Undergraduate Course: Aramaic (BIST10025)
Course Outline
| School | School of Divinity | 
College | College of Humanities and Social Science | 
 
| Course type | Standard | 
Availability | Available to all students | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) | 
Credits | 20 | 
 
| Home subject area | Biblical Studies | 
Other subject area | None | 
   
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Taught in Gaelic? | No | 
 
| Course description | A study of Biblical Aramaic grammar and the text of the Book of Daniel chapters 2-7. | 
 
 
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites | 
 Students MUST have passed:   
Hebrew 2 (BIST08003)  
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Co-requisites |  | 
 
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Other requirements |  None | 
 
| Additional Costs |  None | 
 
 
Information for Visiting Students 
| Pre-requisites | Visiting students should have at least 3 Divinity/Religious Studies courses at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this). We will only consider University/College level courses. | 
 
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes 
1) to learn the grammar and vocabulary of Biblical Aramaic; 
2) to read all the Aramaic passages in the Bible; 
3) to interpret the Aramaic passages in Ezra and Daniel. | 
 
 
Assessment Information 
10% for course participation in class (readings, translations) 
30% for five bi-weekly quizzes that test (vocabulary, paradigms, translations on seen and unseen passages from Aramaic to English and English to Aramaic) 
60% exam.  The exam will consist of three sections: a) vocabulary, b) grammar; and c) translation and exegetical comment of set and unseen passages 
 
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Special Arrangements 
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Additional Information 
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| Syllabus | 
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| Transferable skills | 
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| Reading list | 
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| Study Abroad | 
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| Keywords | Armc | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Prof Timothy Lim 
Tel: (0131 6)50 8919 
Email: Timothy.Lim@ed.ac.uk | 
Course secretary | Ms Paula Kruyff 
Tel: (0131 6)5 
Email: Paula.Kruyff@ed.ac.uk | 
   
 
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