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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 5110/2610 Old
Testament Hebrew I J-Term 2010 Monday -
Friday 0900-1200 |
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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
An introduction to the
fundamentals of classical Hebrew with primary emphasis on the strong verb and basic
vocabulary.
II. Course Objectives
The purpose of HEB 2610 is to achieve
a knowledge of the elements of biblical Hebrew necessary for exegesis and
exposition of the Hebrew Bible. The
following specific course objectives obtain:
At the end of this semester the
student will
1. Have been
taught a working knowledge of Hebrew vocabulary.
2. Have been
taught Biblical Hebrew morphology, phonology, grammar, syntax and the
Massoretic accent system.
3. Have been
taught the Hebrew verb system, particularly the regular verb and its stems.
4. Have been taught
to apply elementary Hebrew syntax in understanding and translation,
particularly aspects of heirarchy, coordination, subordination, and word order.
5. Have been
taught to use the classical lexicon and grammar for independent study and
research and to employ those tools for an accurate exegesis of the Hebrew
Bible.
6. Have parsed
all of the words from Genesis 1 and produced a Genesis Chapter 1 parsing
chart/translation notebook.
III. COURSE REQUIREMENTS
1. 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.
2. 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 excessive absences will
receive a reduction of the final grade by at least one letter regardless of the
reason for the absences.
3. 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. The exams are
cumulative.
4. In addition
to the major exams, daily quizzim will also be administered. One quiz of 5 to 10 minutes duration will be
administered each class week except the day of the scheduling of a major
exam. There will be approximately 15
(maybe more) of these quizzim during the semester. NO MAKE UPs will be given on these quizzim.
IV. GRADING
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Quizzes/Translations/Exercises |
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Tests
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Translation
notebook |
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Final |
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A=95-100 |
B=87-94 |
C=77-86 |
D=70-76 |
F=<70 |
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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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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.
Notes to the Wise:
Vocabulary is a major part of
learning a foreign language. As such, vocabulary quizzes and tests will be
comprehensive.
Practice writing everything,
everyday. Many times, every day. Over and over. Practice makes closer to
perfect than not practicing does. Brain Muscle memory is real handy in this
class.
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This is Tentative |
Quiz/Test |
Parsings Genesis
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1 |
Tour of the Grammars. |
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Indicies in GKC. |
Note the Summaries in Weingreen. |
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Consonants |
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Gen. Cons. Ex. |
GKC §5f,5 (names, order), 6e
(ע),k (ס,שׁ),o-p (phonetic groupings) |
Wein. – top of pg. 4, similar letters |
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Vowels |
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GKC §7a1,b-c, 8g |
Wein. – C, D, Do Exercise on pg. 5 in class. |
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Vowel Chart Handout |
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GKC 8i (scriptio plena & defective), l(a)(b) |
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GKC - §30a-e Stems and Roots |
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Vowel Letters |
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Wein,. 1 |
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3 |
Syllables |
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Hebrew Rules! Handout |
GKC 26a-f |
Wein. 2, 4-9 |
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Gen. Vowel Ex. |
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The Noun. |
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Handy-Dandy Chart |
GKC §81a, 85a,b,e,p |
Weingreen 15-21 |
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Introduce BDB |
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Absolute and Construct States |
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Parsing of nouns for Gen. 1.1-2 for Next week. |
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5 |
Verb Forms Qatal & Yiqtol |
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H-D Verb Chart |
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Verbs Stems & functions, Juss. & Cohor. |
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GKC §41dפעל ,, §33 |
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Pronominal suffixes |
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H-D Grammar chart |
GKC §33a-g. |
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Parsing chart exercise. |
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1-3 |
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8 |
Personal Pronouns (Subject and Object) |
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4-5 |
H-D Verb Chart |
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Weak verb concept, esp. with the ‘Things’ chart. |
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The verbs .אמר,היה |
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9 |
Verb functions and Discourse Analysis |
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6-7 |
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Popeye Paper |
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10 |
Participle form and usage. |
TEST |
8-10 |
ל־ה פ־guttural |
W. § 34, GKC §50, §116 |
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Abs.&Const.+Art. |
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W. §23, esp. p. 46 |
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Infinitives, Absolute & Construct |
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W. §42 |
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GKC §45a-b, 113a,h,i,k,n!,r!,y,bb; 114a-g |
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1-13 |
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13 |
Review Basics-Vowels, Syllables, Particles |
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Gen. 1.16-19 |
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Biblical Alphabets, Hebrew Rules! Chart, Common
Things Chart |
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14 |
Review Nouns and Verbs |
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H-D Chart, both sides, Hebrew Verbs Chart |
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Review Verbs and Verbals |
FINAL |
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H-D Chart, Participles and Infinitives |
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