Biblical Hebrew 323

“4th hour”

Fall 2004

 

Class: MWF 1:20-2:10; 144 Van Hise  Kent Reynolds

Office Phone: 262-8240 kareynolds@wisc.edu

Office 1336 Van Hise

 

 

Course Description:

This portion of the class is designed to introduce incoming graduate students in the Hebrew and Semitic Studies department to the advanced skills necessary for mastering Hebrew grammar and doing comparative and historical Semitic language work.

 

Course Objectives:

1. Learn the objectives, methods, and procedures in doing historical-comparative Semitic grammar.

2. Learn to reconstruct pre- and proto-Hebrew forms based on attested Biblical Hebrew words.

3. Master the grammar of Biblical Hebrew through production of morphological forms, reading unpointed texts, and composition.

 

Course Requirements:

1. Attendance  -  You are expected to attend each class.  Absences without a reasonable excuse will result in a reduction of your daily assignments grade.

2. Assignments - You are expected to complete the assignments for each class.  If you fail to complete the assignment you will receive a zero for that class.

3. Exams  -  Two unit exams will be given: a midterm on Fri, Oct 22; a final, TBA.

 

Grading: (for those not in 323)

 

            Daily assignments             30%

            Midterm                     30%

            Final                             40%

                                                                 

Resources:

Bauer, Hans, and Pontus Leander. Historische Grammatik der hebräischen Sprache. Hildesheim: Olms, 1962.

Cross, Frank Moore, Jr., and David Noel Freedman. Early Hebrew Orthography: A Study of the Epigraphic Evidence. American Oriental Series, Vol. 36. New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society, 1952.

Garr, Randall. Dialect Geography of Syria-Palestine. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1985 [o/p--in Graduate Reading Room].

Long, G. A. A Student's Manual for a Historical Linguistic Foundation in Biblical Hebrew. Unpublished Ms., 2000.

Sáenz-Badillos, Angel. A History of the Hebrew Language. Translated by John Elwolde. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993.


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