Re 144-1: Biblical Hebrew II
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- Re 144 "Biblical Hebrew II": This is the second
semester of a two-semester course in Introductory Biblical Hebrew.
The course will continue to cover the fundamentals of grammar
as well as substantial readings from the Old Testament in the
original Hebrew. Instruction will also be provided on the proper
use of lexical tools that are useful for biblical research. Open
to those who have completed the first semester or to those with
prior knowledge of Hebrew.
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[ Course Requirements
| Schedule | Goals
and Objectives | Evaluation |
February | March
| April | May
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- Re 144-1: Biblical Hebrew I
- Fall 1999
- MWF 12:30 - 1:30PM
| Professor |
Dr. Andrew G. Vaughn |
| Office |
Old Main 105C |
| office telephone |
x7475 |
| home telephone |
625-2797 (before 9PM) |
| office hours |
M 2:30 - 3:30; W 2:30 - 4:30; and by appointment |
- Required Texts (for both semesters):
- Seow, A Grammar for Biblical Hebrew, Revised Ed. (abbrev.
Seow)
- Brown, Driver, and Briggs, Lexicon (abbrev. BDB)
- Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (abbrev. BHS)
Goals and Objectives of
the Course: The primary goal of the course is to enable
the student to read and interpret the Hebrew Scriptures in the
original language. With this in mind, the course introduces elementary
Hebrew grammar and syntax in the context of reading selected passages
from the Old Testament in Hebrew. The student will be introduced
to a variety of genres in the Old Testament (i.e, poetry and prose).
In order to aid the student in interpretation of Old Testament
texts, we will devote study to the proper use of various lexical
tools and commentaries. By the end of the second semester, the
student should be able to read and interpret a large portion of
the Hebrew Bible with the use of lexical aids.
Course Requirements:
The following requirements will facilitate the goals listed above:
- Faithful attendance and participation in class (you cannot
learn Hebrew if you do not come to class)
- Completion of daily homework assignments (you may work with
your classmates on these)
- Completion of daily vocabulary assignments (much of learning
Hebrew is just memorization)
- Completion of weekly quizes
- Completion of a mid-term exam
- Completion of a final exam (we may have individual, oral
exams)
Anticipated Method of Evaluation:
| Attendance |
15% |
| Homework |
10% |
| Weekly Quizes |
40% |
| Midterm Exam |
15% |
| Final Exam |
20% |
| Total |
100% |
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ANTICIPATED SCHEDULE OF TOPICS
AND READINGS
- Feb. 07 (M): Review and vocabulary
quiz
- review Qal ptc and perfect and Piel perfect
- review "A" and "C" suffixes
- vocab quiz on Lessons 2-10
- 09 (W): Review and quiz on paradigms and vocabulary
- Quiz:
- vocabulary from Lessons 2-13
- Qal participle and perfect and Piel perfect
- "A" and "C" suffixes
- translate Hebrew sentences on p. 127: ex. c, no. 9-12 (you
already translated these last semester)
- translate Hebrew sentences on p. 144: ex. c, no. 11-15 (you
already translated these last semester)
- translate Hebrew sentences on p. 155: ex. b, no. 6-10 (you
already translated these last semester)
- translate Hebrew sentences on p. 169: ex. c, no. 6-10 (you
already translated these last semester)
- 11 (F): Quiz and the introduction to the Hiphil perfect
- Quiz
- vocabulary from Lessons 2-15
- Qal participle and perfect and Piel perfect
- "A" and "C" suffixes
- translate Hebrew sentences on p. 179: ex. c, no. 6-10 (you
already translated these last semester)
- review the Hiphil perfect in Lesson 16 (please skim
this chapter before class-- note: "skim" does not mean
"ignore")
- 14 (M): The Hiphil perfect and participle
- Seow, p. 190, exercise a (answer
key)
- Seow, p. 191, exercise b (we will go over these in class,
