Ruth (AL8010W)

Content

This unit is a continuation course building on the skills learned in the unit AL8011W Introduction to Biblical Hebrew, although it will also cover exegetical issues. Students will extend their understanding of Hebrew grammar and vocabulary, while reading through the book of Ruth in Hebrew. As students are reading Ruth, they will be guided through issues of translation, interpretation, and exegesis.

Learning outcomes

Unit sequence

AL8011W Biblical Hebrew or equivalent

Pedagogy

Classroom based lectures, tutorials, exercises

Indicative Bibliography

• Alter, Robert. The Art of Biblical Narrative. New York: Basic Books, 1981.
• Beattie, Derek R. G. Jewish Exegesis of the Book of Ruth. Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1977.
• Brotzman, Ellis R. Old Testament Textual Criticism. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1999.
• Brown, Francis, S, R, Driver and Charles A. Briggs. A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1906.
• Bush, Frederic W. Ruth/Esther. Dallas: Word, 1996.
• Campbell, Edward F. Ruth. Garden City: Doubleday, 1975.
• Clines, David J. A. (ed.). The Dictionary of Classical Hebrew. (2 vols) Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1993, 1995.
• Holladay, William L. A Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament. Leiden: E J Brill, 1971; Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 1972.
• Hubbard, Robert L Jr. The Book of Ruth. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 1988.
• LaCocque, Andre. The feminine unconventional. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1990.
• Sakenfeld, Katherine D. Ruth. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1999.
• Sasson, Jack M. Ruth: A new translation with a philological commentary and a formalist - folklorist interpretation. Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press, 1979. Seow, C. L. *A Grammar for Biblical Hebrew. Rev. edn. Nashville: Abingdon, 1995.

Assessment