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Postgraduate Course: Aramaic (BIST11007)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Divinity CollegeCollege of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryTo read the 'Hebrew' Bible one must know Aramaic. To understand Jesus the Jew one must have knowledge of the language in which he spoke. This course will teach students the rudiments of the Aramaic language by a study of its vocabulary and grammar. The textbook by Frederick E. Greenspahn, An Introduction to Aramaic, will be used for the course and students will follow each lesson, memorize vocabulary and paradigms, and do the exercises (including translations from English into Aramaic) and prepare the graded reading passages. Bi-weekly quizzes will be used to assess student progress.
Course description Academic Description:
To read the 'Hebrew' Bible one must know Aramaic. To understand Jesus the Jew one must have knowledge of the language in which he spoke. This course will teach students the rudiments of the Aramaic language by a study of its vocabulary and grammar.

Syllabus/Outline Content:
By the end of the course, students should have read all of the Aramaic portions of the Hebrew Bible in simplified or real form. Depending upon the class, there may be opportunities to read non-biblical texts, Elephantine Papyri, Genesis Apocryphon, Targum, Midrash, though these will not be examined.

Student Learning Experience Information:
The textbook by Frederick E. Greenspahn, An Introduction to Aramaic, will be used for the course, corrected and supplemented by handouts of readings. Students will follow each lesson, memorize vocabulary and paradigms, and do the exercises (including translations from English into Aramaic) and prepare the graded reading passages. Short quizzes will be used to assess student progress. There will be a final essay.


Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Demonstrate their understanding of the grammar of Biblical Aramaic
  2. Read a selection of pointed and unpointed Aramaic texts.
  3. Translate and exegete texts in Aramaic.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserProf Timothy Lim
Tel: (0131 6)50 8919
Email: Timothy.Lim@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Rachel Dutton
Tel: (0131 6)50 7227
Email: rdutton@ed.ac.uk
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