Undergraduate Course: Advanced Biblical Hebrew B (DIVI10135)
Course Outline
| School | School of Divinity |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | In this course, you will deepen your Biblical Hebrew skills to an advanced level. The focus will be on analysing selected texts from the Hebrew Bible. These texts will be of varied genres and types, and they will be filled with interesting linguistic and exegetical issues which you will explore in depth. |
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Academic description
In this course, you will deepen your Biblical Hebrew skills to an advanced level. The focus will be on analysing selected texts from the Hebrew Bible, which will be varied in their genres and natures. You will read and translate these texts and explore the issues which emerge in depth, such as linguistic issues of grammar and syntax, exegetical issues of tone and style, and text critical issues of varied manuscript traditions. This course is a companion to Biblical Hebrew Texts A, and may be taken either in isolation or alongside that course.
Syllabus/outline content
This course is structured to work through several biblical texts in turn, which are varied in nature and come from different sections of the Hebrew Bible. The specific texts analysed vary from year to year. Rather than having specific sections of the course dedicated to topics like grammar and translation, these skills are applied and used throughout the course via the textual discussions.
Student learning experience information
This course is taught in weekly two-hour seminars, joint with level 11 students. Prior to each class, students must prepare a portion of text by reading it, translating it, analysing the grammar, and considering exegetical issues. Time in class is spent discussing the text as a group, considering different possibilities of interpretation and translation.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | 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. |
Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Read and translate biblical Hebrew texts of different genres, including ¿unseen¿ texts.
- Analyse, parse, and explain a range of regular and irregular grammatical and syntactic forms in biblical Hebrew
- Understand text cri:cal issues emerging from biblical Hebrew texts.
- Incorporate language skills into exegesis of texts of the Hebrew Bible.
- Understand debated issues around the translation, linguistics, and interpretation of biblical Hebrew.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
- Self-discipline
- Self-direction
- Ability to engage critically with the meaning of documents and recognise that meanings may be multiple
- Ability to read texts in a different language |
| Keywords | Hebrew,Bible |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Suzanna Millar
Tel: (0131 6)50 8904
Email: Suzanna.Millar@ed.ac.uk |
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