but you need to complete this assignment beforehand)
- p. 191, exercise c, no. 1-15 (answer
key)
- 16 (W): Hebrew reading
- translate 1 Kgs 8:12-21 (see Seow, p. 192 for glosses)
- 18 (F): Quiz and class translation (bring BDB to class)
- Quiz
- vocabulary, Lessons 2-16
- paradigms
- p. 191, exercise c, no. 1-15 (answer
key)
- translate 1 Kgs 8:12-21 (see Seow, p. 192 for glosses)
- read Song of Songs 3:1-5 in class (do not need to prepare
this ahead of time)
- 21 (M): Introduction to Lesson 18 (The Imperfect Inflection)
- review Song of Songs 3:1-5 (see Seow p. 204 for glosses)
- learn vocabulary from Lesson 18
- read carefully Lesson 18 before class
- we will go over exercises 18a and 18b in class (do not need
to prepare before class)
- 23 (W): The Imperfect Inflection Continued
- 25 (F): Quiz and Hebrew reading
- Quiz
- vocabulary, Lessons 2-18 (but not Lesson 17)
- paradigms
- Song of Songs 3:1-5
- exercise 18c (answer
key)
- exercise 18d (answer
key)
- Deut 13:1-6 (see Seow, p. 213 for glosses; we will go over
this in class before the quiz)
- 28 (M):introduction to Lesson XVII (Perfect with Object suffixes)
- review Lesson 17
- memorize vocabulary from Lesson 17
- Exercises 17c and 17d, pp. 203-204 (answer
key)
- Mar. 01 (W): Lesson 19: Imperfect
of I-gutteral verbs
- learn vocabularly from Lesson 19
- Exercises 19a and 19c (answer
key)
03 (F): Quiz and Hebrew reading
- vocabulary from Lessons 2-19
- paradigms
- Exercise 19c (answer
key)
- Exercise 17c and 17d (answer
key)
- Exod 3:1-14 (See notes on Seow, p. 223; we will go over this
in class before the quiz)
- tape of Exod 3:1-15
- 06 (M): Lesson 20 introduction and Hebrew reading
- learn vocabulary from Lesson 20
- read Lesson 20
- translate Gen 22:1-6 (see notes on Seow p. 234; bring BDB
to class!)
- 08 (W): Lesson 20 (cont.) and introduction to Lesson 21
- translate Gen 22:7-15
- Learn vocabulary from Lesson 21
- read Lesson 21
- 10 (F): Quiz and Hebrew reading
- vocabulary from Lessons 2-21
- paradigms
- Exercise 21a (answer key)
- Gen 22:1-15
- 13 (M): Lesson 22
- read Lesson 22
- learn vocabulary from Lesson 22
- complete exercise 22a (answer key)
- translate Prov 4:1-6 (see Seow, p. 253 for glosses)
- 15 (W): Hebrew reading and Lesson 23
- 17 (F): Quiz and Hebrew Reading
- vocabularly from Lessons 2-22
- paradigms
- Prov 4:1-6 (see Seow, p. 253 for glosses;
we will go over this passage before the quiz)
- 1 Kgs 3:4-15 (see Seow, p. 246 for glosses)
- 20 (M): Hebrew reading
- Amos 7:10-17 (see Seow, p. 253-4 for glosses)
- 1 Kings 3:16-28 (see Seow, p. 254 for glosses)
- 22 (W): Hebrew reading
- 24 (F): midterm exam
- will cover all Hebrew readings, vocab,
and paradigms to this point
- 27 (M): Spring Break
- 29 (W): Spring Break
- 31 (F): Spring Break
- Apr. 03 (M): Lesson
23
- go over grammar
- Read Gen 3:1-14 in class
- 05 (W): Lesson 23 cont.
- finish Gen 3:1-14
- tape of Gen 3
- translate Josh 1:1-9
- translate Eccl 3:1-9
- 07 (F): Quiz and Lesson 24
- Quiz covers Gen 3:1-14; Josh 1:1-9; Eccl
3:1-9
- review grammar from Lesson 24
- if we have time, we will start translating
Deut 5:1-33 (do not need to prepare ahead of time)
- 10 (M): Lesson 24
- 12 (W): Lesson 25
- introduce grammar from Lesson 25
- translate Psalm 1
- 14 (F): Quiz
- Quiz on Deut 5:1-25 and Psalm 1
- 17 (M): Hebrew Reading
- 19 (W): Lesson 26
- review grammar from Lesson 26
- translate Genesis 32
- 21 (F): Easter Recess
- 24 (M): Easter Recess
- 26 (W): Lesson 27
- review grammar from Lesson 27
- translate 1 Samuel 3
- 28 (F): Quiz (professor at conference)
- Psalm 23
- Psalm 148
- Genesis 32
- 1 Samuel 3
- May 01 (M):
Lesson 28
- 03 (W): Lesson 28
- 05 (F): Quiz and Intro to Lesson 29
- 08 (M): Lesson 29
- 10 (W): Lesson 30
- 12 (F): Quiz
- 15 (M): catch-up day
- 17 (W): catch-up day
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- Final exam: on date assigned by registrar:
tentatively set for Tuesday, May 23, 2000 from 3:30-5:30PM