language: hebrew from scratch to the bible and the...
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Language:HebrewFromScratchtotheBibleandtheMishnah.Thecourseisa10ECTScrashcourseinBiblicalHebrewwithanintroductiontoRabbinicHebrew.YouwillbetrainedinbasicHebrewgrammar,enoughtomakeyouabletoreadbiblicaltextssuchasGenesisandtheBookofPsalms,andyouwillbeintroducedtothePirqeAvottextfromtheMishnabytheendofthesemester.Thecourseistaughtase-learning,includingonetwo-hourweeklyconferencecallviaSkype.Itwilltaughtinthe'flippedclassroom'style,meaningthatyouwillwatchonlinevideolecturesaspartofyourpreparationforclass.Thismeansthatwewillnothavetousetimeonlecturesinclass,givingstudentsmoretimetohavingtheirqueriesclearedup.Thelecturesandtextbookarefoundhere:http://ehrensvard.dk/?Hebrew
WeeklyconferencecallWewillmeetonSkypeonTuesdays12:15-13:45CETexceptforthefirstweek,wheretherewillbenocall(becauseIwillbetravellingthatweek).StudentspresentinCopenhagenarewelcometocometomyofficefortheclasses.
ReadingforthefirstweekForthefirstweek,whereyouwillstudyonyourown,pleasereadtheWikipediaentryonbiblicalHebrew:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_Hebrew.Thenwatchthefirstthreevideosalongwithexercise1.Pleasereadexercise1aloudtoyourselforyourstudypartnersthreetimes,soastopracticereadingHebrew.TimeperiodTeaching:week5-18.Therewillbeabreakinweek13(Easter).
SyllabusGenesis1-4;Psalm24.
ExamFortheexamyouwillbeaskedtotranslateandlinguisticallycommentuponatextfromthesyllabus.Thetextwillbeafewverseslong.YouwillreceivethetextonMay17atnoonandshouldhandinyourpaperbyemailtomeonbeforeMay18atnoon.Literature:TEXTBOOK'BiblicalHebrew'(thisisanunpublishedworkanditisfoundherehttp://bit.ly/1RJ85TC);GRAMMARThomasLambdin,AnIntroductiontoBiblicalHebrew;BIBLEBibliaHebraicaStuttgartensiaorhttp://biblehub.com/text/deuteronomy/5-1.htmetc.VIDEOLECTURESarefoundonYouTube,onthechannelfortheReligiousRootsofEuropeMAprogramme,FacultyofTheology,UniversityofCopenhagen(scrolldowntowardsthebottomofthechannel).Forconvenience,Ihaveembeddedthemallonthispage:http://ehrensvard.dk/?HebrewResponsibleteacherandinstitutionMartinEhrensvärd,FacultyofTheology,UniversityofCopenhagenRegistration:NolaterthanJanuary15:E-mailbothtome([email protected])andtoyourlocalcoordinator/tutor.