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HBW3006 |
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| TITLE |
Synoptic Study-Unit: Hymns and Prayers |
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| LEVEL |
03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course |
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| ECTS CREDITS |
6 |
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| DEPARTMENT |
Oriental Studies |
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| DESCRIPTION |
Students will be reading closely select Hebrew texts belonging to the category of Hymns and Prayers. These texts will include problems of textual criticism, and they will be chosen from various collections of hymns and prayers in the Hebrew Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls, such as the Psalms and the Hodayot. Students will also be introduced to the cultural background relative to the chosen texts. In this synoptic study-unit, students will be expected to demonstrate a practical knowledge of Classical Hebrew, Dead Sea Scrolls Hebrew, and Aramaic, which they gained in their course. Moreover, they will be expected to make the necessary connections between the chosen texts and the pertinent cultural background, which they learnt in various study-units on the civilization of Ancient Israel and the Second Temple Period.
Study-unit Aims
1. To help students apply their knowledge of Hebrew to the category of Hymns and Prayers.
2. To ensure that students can read Classical Hebrew texts and the Dead Sea Scrolls even when these include difficult text-critical problems.
3. To provide the cultural background to the selected texts, linking this to the cultural study-units that students followed throughout their course.
Learning Outcomes
1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to:
1. read Hebrew texts that belong to the category of Hymns and Prayers;
2. successfully grapple with very serious problems of textual criticism;
3. demonstrate that they can apply the knowledge of Hebrew, which they gained during their course, to any type of literary genre.
2. Skills (including transferable [generic] skills): By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to:
1. make a very close critical reading of both ancient and modern texts;
2. understand better the literary culture of the First and Second Temple Periods;
3. appreciate other cultures, both ancient and modern.
Main Text/s and any supplementary readings
- Joüon, P., and Muraoka, T.
2006 A Grammar of Biblical Hebrew, revised English edition, Rome: Editrice Pontificio Istituto Biblico (Library owns a copy)
- Koehler, L., and Baumgartner, W.
2001 The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament, 2 vols., Leiden: Brill (translated and edited under the supervision of M.E.J. Richardson) (Library owns a copy)
- Weingreen, J.
1959 A Practical Grammar for Classical Hebrew, 2nd edn., Oxford: Oxford University Press (Library owns a copy)
- Wilhelm, G.
2006 Gesenius’ Hebrew Grammar, edited and enlarged by E. Kautzch, tr. A.E. Cowley, Mineola, N.Y. : Dover Publications (Library owns a copy)
The lecturer will provide copies of the original texts in the classroom.
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES |
Pre-Requisite Study-units: Having obtained the required number of study-units, including the compulsory study-units, for the B.A. (Hons.) course. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE |
Lecture |
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| METHOD OF ASSESSMENT |
| Assessment Component/s |
Resit Availability |
Weighting |
| Examination (3 Hours)
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Yes |
100% |
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| LECTURER/S |
Anthony J. Frendo
Dennis Mizzi
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It should be noted that all the information in the study-unit description above applies to the academic year 2012/3, if study-unit is available during this academic year, and may be subject to change in subsequent years.
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20 June 2013
http://www.um.edu.mt/arts/studyunit
