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Reading and interpretation of Hebrew Texts - KJAZ206
Title: Četba a výklad hebrejských textů
Guaranteed by: Department of Biblical Sciences and ancient languages (26-KBV)
Faculty: Catholic Theological Faculty
Actual: from 2024
Semester: both
E-Credits: 2
Examination process:
Hours per week, examination: 0/1, C [HT]
Capacity: winter:unknown / unlimited (unknown)
summer:unknown / unknown (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: you can enroll for the course repeatedly
course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment
priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
you can enroll for the course in winter and in summer semester
Guarantor: ThLic. Mgr. et Mgr. Tomáš Matějec, Ph.D.
Teacher(s): ThLic. Mgr. et Mgr. Tomáš Matějec, Ph.D.
Annotation -
Reading of biblical Hebrew texts followed by their interpretation, especially linguistic and theological.
Last update: Matějec Tomáš, ThLic. Mgr. et Mgr., Ph.D. (16.08.2024)
Aim of the course -

Development of the competencies needed to read Old Testament texts.

Last update: Matějec Tomáš, ThLic. Mgr. et Mgr., Ph.D. (30.09.2024)
Course completion requirements -

Active participation in lessons.

Last update: Matějec Tomáš, ThLic. Mgr. et Mgr., Ph.D. (16.08.2024)
Literature -

BASIC LITERATURE

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

Dictionary:
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.

Grammar:
JOÜON, Paul; MURAOKA, Takamitsu: A Grammar of Biblical Hebrew. 2nd ed. Roma: Pontificio Istituto Biblico, 2006.

SUPPLEMENTARY LITERATURE

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.
CLINES (ed.), David J. A.: The Dictionary of Classical Hebrew. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1993–2016.

Grammars:
KLÍMA, Otakar; SEGERT, Stanislav: Mluvnice hebrejštiny a aramejštiny. Praha: Nakladatelství Československé akademie věd, 1956.
MIKULICOVÁ, Mlada: Biblická hebrejština. 1. vyd. Praha: Holman, 2009.
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.
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.
SÁENZ-BADILLOS, Angel: A History of the Hebrew Language. Translated by John Elwolde. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993.
TOV, Emanuel: Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible. Second revised ed. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2001.
WENINGER, Stefan; KHAN, Geoffrey; STRECK, Michael P.; WATSON, Janet C. E. (eds.): The Semitic Languages: An International Handbook. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, 2011.
WÜRTHWEIN, Ernst: The Text of the Old Testament: An Introduction to the Biblia Hebraica. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans, 1995.

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

reading and interpreting texts

Last update: Matějec Tomáš, ThLic. Mgr. et Mgr., Ph.D. (30.09.2024)
Requirements to the exam -

Active participation in lessons.

Last update: Matějec Tomáš, ThLic. Mgr. et Mgr., Ph.D. (30.09.2024)
Syllabus -

We will open the semester by reading Psalm 91 (Qui habitat in protectione Altissimi). The choice of additional texts will be discussed during the semester.

Last update: Matějec Tomáš, ThLic. Mgr. et Mgr., Ph.D. (30.09.2024)
Entry requirements -

A willingness to try to understand a Hebrew text. Any prior knowledge of Hebrew script, grammar or vocabulary is an advantage, not a requirement.

Last update: Matějec Tomáš, ThLic. Mgr. et Mgr., Ph.D. (30.09.2024)
 
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