Completing the course will give the students the following learning outcome, sectioned into knowledge, skills, and general competence:

Knowledge:

The student

has a specialized comprehension of phonological, morphological and syntactical characteristics of Biblical Hebrew texts
has a specialized comprehension of textual criticism of the Hebrew Bible
has a basic knowledge of the classical Syriac alphabet Estrangela (used in the BHQ)

Skills:

The student

has a specialized ability of reading, analyzing and discussing selected Biblical Hebrew texts from the corpus of narratives and poetry/prophesy, in dialogue with current scholarly discourses
has a specialized ability of discussing textual critical challenges in selected Biblical Hebrew texts from the corpus of narratives and poetry/prophesy, and in dialogue with current scholarly discourses
Is able to decipher Syriac script in the textual apparatus of the BHQ and to use a Syriac dictionary (for text critical purposes)

General Competence:

The student

has a specialized understanding of Biblical Hebrew grammar and grammatical discourses based on selected texts
is able to use this understanding in analyzing other Biblical Hebrew texts as well as extrabiblical Hebrew texts
is able to discuss challenging theoretical and practical problems of the grammar of the texts with other specialists in the same field

Emnebeskrivelse

Hebrew 3