולא נשבע למרמהישא ברכה מאת יהוהוצדקה מאלהי ישעוזה דור דרשיומבקשי פניך יעקב סלהשאו שערים ראשיכםוהנשאו פתחי עולםויבוא מלך ...
Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on December 12, 2007
Re: Si, amigo, exactimento ...
Yes, Romance languages are fun in that way. You can't do that with Hebrew nearly so well, but Hebrew has its own special euphony -- and nothing beats Semitic languages for describing states of action through their euphony. I have to agree that no dialect of Chinese I've heard (so far, Mandarin, Cantonese and a little Hunan) has euphony as its ...
Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on October 27, 2007
New YouTube slideshow: Psalms 130
The Music of the Bible Revealed - Slideshow (Psalms 130) In keeping with the exquisite simplicity of the ''melopoesis'' of this Psalm as reconstructed by Suzanne Haik-Vantoura, my new YouTube slideshow uses very simple graphic and animation techniques. However, for NoStar's benefit (ask and you shall receive) and the benefit of those on YouTube ...
Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on August 19, 2007
(שלום) My latest offering of Hebrew sung poetry...comments?
Ancient Hebrew sung poetry performed by the redoubtable Robert Boschiero (tenor) and Sabine Chefson (Celtic harp) on the recording La musique de la Bible revelee - Volume 3 by Suzanne Haik-Vantoura... This YouTube video slideshow is set apart by two things, one of which at least will be of interest and value to those of you who love poetry as ...
Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on August 5, 2007

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