Intermediate Biblical Hebrew I

T/Th 11:00-12:15

Syllabus for Hebrew 2003

Amanda Smith, Instructor

ansmith@uga.edu

Office/Phone #: Peabody Hall Rm 22; 583-8029; Department Phone #: 542-5356

Office Hours: Tuesday 12:30-1:00 p.m.; Wednesday 10:00-10:20 a.m.

Course Description:

To transition from a textbook outlining the essentials of Biblical Hebrew grammar to the application of learned grammar to Biblical Literature itself. To read and translate from the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia and to become familiar with the use of Hebrew lexica.

Required Texts:

Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia.

Brown, The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon.

Bill T. Arnold and John H. Choi, A Guide to Biblical Hebrew Syntax

Class Procedure:

Students are expected to attend every class and be attentive. Students should come to class prepared to read, translate, and discuss the biblical passages assigned.

Class Readings:

Genesis……………… 37-39

II Samuel……………. 11-13

Judges………………. 11

Exodus……………… 14-15

Grading Procedure:

Class Participation is worth 20% (two full letter grades) of your final average and is determined in correlation with attendance. Quizzes are also worth 20% of your grade and will be administered four times during the semester. Exams make up a total of 60% of your grade.

Course Grading:

Participation……………………………………….…20%

Quizzes………..……………………….……………..20%

Midterm Exam: Tue., October 9…..…………………30%

Final Exam: Tue., December 11……………………..30%

Reading Aptitude: in addition to quizzes, you will be periodically asked to schedule a time to test for reading aptitude. Grades will be based on proper pronunciation, your ability to read Hebrew text aloud, and your overall improvement throughout the semester. A final graded assessment of your overall reading aptitude will count as two quiz grades.

Makeup exams and quizzes are administered at the discretion of your instructor. Do not presume that your instructor must or will allow a makeup exam.

**Grading Scale: A= 90 or above; B= 89-80; C= 79-70; D= 69-65; F= 64 or below**

As of fall 2006 all faculty members are required to use a plus/minus grading system. The University leaves to the discretion of individual faculty members how grades will be assigned in each class. The University Curriculum Committee has provided more information on plus/minus grading, available at the following sites:

http://www.bulletin.uga.edu/PlusMinusGradingFAQ.html#Q2

http://www.bulletin.uga.edu/PlusMinusSampleGradingScales.pdf

Your instructor may administer a plus or minus in addition to any of the letter grades listed in grading scale above. A plus or minus will attend a letter grade only if deemed advantageous to an individual student and will not be used to any student’s detriment.

Academic Honesty Policy:

All academic work must meet the standards contained in A Culture of Honesty. All students are responsible to inform themselves about those standards before performing any academic work.

"I will be academically honest in all of my academic work and will not tolerate academic dishonesty of others."

––UGA Student Honor Code

Every student must agree to abide by UGA’s academic honesty policy and procedures known as A Culture of Honesty, when applying for admission to the University of Georgia. A Culture of Honesty and the University of Georgia Student Honor Code work together to define a climate of academic honor and integrity at the University. All members of the University Community have a responsibility to uphold and maintain an honest academic environment and to report when dishonesty occurs. Where suspected violations of the academic honesty policy occur, appropriate procedures are designed to protect the academic process and integrity while ensuring due process. The University’s academic honesty system is an academic process founded on educational opportunities.

The Office of Student Academic Services is responsible for managing the University’s academic honesty process, ensuring that information related to the academic honesty policy is available to the faculty and students, and providing support for the UGA Academic Honesty Student Task Force.

