DESCRIPTION:

This course is designed to provide a basic knowledge of the phonology, morphology and syntax of biblical Hebrew through the study of material from the Hebrew Bible and from The Authorized Daily Prayerbook. Students will acquire facility in using the Hebrew dictionary and the Hebrew Bible.

Anyone involved in explicating a lifestyle and thought system that is ancient is best equipped by understanding the ancient media; one of them is Hebrew.

The class time will involve a presentation/explanation of new grammar, reading in Hebrew, address of problems encountered in the homework.

Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. New York: American Bible Society, latest ed. (Either the large or the small edition.).

Brown, F., S. Driver and C. Briggs, eds. Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1906.

Kelley, P. H. Biblical Hebrew: An Introductory Grammar. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1992.

Landes, G. M. A Student's Vocabulary of Biblical Hebrew. New York: C. Scribners & Sons, 1961.

Williams, R. J. Hebrew Syntax: An Outline. (Second or latest edition) Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1988.

Wonneberger, R. Understanding BHS: A Manual for the Users of Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. Second edition. Rome: Editrice Pontificio Instituto Biblico, 1990.

Wurthwein, E. The Text of the Old Testament. Second edition. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1995.

A schedule of assignments will be distributed on the first day of class. This class assumes considerable study from the students who are expected to attend with the lesson prepared. The final grade depends on class participation, quizzes, major exams, and a final.

None.

The first of two quarters, both of which are required to meet the M.Div. core requirement in Hebrew (HEB).

Yes.