Noach Essays

[Reuven Chaim Klein]

Essays from my What’s in a Word? series related to Parshas Noach:

• The Sword of Methusaleh - about חרב, שלח, סייף, מאכלת, סכין, and חלף.
• A Tale of Two Arks - about ארון and תיבה.
• Ashkenaz and Teutonic Jews - about אשכנז, לותיר, גרממיא, גרמניה, אלמניא ייקי, דויטשלנד.
• Eighth Month - About בול, מרחשון, and חודש השמיני.

"Pre-Abrahamic Names" (part of my Names & Numen series) - About the minhag of not giving Tanachic names from before Avraham Avinu. 

Audio recordings related to the story of Migdal Bavel and languages in general:

• The Fallout from the Tower of Babel (Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3) - A discussion of what happened at the Tower of Babel and how that affects the development of language.
• Introduction to Jewish Languages (Part 1 | Part 2) - A discussion of the Jewish People's connection to various languages including Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek, Persian, Yiddish, Judeo-Arabic, Ladino, and Modern Hebrew.

Essays related to the descendants of Noah (also attached):

Ø  “Nations and Super-Nations of Canaan,” Jewish Bible Quarterly vol. 46:2 (April 2018).

Ø  “More on the Seven Nations: Girgashite Flight and the Canaanite Nation,” Jewish Bible Quarterly vol. 46:3 (July 2018).

Kol Tuv,

Reuven Chaim Klein

Beitar Illit, Israel

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