Hebrew 2 (AL2002L)

Content

Unit content includes: learning the particularities of Hebrew grammar and syntax and biblical vocabulary with a view to being able to read Hebrew and translate into English; developing the skills to employ standard resources (lexicon, Hebrew grammar) in the translation of texts from the Hebrew Bible.

Learning outcomes

Unit sequence

AL1001L Hebrew 1

Pedagogy

Lectures, tutorials, peer group work

Indicative Bibliography

• = set texts recommended for purchase
• Bartelt, Andrew H., and Andrew E. Steinmann. 2004. *Fundamental Biblical Hebrew/Fundamental Biblical Aramaic. St Louis, MO: Concordia Publishing House.
• Bartelt, Andrew H., and Andrew E. Steinmann. 2003. *Workbook and supplementary exercises for Fundamental Biblical Hebrew and Fundamental Biblical Aramaic. St Louis, MO: Concordia Publishing House.
• Either:
• Brown, Francis, Samuel Rolles Driver, and Charles Augustus Briggs. 1996. The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon: with an Appendix Containing the Biblical Aramaic. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson. Or:
• Koehler, Ludwig, and Walter Baumgartner. 1994-2000. The Hebrew and Aramaic lexicon of the Old Testament. Translated by M. E. J. Richardson. Leiden: Brill. Or:

• Holladay, William L. 1998. *A concise Hebrew and Aramaic lexicon of the Old Testament. 14th corrected impression. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans.

• Elliger, K., and W. Rudolph, eds. 1997. Biblica Hebraica Stuttgartensia. 5th rev. ed. Stuttgart, Germany: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft.

• Kohlenberger, John R. 1998. The Hebrew English concordance to the Old Testament: with the new international version. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan. Or:

• Wigram, George V. 1995. The Englishman's Hebrew Concordance of the Old Testament: coded with Strong's Concordance Numbers. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson.

• Williams, Ronald J. 2007. Williams’ Hebrew Syntax, 3rd edition: revised and expanded by John C. Beckman. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

Assessment