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Details for ANL201 Old Testament Hebrew 2

This subject builds upon Old Testament Hebrew 1 unit, enabling you to read OT Hebrew more effectively. Together we will translate many OT Hebrew texts into English – which will bring the text alive and make all your effort worth it! So come experience the new revelations that are available when you read the OT in its original language.

Quick Stats

  • Currently offered by Alphacrucis: Yes
  • Course code: ANL201
  • Credit points: 10

Subject Coordinator

Ed Helmore
Emma Austin

Prerequisite

Unit Content

Outcomes

  1. Demonstrate an intermediate working knowledge of biblical Hebrew, including:
  1. recognise and translate common Hebrew vocabulary;
  2. analyse grammar and syntax of intermediate Hebrew sentences;
  3. recognize and translate participles, volititional verbs, infinitives;
  4. reproduce and translate verbs in Niphal, Piel, Pual, Hiphil, Hophal, Hithpael verbal stems;
  5. identify and parse verbs in all stems, including commonly occurring weak roots.
  1. Demonstrate an intermediate understanding of the syntax of biblical Hebrew evidenced in the ability to exegete more demanding texts;
  2. Use lexical and analytical aids to study the Hebrew Old Testament

Subject Content

  1. Introduction to textual criticism of the Masoretic Text
  2. Circumstantial clauses; particles and prepositions
  3. The verbal system, aspect and tense
  4. Narrative syntax
  5. Hebrew poetry; style and dialects in Archaic Biblical Hebrew (ABH) and Late Biblical Hebrew (LBH)

This course may be offered in the following formats

  • Face to Face (on site)
  • Distance/E-learning (online)

Please consult your course prospectus or enquire about how and when this course will be offered next at Alphacrucis University College.

Assessment Methods

  • Weekly Tests (20%)
  • Weekly Translations (10%)
  • Translation Assessments (40%)
  • Final Exam (30%)

Prescribed Text

  • Fuller, Russell T. and Kyoungwon Choi. Invitation to Biblical Hebrew: A Beginning Grammar. Invitation to Theological Studies Series. Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Publications, 2006.

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