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Office of the Vice President for Instruction

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Phone: 706 542-4336

Fax: 706 542-0544

For more information see: http://www.uga.edu/ovpi/honesty/acadhon.htm

Noteworthy Dates:

August

Thursday Aug. 16

Classes Begin

Thursday – Tuesday Aug. 16 – Aug. 21

Drop/Add for undergraduate level courses

Thursday - Thursday Aug. 16 – Aug. 23

Drop/Add for graduate level courses

September

Monday Sept. 3

Labor Day

Thursday Sept. 13

Rosh HaShanah

October

Tuesday Oct. 9

Midterm Exam

Friday Oct. 12

Midpoint Withdrawal Deadline

Thursday – Friday Oct. 25 – 26

Fall Break

November

Wednesday – Friday Nov. 21 – 23

Thanksgiving

December

Tuesday Dec. 4

Friday Class Schedule in Effect

Thursday Dec. 6

Classes End

Monday – Friday Dec. 10 – 14

Final Exams

Tentative Agenda

Students are expected to attend every class and complete assigned readings and exercises for all class meetings as outlined below.

August 16 First Class Meeting

Week 1:

August 20, 23

Review of HEBR 1001-1002 Material; Beginning Translations

Course Review Packet (WebCT); Arnold & Choi Section 3.1-4, Verbs: Stems, Aspect, Modals, and Nonfinites (pp.36-83)

Week 2:

August 28, 30

Genesis 37.1 - 17

Arnold & Choi Section 2.1-4, Nouns: Nominative, Genitive, Accusative, and Apposition (pp. 4-24); Section 4.5, The Particle hinneh (pp. 157-161)

Week 3:

September 4, 6

Genesis 37.18 - 38.5

Arnold & Choi Section 2.5-7, Nouns Continued: Adjectives, Determination, and Numerals (pp. 24-35); Section 4.4, Particles of Existence/Non-Existence (pp. 156-157)

Week 4:

No Class

Thursday, Sept. 13, Rosh HaShanah

September 11

Genesis 38.6 – 19

Arnold & Choi Section 4.3, Conjunctions (pp. 143-156)

Week 5:

September 18, 20

Genesis 38.20 – 39.10

Arnold & Choi Section 3.5, Verbal Sequences (pp. 83-94)

Week 6:

September 25, 27

Genesis 39.11 – 20; II Samuel 11: 1 - 11

Arnold & Choi Section 5.1, Nominal and Verbal Clauses (pp.162-170)

Week 7:

October 2, 4

II Samuel 11: 12 – 12:1

Arnold & Choi Section 5.2.1-5 Subordinate Clauses: Substantival, Conditional, Final, Temporal, and Causal (pp. 171-179)

Week 8:

Midterm Exam

Tuesday, Oct. 9

October 9, 11

II Samuel 12:2 - 12

Week 9:

October 16, 18

II Samuel 12:13 – 24; 13:1-10

Arnold & Choi Section 5.2.6-10 Subordinate Clauses: Comparative, Exceptive, Restrictive, Intensive, and Adversative (pp. 179-182)

Week 10:

No Class

Thursday, Oct. 25, Fall Break

October 23

II Samuel 13:11 - 22

Week 11:

October 30-November 1

II Samuel 13:23 – Judges 11:1-11

Arnold & Choi Section 5.2.11-14 Subordinate Clauses: Circumstantial, Concessive, Relative, and Disjunctive (pp. 182-186)

Week 12:

November 6, 8

Judges 11:12 – 33

Arnold & Choi Section 5.3.1-2 Additional Sentence Types: Interrogative Sentences, Oaths (pp.186-189); 4.2.15-16 The Adverbs raq and šam (pp. 140-142)

Week 13:

November 13, 15

Judges 11: 34 – 40; Exodus 14:10-30

Arnold & Choi Section 5.3.3-6 Additional Sentence Types: Wish Sentences, Existential Sentences, Negative Sentences, and Elliptical Clauses and Sentences (pp. 189-192)

Week 14:

No Class

Thursday, Nov. 22, Thanksgiving

November 20

Exodus 15: 1-12

Week 15:

November 27, 29

Exodus 15: 13-27

Week 16:

No Class

Tuesday, Dec. 4, Friday Class Schedule

December 6

TBA

The instructor will make deviations and addendums to this syllabus as necessary.