Biblical Hebrew - RETA9301

• Title: SZP-Biblical Hebrew
• Guaranteed by: Department of Old Testament Studies (27-SZ)
• Faculty: Protestant Theological Faculty
• Actual: from 2022
• Semester: winter
• Points: 2
• E-Credits: 2
• Examination process: winter s.:
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:0/2, C [HT]; summer s.:0/2, C+Ex [HT]
• Capacity: winter:unknown / unknown (unknown); summer:unknown / unknown (unknown)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Is provided by: RETN9301
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment
• Guarantor: doc. Petr Sláma, Ph.D.; doc. Mgr. Jan Rückl, Ph.D.; prof. Martin Prudký, Dr.
• Is pre-requisite for: RETA1031, RETA1010, RETA1011

Annotation

Last update: Mgr. Eliška Vančová (01.06.2020)

A practical class lasting two semesters, each session lasting two hours. Its aim is for students to acquire linguistic
competence in independent reading, translation, and grammatical analysis of Hebrew texts from the Old
Testament of medium difficulty. The course follows on directly from the intensive course in Biblical Hebrew.

The first semester of studies is devoted to the system of verbs:
• Classes of weak verbs
• Multiple weak verbs
• Suffixed verbs

The second semester of studies is devoted to syntax:
• Issues relating to tenses in Hebrew
• The syntax of imperatives, infinitives, negatives, questions, and wishes
• Types of sentence in narrative and non-narrative types of text

Literature

Last update: Mgr. Eliška Vančová (01.06.2020)

KOEHLER, L. and BAUGARTNER, W. The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament I-V, Leiden 1994-2000 (in BibleWorks).

BROWN, Francis and DRIVER, S. R. and BRIGGS, Charles. Hebrew and English Lexicon, Peabody, 1979.

JOOSTEN, Jan. The Verbal System of Biblical Hebrew: A New Synthesis Elaborated on the Basis of Classical Prose, Jerusalem, 2012.

JOÜON, Paul and MURAOKA, Takamitsu. A Grammar of Biblical Hebrew, Roma, 1991.