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Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary seeks to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ by
equipping students to serve the Church and fulfill the Great Commission. |
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HEB 5120/2620
Old Testament Hebrew II Spring 2010 Tuesday -
Wednesday 0730-0850 |
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Shawn Madden |
e-mail:
smadden@sebts.edu |
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Office hours:
Mondays 1:00 - 5:00 pm |
Web Page:
http://library.sebts.edu/smadden |
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Office
761-2250 |
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I. COURSE
DESCRIPTION
A continuation of HEB 5110 with
emphasis on the weak verb and readings from biblical text.
II. COURSE
OBJECTIVES
The purpose of HEB 5120/2620 is
to expand the knowledge of the elements of biblical Hebrew necessary for
exegesis and exposition of the Hebrew Bible.
The following specific course objectives obtain:
A.
This course will enable the student to read and
translate simple sentences from the Hebrew Bible.
B.
The student will be able to recognize the rules of
Hebrew phonology and mechanics: vowels, consonants, syllables, and punctuation.
C.
The student will be able to correctly recognize the
use of Hebrew morphology: nouns, pronouns, verbs, reference modifiers, and
function words.
D.
The student will be able to apply elementary Hebrew
syntax in understanding and translation: coordination, subordination, and word
order.
E.
Students who complete the first semester will be
able to conjugate a regular verb through all seven stems of the verbal system.
F.
Students who complete this course will be able to
effectively use the lexical aids available for accurate exegesis of the Hebrew
Bible.
III. COURSE
REQUIREMENTS
A.
Students will be responsible for all daily
assignments as listed in the schedule which follows in this syllabus. It is the student’s responsibility to keep up
with these assignments and to make up those which may be missed for ANY
reason.
B.
Class attendance in the study of a foreign language
is very important. Regardless of a
student’s average, attendance will be considered as a factor in the computation
of the final average. Students who have
three absences will receive a reduction of the final grade by at least one
letter regardless of the reason for the absences.
C.
Major exams will be administered at appropriate intervals
through the semester. The student should
take note of these exam dates as listed in the schedule which follows in this
syllabus.
D.
In addition to the major exams, weekly quizzim will
also be administered. NO MAKE UPS will
be given on these quizzim.
IV. GRADING
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Quizzes/Translations/Exercises |
20% |
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A=95-100 |
B=87-94 |
C=77-86 |
D=70-76 |
F=<70 |
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Test 1 |
20% |
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Complete
Mastery of
the Subject |
Solid
Command of
the Subject |
Basic
knowledge of
the Subject |
Minimal
knowledge of the subject |
No
comprehension of
the subject |
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Test 2 |
20% |
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Translation Notebook |
20% |
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Final |
20% |
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V. TEXTBOOKS
Required:
NOTE: The preferred version of
this is the one listed above-it contains the entire Word of God, not part of
it-one ought not walk around with less than the whole counsel of Holy Writ. It
used to sell for about $135.00 but it can be found HERE for much less. If strapped for cash, you can find a
BHS in paperback at our bookstore.
Weingreen, J. A Practical Grammar for Classical Hebrew.
2d ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1959.
ISBN 19-815422-4.
Brown, F., S. R. Driver, and
Charles A. Briggs, eds. A Hebrew and
English Lexicon of the Old Testament. Oxford: Clarendon Press. There is
also a version at our bookstore from Hendrickson publishers. Same book,
different publisher, several bucks less.
Gesenius, William, E. Kautsch and
A. E. Cowley, eds. Gesenius’ Hebrew
Grammar. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1983. ISBN 0-19-815406-2. There is a
paperback version of this also.
VI. Class Schedule (tentative)
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Topic |
Weingreen
& GKC §s |
BHS |
Vocab. |
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Feb. |
2-3 |
Course introduction.
Grammar and Vocabulary review. Genesis to 1.19 |
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Genesis |
Madden |
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9-10 |
Parsing review |
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16-17 |
Review
of Regular Verb and Stems |
W.
51-57 G.
42-56 |
1.20-21 |
101-120 |
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23-24 |
Pronominal
Suffixes on verbs |
W.
58-60 G.
57-61 |
1.22-23 |
121-140 |
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Mar. |
1-5 |
SPRING
BREAK |
W.
51-54 G.
53-55 |
1.24-25 |
141-160 |
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9-10 |
Test 1 |
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1.26-28 |
161-180 |
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16-17 |
Strong
Verb with Pronominal Suffixes, Relative pronoun, Comparison, Lack of
adjectives, Pausal pointing |
W.58-64 G.
57-61, 36, 133, 127, 27.2 |
1.29-31 |
181-200 |
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23-24 |
Introduction
to Narrative Discourse and Discourse Analysis |
W.
65-68, W. 69-70; G. 62-63 |
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Apr. |
3.29-4.5 |
EASTER RECESS |
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6-7 |
The Weak Verb, Pe Nun verbs, Pe Gutturals, Pe Aleph verbs Narrative Dicourse and the Longacre-Madden chart |
W.
71, 72-74 G.
64, 65, 74 W.
75 G.
69-71 |
L-M,
Gen. 1.1-5 |
201-220 |
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13-14 |
Ayin Gutturals, Lamedh Gutturals, Lamedh
Aleph verbs, Pe Yodh, Pe Waw verbs |
W.
76-78 G.
72-73, 76 W.
79-80 G.
75 |
221-240 |
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20-21 |
Test 2 |
241-260 |
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27-28 |
Ayin
Waw & Ayin Yodh verbs, doubly weak verbs, |
261-280 |
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May |
4-5 |
Lamedh He (L.
Y & L. W) verbs |
W.
81 |
281-300 |
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11-12 |
Double Ayin
verbs, Defective Verbs, Numerals, review |
W.
82-83 G. 78 |
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18-19 |
Take Home Final Passed Out |
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25-26 |
Final Turned In, Wrap Up |
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