Biblical Hebrew B (AL1002Y)

Content

This unit continues the study of biblical Hebrew. It focuses on a particular text from the Hebrew Bible, paying attention to issues of grammar and syntax, as well as to ways in which the text has been interpreted.

Learning outcomes

Unit sequence

Pre-requisites: AL1001Y Hebrew A or equivalent

Pedagogy

Lecturer-guided in-class student reading, translation, and interpretation of the set text

Indicative Bibliography

• Bolozky, Shmuel. 501 Hebrew verbs fully conjugated in all the tenses in a new easy-to-follow format alphabetically arranged by root. 1996. 2nd ed. Hauppauge, NY: Barron's Educational Series, 2008.
• Brown, Francis and Samuel R. Driver and Charles A. Briggs.* Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament*. Reprint. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1999.
• Elliger, Karl and Wilhelm Rudolph, eds. Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. 3rd ed. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1987.*
• Futato, Mark D. Beginning Biblical Hebrew. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2003 [ebook available via Library Hub].
• Holladay, William L. A Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament. Leiden: Brill, 1988.
• Joüon, Paul. A Grammar of Biblical Hebrew. 2nd ed. Translated and revised by Takamitsu Muraoka. Rome: Pontificio Istituto Biblico, 2006.
• Putnam, Frederic Clarke. A New Grammar of Biblical Hebrew. Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix, 2010. 8
• Van Pelt, Miles V., and Gary D. Pratico. The Vocabulary Guide to Biblical Hebrew. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2003.
• Walker-Jones, Arthur. Hebrew for Biblical Interpretation. Resources for Biblical Study 48 Atlanta, GA: Society for Biblical Literature, 2003.
• Wonneberger, Reinhard. Understanding BHS. A Manual for the Users of the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. Subsidia Biblica 8. Rome: Editrice Pontificio Istituto Biblico, 1984.

Assessment