Through lectures and the detailed examination of selected Hebrew texts the student is introduced to the basic morphology and syntax of Biblical Hebrew. A selected vocabulary is to be acquired.

Prerequisites

none

Requirements

3 hours per week

Assessment

Bibliography

• Clines, David. J., ed. The Concise Dictionary of Classical Hebrew. Sheffield, UK: Phoenix, 2009.
• Holladay, William L. A Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament: Based upon the Lexical Work of Ludwig Koehler and Walter Baumgartner. Leiden: Brill, 1971.
• Lambdin, Thomas O. Introduction to Biblical Hebrew. London: Darton, Longman & Todd, 1973.
• Seow, Choon L. A Grammar for Biblical Hebrew. Rev. ed. Nashville: Abingdon, 1995.
• Vance, Donald R. An Introduction to Classical Hebrew. Boston: Brill, 2004.