Fall 2019/Online Live
LG506
Hays
LG506: INTERMEDIATE HEBREW (4 Units: 160 hours/2 Units: 130 Hours). Christopher B. Hays.
DESCRIPTION: This course helps students gain increased competency in translating biblical Hebrew, with special attention to literary and poetic features, as well as the social a scribal contexts of the biblical authors. It also gives exposure to the diachronic phases of the language, such as Archaic and Late Biblical Hebrew, surveying changes in morphology, syntax, orthography, and phonology from an historical perspective. The course emphasizes how the history of the Hebrew language and our interpretations of the Old Testament are mutually informing.
LEARNING OUTCOMES: Students will have demonstrated (1) intermediate competency in translating biblical Hebrew; (2) the ability to identify and describe the major phases and dialects of ancient Hebrew; (3) the ability to translate texts from archaic to late periods of the language using standard reference works; (4) the ability to vocalize unpointed Hebrew texts, including both pre-exilic inscriptions and Qumran texts.
RELATIONSHIP TO PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES: RELATIONSHIP TO PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES: This course ensures that students have intermediate aptitude in Hebrew, so that they will be able to study the Old Testament in its original language. The course thus helps to build skill in interpreting the Old Testament, which contributes to the PLO, “Students will have demonstrated competence in the practice of biblical interpretation for faithful use of Scripture in their own lives and ministries” (MDiv)."
COURSE FORMAT: This class meets once weekly for two hours in Online Live! format, i.e. facilitated by videoconferencing. Two additional hours per week will be occupied by posted video lectures and other directed learning activities, for a total of 40 instructional hours. Students are required to attend the scheduled class times via videoconference each week (see schedule and note for specifications). Students are required to interact with the material, with each other, and with the instructor regularly through online discussions, reading, and other assignments that promote active learning.
REQUIRED READING: 500 pages required.
[Note: The student is strongly encouraged to purchase Accordance. To order, go to www.accordance.bible/store/Academic-Bundles and select one of the Amber bundles that includes Hebrew resources; these bundles include the first four required books below. (You will need to create an Accordance account.) Use coupon code APP-Fuller18-19 at checkout.]
Elliger, K., and W. Rudolph. Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. 5th ed. Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1997. ISBN: 978-1598561630, Pub. Price $69.95 [1629 pp.].
Joüon, P. & T. Muraoka. A Grammar of Biblical Hebrew. Editrice Pontifico Istituto Biblio, 1991. ISBN: 978-8876536298, Pub. Price $82.00 [832 pp.].
Koehler, L., and W. Baumgartner. The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament. 2 vols. Brill, 2002. ISBN: 978-9004124455, Pub. Price $323.00 [2094 pp.].
Waltke, Bruce K., and M. O’Connor. An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax. Eisenbrauns, 1990. ISBN: 978-0931464317, Pub. Price $69.50.
Jastrow, Marcus. Dictionary of the Targumim, Talmud Babli, Yerushalmi, and Midrashic Literature. Judaica Press, 1987. ISBN: 978-0910818056, Pub. Price 29.95. (Various print editions are available; it is also a free download from Google Books, though it is broken up into volumes).
Schniedewind, William M. A Social History of Hebrew: Its Origins through the Rabbinic Period. The Anchor Yale Bible Reference Library. Yale University Press, 2013. ISBN: 978-0300176681. $35.00 Available as an e-book from the Fuller Library [250 pp. assigned]
Van Pelt, Miles V. and Gary D. Pratico. The Vocabulary Guide to Biblical Hebrew. Zondervan, 2003. ISBN: 978-0310250722, Pub. Price $18.99 [336 pp.].
Course reader [300 pp.; includes Jo Ann Hackett, Na’ama Pat-El, Gary Rendsburg, C. L. Seow, Avi Hurvitz, etc.]
RECOMMENDED READING:
Gogel, Sandra Landis. A Grammar of Epigraphic Hebrew. SBLDS 23. Scholars Press, 1998. ISBN: 978-1555402884, Pub. Price $56.95.
Saenz-Badillos, A. A History of the Hebrew Language. Trans. J. Elwolde. Cambridge University Press, 1993. ISBN: 978-0521556347, Pub. Price $57.99 [384 pp.].
Sanders, Seth L. The Invention of Hebrew. Illinois University Press, 2009. ISBN: 978-0252078354, Pub. Price $37.00.
Seow, C. L. A Grammar for Biblical Hebrew. Rev. ed. Abingdon, 1995. ISBN: 978-0687157860, Pub. Price $39.99 [380 pp.].
ASSIGNMENTS AND ASSESSMENT
PREREQUISITES: LG502 or LG502B.
RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM: Meets requirement in Ancient Context of the Old Testament and Ancient Near Eastern Studies emphases.
FINAL EXAMINATION: Yes, in class.
TECHNOLOGY REQUIREMENTS: To participate in an Online Live course, please make sure your computer and Internet specifications meet the requirements listed below. You may also contact the Office of Teaching and Learning to schedule a test run before the quarter begins.
Online-specific requirements:
Important Note: Students must have full administrator access to their computer. This means that students may not be able to use a company-provided computer as they often restrict some system operations necessary for online course work.
Computer Specifications:
NOTE: This ECD is a reliable guide to the course design but is subject to modification. Textbook prices are set by publishers and are subject to change. Copyright 2019 Fuller Theological Seminary.