Evening gents, just a quick survey: In descending order, which

Language > religion > culture > history > literature

Culture > history > language > religion > literature

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a high GDP/capita and high standard of living

history -> religion -> culture -> literature -> language

>>68041723
and by literature you probably mean

>that book

right?

>>68041795
no, I mean
>vast writings on the Jewish philosophy and identify, as well as general literature with an affinity to the Jewish people

>>68041877
i think the word you're looking for is
>midrash

>>68041966
not midrashim, necessarily.
Believe it or not, but the Jews also have secular and national literature, and not all of the religious writings are "midrashim" per se.

>>68042068
really? to my knowledge hebrew had been more or less a dead language for a thousand years when it was revived in 1947? And before that it was primarily/exclusively a theological language, discussion religion? Don't get me wrong, the literature surounding the old testament, in all its variants, makes for a legitimate and interesting literary tradition, but in the end it all goes back to
>that book.
not that there is anything wrong with that per se.
kind of like the british obsession with shakesspeare, just more overt.

>>68040414
>culture (such as specific fashions, festivals, etc)
culture>history>language>literature>religion

>>68042252
Legitimatly general Hebrew literature has been prevalent for the last 300 years or so.
Although there have been authors writing in Hebrew throughout the generations, mostly either for the discussion of religion and Jewish or Jewish-related philosophy and concepts, or as a medium with which one could "teach the masses" - that is, writing educational books.
Obviously that wasn't the case for the more popular topics that interested Jews.
These were discussed in whatever language was popular where they lived, but when a Jew wanted to perpetuate his writings - he'd do so in Hebrew (Ehad haAm did just that, for example).

>>68042586
aight, didn't know that. apologies.

((as usually))

>>68040414
This thread is retarded. Living next to Buddhists is not the same as living next to Muslims. Sharing a culture with the Aztecs is not the same as sharing a country with the Swiss.

Culture can't be separated from culture either, it can to some degree be done in secular countries because very few people actually believe in their religious texts.