National Association of Professors of Hebrew

Call For Papers: For the NAPH session titled, "How to Facilitate Meaningful L2 Output for Learners of Biblical Hebrew," kindly propose either (a) a theory-and-rationale paper explaining the nature of meaningful L2 output, and its pertinence for BH learners, or (b) a paper describing and demonstrating how you have facilitated such L2 output (specify learner-level, whether first-semester, second-semester, or third-semester-or-above). We encourage all papers to be of publishable quality. Contact Paul Overland (poverlan@ashland.edu). The NAPH session titled, "Imagine Universal Assessment of Proficiency in Biblical Hebrew (Working Group)," is Year Two of a two-year panel that has been exploring and experimenting with development of a national exam in Biblical Hebrew. While session-visitors are welcome and may offer observations, the ultimate direction and outcomes will be determined by panelists who already have committed to work on this project. A session on "Zionism, Religion and Today's Israel" will be offered. In the 127th year of the birth of modern Zionism (1897), there is much of the biblical message to celebrate: a sovereign Jewish nation on the ancestral land, the ingathering of the exiles, Jewish identity revival, and, no less of a miracle, the triumphant rapprochement in Jewish-Christian-Muslim relations. From the birth of Zionism to today, religious tropes have dominated Israeli society and continue to be appropriated by Israeli politicians and pundits with a zeal matched only by the ancient prophets. This session will explore the rhetoric being brought into play today by the full spectrum of the Israeli political movements, whether those advocates are the secular and modern orthodox in support of a more liberal leaning society or ultra-orthodox leaning to the more conservative vision of tomorrow’s Israel. Final session, Book Event, Zev Garber and Kenneth Hanson, eds., Jewish Studies and the Fourth Gospel (GCRR Press, 2024).

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