Hebrew 104/304
Department of
Hebrew and Semitic Studies
University of
Wisconsin–Madison
Spring 2006
Class:
MW
Instructor: Jim
Kirk
Email: jkirk@wisc.edu
Office: 1336 Van Hise Hall
Office
Phone #: 262-8240
Office
Hours: F
Welcome
to the second semester of Biblical Hebrew!
This semester we continue our adventure in language learning. Let me remind you of our general goals for
this year: (‘In all toil there is profit,’ Prov
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To read Hebrew narrative by sight
come May.
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To see the importance of reading
the Bible in Hebrew, not just in translation.
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To enjoy reading Hebrew (so that
you spend your summer reading Hebrew for fun!)
To further
these goals this semester we will reinforce
the grammar learned last semester and move onto the Hebrew “weak” verbs
and
aspects of Biblical Hebrew syntax. We
will also spend a lot of time reading Biblical Hebrew narrative, with
appreciation for its literary dimensions.
Requirements:
1)
Attendance
is required. If you must miss a class,
it is your responsibility to get notes from another student and be
prepared for
the next class session.
2) Exercises and
translation will be
assigned daily. We will go over these
assignments at the beginning of the next class period and I will
collect some
of them. Simply handing in these
assignments will be worth 10% of your grade.
These assignments cannot be handed in outside of class, except
by
special permission.
3) Quizzes. You may
consider every quiz cumulative (especially when it comes to
vocabulary). No surprises at all on the
quizzes. Just know everything! The quiz will start at the beginning of the
hour, so please do not be late. There
will be no make-up quizzes (except by very special permission), but
your lowest
quiz score will be dropped.
4) We will have
a mid-term (WED.
MARCH 08) and a final exam
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6) Oral recitation: It is important that you gain the
ability early on in your study of Biblical Hebrew to not only
understand the grammar
of the language and translate, but also to read Hebrew aloud fluently. To encourage you in this you must prepare a
text (to be announced) and read it for me during office hours (or by
appointment). I will pass out a schedule
for these readings in early April, but feel free to complete the
assignment
early.
Textbooks:
1)
Cook, John A., and Robert D. Holmstedt.
2005. Ancient Hebrew: A Student Grammar.
Unpublished. Available
at Bob's Copy Shop at
2)
Elliger, K. and Rudolph, W.,
ed. 1967-77. Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. 3rd ed. Stuttgart:
Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft.
3)
Brown, Francis, S. R. Driver,
and C. A. Briggs. 1979. The New Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English
Lexicon.
Grading:
Grading
Scale: A
94-100
Daily
Assignments: 10%
AB 88-93.99
Oral
Quizzes:
20%
BC 76-81.99
Midterm
Exam: 25%
C
70-75.99
Final
Exam:
35%
D
60-69.99
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Day |
Date |
Lesson |
Topic |
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Wed |
Jan
18 |
#15 |
Review:
Passive-Reflexive Binyanim |
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Fri |
20 |
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Mon |
23 |
#16 |
QUIZ #1; Using
a Lexicon; Dynamic and Stative Verbs |
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Wed |
25 |
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Fri |
27 |
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Mon |
30 |
#17 |
QUIZ #2; Guttural Verbs |
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Wed |
Feb
1 |
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Fri |
3 |
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Mon |
6 |
#18 |
QUIZ #3; Intro to Weak Verbs;
Object Suffixes on Verbs |
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Wed |
8 |
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Fri |
10 |
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Mon |
13 |
#19 |
QUIZ #4; I-Alef,
III-Alef Weak Verbs |
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Wed |
15 |
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Fri |
17 |
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Mon |
20 |
#20 |
QUIZ #5; I-Nun Weak Verbs |
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Wed |
22 |
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Fri |
24 |
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Mon |
27 |
#21 |
QUIZ #6; I-Vav/Yod Weak Verbs |
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Wed |
Mar
1 |
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Fri |
3 |
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Mon |
6 |
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Wed |
8 |
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MIDTERM EXAM |
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Fri |
10 |
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Review Midterm |
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3/11-3/19:
SPRING BREAK |
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Mon |
20 |
#22 |
QUIZ #7; III-He
Weak Verbs |
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Wed |
22 |
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Fri |
24 |
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Mon |
27 |
#23 |
QUIZ #8; II-Vav/Yod Weak Verbs |
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Wed |
29 |
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Fri |
31 |
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Mon |
Apr
3 |
#24 |
QUIZ #9; II-III Weak Verbs |
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Wed |
5 |
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Fri |
7 |
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Mon |
10 |
#25 |
QUIZ #10; Doubly-Weak Verbs |
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Wed |
12 |
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Fri |
14 |
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Mon |
17 |
#26 |
QUIZ #11 |
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Wed |
19 |
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Fri |
21 |
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Mon |
24 |
#27 |
QUIZ #12 |
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Wed |
26 |
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Fri |
28 |
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Mon |
May
1 |
#28 |
QUIZ #13 |
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Wed |
3 |
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Fri |
5 |
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