Sure, it's the opening of Berakhot, the first tractate ... whenever this topic comes up, I always think first of the public chanting of the Torah every sabbath and holiday, and then think of the public recitations of Homer in ancient Greek. In Hebrew and other Semitic languages, the word for "read" (qoreh) shares the root with "recitatio…
Sure, it's the opening of Berakhot, the first tractate ... whenever this topic comes up, I always think first of the public chanting of the Torah every sabbath and holiday, and then think of the public recitations of Homer in ancient Greek. In Hebrew and other Semitic languages, the word for "read" (qoreh) shares the root with "recitation" (q'ria), in turn related to Qu'ran, also chanted out loud ....
Sure, it's the opening of Berakhot, the first tractate ... whenever this topic comes up, I always think first of the public chanting of the Torah every sabbath and holiday, and then think of the public recitations of Homer in ancient Greek. In Hebrew and other Semitic languages, the word for "read" (qoreh) shares the root with "recitation" (q'ria), in turn related to Qu'ran, also chanted out loud ....