| CODE | NES2002 | |||||||||
| TITLE | Readings in Dead Sea Scrolls Hebrew: The Rule Books | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | Not Applicable | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 6 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Oriental Studies | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | In this study-unit students will read select passages in Hebrew from the Rule Books found among the Dead Sea Scrolls, such as the Community Rule (1QS). This will give them the opportunity to get familiar with the Hebrew of the Dead Sea Scrolls, which is a late strand of Classical Hebrew that contains some variant morphological and grammatical features. Students will also be exposed to a literary genre which is not found in the Hebrew Bible, and to the type of language that is characteristic of this genre; moreover, they will have the opportunity to focus in detail on the structural and literary complexity of some of these documents, and to experience firsthand the ideology, beliefs and practices of the community behind these texts. Since the Hebrew of the Dead Sea Scrolls is unvocalised, students will also be trained to decipher, vocalise, and read unpointed Hebrew text, a most effective exercise that will help students master their Hebrew grammar. A background to the Dead Sea Scrolls and to their cultural and historical context will also be given. Reading List: - Knibb, M.A. 1987. The Qumran Community, Cambridge. - 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). - Metso, S. 1997. The Textual Development of the Qumran Community Rule, Leiden: Brill. - Murphy-O’Connor, J. 1969. “La genèse littéraire de la Règle de la Communauté”, Revue Biblique 76: 528-549. - Qimron, E. 1986. The Hebrew of the Dead Sea Scrolls, Atlanta: Scholars Press. |
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| RULES/CONDITIONS | Before TAKING THIS UNIT YOU MUST TAKE NES1001 AND TAKE NES1002 | |||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | |||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Dennis Mizzi |
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