Topic 2: Judaism in the First Century C.E.

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Père Roland de Vaux, OP

Fr. Roland de Vaux, OP (1903-1971)

--was the author of Ancient Israel: Its Life and Institutions;
--was accomplished historian of the ancient Near Eastern world;
--a creative Biblical exegete;
-- practiced archaeologist;
--was a professor of the Dominican École Biblique et Archéologique Française in Jerusalem;
--was the editor of the prestigious scholarly journal Revue Biblique;
--was the editor-in-chief of the celebrated Jerusalem Bible;
--was the editor-in-chief of Discoveries in the Judaean Desert,
--had excavated Qumran;
had  identified the site with the center of the Essene sect as described by the Roman natural historian, Pliny (23–79 A.D.).

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SHEMA Yisrael - Class Prayer

Shema  - part 1 | Music Codes


The Shema (Deut 6:4-9)
Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD alone!
Therefore, you shall love the LORD, your God,
with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength.
Take to heart these words which I enjoin on you today.
Drill them into your children.
Speak of them at home and abroad,
whether you are busy or at rest.
Bind them at your wrist as a sign
and let them be as a pendant on your forehead.
Write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates.

v. 4. Shema Yisrael Adonay Eloheynu Adonay Echad.
v.5. Ve-ahabta et Adonay Eloheyka
Bekol-lebabeka ubkol-napsheka ubkol-meodeka
v. 6. Vehayu haddevarim ha-elle asher anoki mesavveka hayyom al-lebabeka
v. 7. Vesinnantam lebaneyka
vedibbarta bam beshibteka bebeteka
ublekteka badderek
ubshokbeka ubkumeka
v. 8. ukshartam le-ot al-yadeka
vehayu letotapot ben eneyka
v. 9. uktabtam al-mezuzot beteka ubish-areyka. Selah.