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<p>Channah's song contains prophetic material relating to the nation as a whole.  This approach subdivides regarding the time period to which the song refers:</p> | <p>Channah's song contains prophetic material relating to the nation as a whole.  This approach subdivides regarding the time period to which the song refers:</p> | ||
<opinion>Distant Future | <opinion>Distant Future | ||
| + | <p>The song refers to events throughout the nation's history from the defeat of the Philistines by the hand of Shemuel until the time of Mashiach.</p> | ||
| + | <mekorot>Targum Yonatan</mekorot> | ||
</opinion> | </opinion> | ||
<opinion>Close Future | <opinion>Close Future | ||
| + | <mekorot><multilink><a href="RalbagShemuelI2-1-10" data-aht="source">Ralbag</a><a href="RalbagShemuelI2-1-10" data-aht="source">Shemuel I 2:1-10</a><a href="R. Levi b. Gershom (Ralbag, Gersonides)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Levi b. Gershom</a></multilink></mekorot> | ||
</opinion> | </opinion> | ||
</category> | </category> | ||
<category>National Request | <category>National Request | ||
<p>Channah's prayer relates not to her personal life but to the fate of the nation.  It focuses on the themes of dominion and kingship as a segue into her request that Hashem appoint an appropriate leader for the nation.</p> | <p>Channah's prayer relates not to her personal life but to the fate of the nation.  It focuses on the themes of dominion and kingship as a segue into her request that Hashem appoint an appropriate leader for the nation.</p> | ||
| + | <mekorot>R. Silber</mekorot> | ||
</category> | </category> | ||
</approaches> | </approaches> | ||
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Version as of 01:07, 23 September 2016
Channah's Prayer
Exegetical Approaches
Personal Praise
Channah's prayer is a song of praise to Hashem for granting her request for a child. It revolves around her previous travails as a barren woman and her present happiness in the birth of her son.
Historical Prophecy
Channah's song contains prophetic material relating to the nation as a whole. This approach subdivides regarding the time period to which the song refers:
Distant Future
The song refers to events throughout the nation's history from the defeat of the Philistines by the hand of Shemuel until the time of Mashiach.
Sources:Targum Yonatan
Close Future
Sources:Ralbag
National Request
Channah's prayer relates not to her personal life but to the fate of the nation. It focuses on the themes of dominion and kingship as a segue into her request that Hashem appoint an appropriate leader for the nation.
Sources:R. Silber
