Postgraduate Course: Advanced Biblical Hebrew B (PG) (DIVI11096)
Course Outline
| School | School of Divinity |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
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.
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 10 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 | None |
Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Read and fluently translate biblical Hebrew texts of different genres, including ¿unseen¿ texts.
- Analyse, parse, and explain a wide range of regular and irregular grammatical and syntactic forms in biblical Hebrew.
- Analyse and evaluate text critical issues emerging from biblical Hebrew texts.
- Incorporate language skills into indepth exegesis of texts of the Hebrew Bible.
- Understand and evaluate debated issues around the translation, linguistics, and interpretation of biblical Hebrew.
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Additional Information
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Suzanna Millar
Tel: (0131 6)50 8904
Email: Suzanna.Millar@ed.ac.uk |
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