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Fundamentals of Biblical Hebrew - KJAZ030
Title: Základy biblické hebrejštiny
Guaranteed by: Department of Biblical Sciences and ancient languages (26-KBV)
Faculty: Catholic Theological Faculty
Actual: from 2023
Semester: summer
E-Credits: 2
Examination process: summer s.:
Hours per week, examination: summer s.:1/1, Ex [HT]
Capacity: unlimited / unlimited (unknown)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
Key competences:  
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech
Teaching methods: full-time
Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment
priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
Guarantor: ThLic. Mgr. et Mgr. Tomáš Matějec, Ph.D.
Teacher(s): ThLic. Mgr. et Mgr. Tomáš Matějec, Ph.D.
Mgr. et Mgr. Sylva Ondrejičková, Th.D.
Interchangeability : KJAZ009
Annotation -
Introduction to Hebrew morphology and syntax as a preparation for reading simple biblical texts.
Last update: Matějec Tomáš, ThLic. Mgr. et Mgr., Ph.D. (04.10.2024)
Aim of the course -

Acquisition of such knowledge of the square script and Hebrew morphology, syntax, and vocabulary that will enable course participants, with the aid of common tools (Logos or BibleWoks software; Owens Analytical Key, etc.), to understand a Hebrew Biblical text.

Last update: Matějec Tomáš, ThLic. Mgr. et Mgr., Ph.D. (04.10.2024)
Course completion requirements -

Active participation in lessons (max. 3 absences) and successful passing of ordinary tests during the semester are required for admission to the examination.

Last update: Matějec Tomáš, ThLic. Mgr. et Mgr., Ph.D. (04.10.2024)
Literature -

BASIC LITERATURE

Primary sources (Editions of the Hebrew Text of the Old Testament):
Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1997.
Biblia Hebraica Quinta. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 2004-.

Dictionaries:
PÍPAL, Blahoslav: Hebrejsko-český slovník ke Starému zákonu. 4. vyd. Praha: Kalich, 2006.
HOLLADAY, William L.: A Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament. Leiden: Brill, 1971.

Grammars:
MIKULICOVÁ, Mlada: Biblická hebrejština. 1. vyd. Praha: Holman, 2009.
KLÍMA, Otakar; SEGERT, Stanislav: Mluvnice hebrejštiny a aramejštiny. Praha: Nakladatelství Československé akademie věd, 1956.
JOÜON, Paul; MURAOKA, Takamitsu: A Grammar of Biblical Hebrew. 2nd ed. Roma: Pontificio Istituto Biblico, 2006.


SUPPLEMENTARY LITERATURE

Dictionaries:
KÖHLER, Ludwig; BAUMGARTNER, Walter; STAMM, Johann Jakob: The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament: the New Koehler/Baumgartner in English. Translated and edited under the supervision of M. E. J. Richardson. Leiden: Brill, 1994–2000.
CLINES (ed.), David J. A.: The Dictionary of Classical Hebrew. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1993–2016.

Grammars:
WALTKE, Bruce K.; O’CONNOR, M.: An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 1990.
BLAU, Joshua: A Grammar of Biblical Hebrew. 2nd, amended ed. Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 1993.
SCHNEIDER, Wolfgang: Grammar of Biblical Hebrew. Translated and revised by Randall L. McKinion. New York: Peter Lang, 2016.

Textbooks:
WEINGREEN, Jacob: Učebnice biblické hebrejštiny. Přel. Josef Hermach a Mlada Mikulicová. 2. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2003.
MIKULICOVÁ, Mlada: Základy starozákonní hebrejštiny. 2. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2009.
PRUDKÝ, Martin: Cvičebnice biblické hebrejštiny. 2. opr. a rozš. vyd. Praha: Kalich, 2014.
LAMBDIN, Thomas O.: Introduction to Biblical Hebrew. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1971.
PRATICO Gary D.; VAN PELT, Miles V.: Basics of Biblical Hebrew: Grammar. 3nd edition. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2019.

Software:
BibleWorks 10 Software for Biblical Exegesis & Research. Norfolk, VA: BibleWorks, 2015.
Logos Bible Software 10. Bellingham, WA: Faithlife, 2022.

Miscellanea:
KHAN, Geoffrey; BOLOZKY, Shmuel; FASSBERG, Steven E. et al. (eds.): Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics. Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2013.
WENINGER, Stefan; KHAN, Geoffrey; STRECK, Michael P.; WATSON, Janet C. E. (eds.): The Semitic Languages: An International Handbook. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, 2011.
SÁENZ-BADILLOS, Angel: A History of the Hebrew Language. Translated by John Elwolde. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993.
WÜRTHWEIN, Ernst: The Text of the Old Testament: An Introduction to the Biblia Hebraica. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans, 1995.
TOV, Emanuel: Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible. Second revised ed. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2001.
KHAN, Geoffrey: A Short Introduction to the Tiberian Masoretic Bible and its Reading Tradition. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2013.
OWENS, John Joseph: Analytical Key to the Old Testament. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1989.

Last update: Matějec Tomáš, ThLic. Mgr. et Mgr., Ph.D. (04.10.2024)
Requirements to the exam -

Active participation in lessons (max. 3 absences) and successful passing of ordinary tests during the semester are required for admission to the examination.

The examination has a written and an oral part; both of them check abilities, skills, and knowledge gained during the semester.

Last update: Matějec Tomáš, ThLic. Mgr. et Mgr., Ph.D. (04.10.2024)
Syllabus -

Phonetics and graphic notation of Hebrew consonants
Phonetics and graphic notation of Hebrew vowels
Morphology and syntax of Hebrew nouns
Morphology and syntax of Hebrew adjectives
Morphology and syntax of Hebrew pronouns
Morphology and syntax of Hebrew verbs
Syntax of Hebrew prepositions

Last update: Matějec Tomáš, ThLic. Mgr. et Mgr., Ph.D. (04.10.2024)
Entry requirements -

no special

Last update: Matějec Tomáš, ThLic. Mgr. et Mgr., Ph.D. (04.10.2024)
 
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