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6.00 credits
30.0 h + 15.0 h
Q2
This biannual learning unit is not being organized in 2025-2026 !
Language
French
Content
In-depth study of Biblical Massoretic Hebrew (poetry). The course covers the reading of biblical poetic texts, with particular attention to:
(a) textual criticism ;
(b) linguistic study in relation ato other Semitic languages;
(c) the main modes of expression in Hebrew poetry;
(d) the historical situation of the text and its place in the evolution of biblical thought.
(a) textual criticism ;
(b) linguistic study in relation ato other Semitic languages;
(c) the main modes of expression in Hebrew poetry;
(d) the historical situation of the text and its place in the evolution of biblical thought.
Evaluation methods
The evaluation has two components:
The use of Bible software, websites and artificial intelligence is forbidden for homework, classwork and exams.
- Participation in the course through homework preparation (30%).
- Written exam in January: translation of a text studied in class (no working tools allowed), then of an unknown text (working tools allowed: dictionary, grammar), with some analysis of verb forms to be provided. (70% of final mark).
The use of Bible software, websites and artificial intelligence is forbidden for homework, classwork and exams.
Bibliography
Tout le matériel sera mis à disposition sur Moodle.
Ouvrages fondamentaux :
Ouvrages fondamentaux :
- P. Joüon, Grammaire de l’hébreu biblique, Rome, P.I.B., 1965 ou P. Joüon, T. Muraoka, A Grammar of Biblical Hebrew. Rome, P.I.B., 2006.
- W.G.E. Watson, Classical Hebrew Poetry : A Guide to its Techniques, Sheffield, Academic Press, 1984.
- L. Alonso Schökel, A Manuel of Hebrew Poetics, Rome, P.I.B., 2000.
- K. Elliger et al., Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia, Stuttgart, Deutsche Bibelstiftung, 51977.
- D. J. A. Clines (éd.), The Dictionnary of Classical Hebrew, Sheffield, University Press, 1993-2016.
- F. Brown, S.R. Driver, C.A. Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1975.
- L. Koehler, W. Baumgartner, Hebräisches und aramäisches Lexikon zum Alten Testament, Leiden, Brill, 1967-1996 = The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament, 1994-2000.
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