Study-Unit Description - Faculty of Arts

CODE

NES1002

TITLE

Classical Hebrew 2

LEVEL

01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course

ECTS CREDITS

DEPARTMENT

Oriental Studies

DESCRIPTION

This study-unit treats the more difficult elements of Classical Hebrew, especially with respect to irregular verbs and problems of syntax. The emphasis lies on a great deal of exercises in grammar so that students will also consolidate their knowledge of basic Classical Hebrew gained in NES1001 which is a prerequisite for this study-unit.

Reading List:

- Francis Brown, S.R. Driver, and Charles A. Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament, with an Appendix containing the Biblical Aramaic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1951 (reprint with corrections of the 1906 edition)

- W. Gesenius and E. Kautzsch, Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar (edited and enlarged by E. Kautzsch), 2nd English edn tr. by A. E. Cowley, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1910

- W. Rudolph, and H.P. Rüger (ed.), Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia, 2nd revised edn, Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1983

- Bruce K. Waltke, and M. O'Connor, An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax, Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 1990

- J. Weingreen, A practical Grammar for Classical Hebrew, 2nd edn, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1959

RULES/CONDITIONS

Before TAKING THIS STUDY-UNIT YOU MUST TAKE NES1001

STUDY-UNIT TYPE

Lecture

METHOD OF ASSESSMENT

Assessment Component/s	Resit Availability	Weighting
Oral Examination (20 Minutes)	Yes	100%

LECTURER/S

Anthony J. Frendo
Dennis Mizzi

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20 June 2013
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