Content

This unit will further induct students in various sounds and structures of word forms and syntax in biblical Hebrew, together with the accompanying cultural and historical background of the Old Testament. Selections of the Book of Jonah will be translated and parsed using methods of learning based on applied linguistics with video lectures, writing activities, weekly vocabulary and parsing quizzes, translation activities in the lessons and an exam translation and interpretive reflections on a passage from Jonah.

Unit code: AL2309T

Unit status: Archived (New unit)

Points: 18.0

Unit level: Undergraduate Level 2

Unit discipline: Languages

Delivery Mode: Online

Proposing College: Trinity College Theological School

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Learning outcomes

1.

Recall more stubstantial amounts of vocabulary and syntactic features of biblical Hebrew.

2.

Describe and analyse grammatical and syntactic issues in specific vocabulary and a set of particular texts from the Old Testament.

3.

Use more advanced grammatical features of biblical Hebrew vocabulary and phrases to read and explain meaning.

4.

Translate from English to Hebrew and Hebrew to English, selected generic and biblical texts.

5.

Articulate an interpretation of a text in the Book of Jonah through translation processes.

Unit sequence

Prerequisite: Introducing Biblical Hebrew

Pedagogy

Online lectures, tutorials and video conferencing using multimedia and interactive sessions

Indicative Bibliography

  • Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia: A Reader's Edition. German Bible Society. Eds., George Athas, Yael Avrahami and Donald R. Vance. Peabody, MA; Stuttgart: Hendrickson, 2015.
  • Buth, Randall. Living Biblical Hebrew for Everyone. Jerusalem: Jerusalem Perspective, 1999.
  • Kelley, Page H. Biblical Hebrew: An Introductory Grammar. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2nd Edition, 2018 (Textbook and Answer Key Separate Volumes).
  • Andersen Francis I. and A. Dean Forbes. Biblical Hebrew Grammar Visualized. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2012.
  • Van Pelt, Miles. English Grammar to Ace Biblical Hebrew. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2010.
  • Pratico, Gary D. and Miles V. Van Pelt. Basics of Biblical Hebrew. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2001.

Assessment

Type Description Word count Weight (%)
Skill Demonstration

Skill demonstration: Translation exercises (equivalent to 2000 words)

0 30.0
Written Examination

Written Examination (equivalent to 1500 words)

0 40.0
Short Answer Tests

Quizzes (equivalent to 1000 words)

0 30.0
Approvals

Unit approved for the University of Divinity by John Capper on 1 Nov, 2018

Unit record last updated: 2020-10-28 17:43:28 +1100