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Instructor: Gary Martin: Predoctoral Teaching Associate II
Ph.D. Candidate in the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Near and Middle Eastern Studies
CV/Résumé: http://staff.washington.edu/garmar/
Email: garmar@u.washington.edu
Office/Help Hours: After class each day in Denny 211 as needed until 1:00 PM.
PLEASE ARRANGE if you need more time or wish to meet in another location!
NELC Department Phone: 206-543-6033.
Course Description
Covers the verbal stems beyond Qal as well as the weak verb, extends the use of the lexicon, and introduces Biblical Hebrew syntax. Acquisition of morphological, semantic, and syntactic features primarily through reading short narrative sections from the Hebrew text of Genesis and 2 Samuel.
The course meets in Denny 211, Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 10:30-11:50 AM
No Mid-Term exam!
Final exam: Monday, March 12, 2007: 8:30 – 10:20 AM
No class on:
- Monday, Jan. 15: Martin Luther King Day
- Monday, Feb 19: Presidents Day
Required Texts (available at U.W. bookstore)
- Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS)
- Brown-Driver-Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon
Grading
- In-class quizzes: 20%
- Assignments: 40%
- Final exam: 20%
- Class preparation and participation: 20%
Grading Scale
% |
Grade |
100 |
4.0 |
99 |
4.0 |
98 |
4.0 |
97 |
4.0 |
96 |
3.9 |
95 |
3.9 |
94 |
3.9 |
93 |
3.8 |
92 |
3.7 |
91 |
3.6 |
90 |
3.5 |
% |
Grade |
90 |
3.5 |
89 |
3.4 |
88 |
3.3 |
87 |
3.2 |
86 |
3.1 |
85 |
3.0 |
84 |
2.9 |
83 |
2.8 |
82 |
2.7 |
81 |
2.6 |
80 |
2.5 |
% |
Grade |
80 |
2.5 |
79 |
2.4 |
78 |
2.3 |
77 |
2.2 |
76 |
2.1 |
75 |
2.0 |
74 |
1.9 |
73 |
1.8 |
72 |
1.7 |
71 |
1.6 |
70 |
1.5 |
% |
Grade |
70 |
1.5 |
69 |
1.4 |
68 |
1.3 |
67 |
1.2 |
66 |
1.1 |
65 |
1.0 |
64 |
0.9 |
63 |
0.8 |
62 |
0.7 |
61 |
0.6 |
60 |
0.5 |
Tentative Schedule of Course Readings
Week |
Dates |
Readings |
Features |
1 |
Jan 3,5 |
|
Survey of verbal stems, weak verbs, use of the lexicon |
2 |
Jan 8,10,12 |
Gen 1:1-2,
1:26-28
2:1-4 |
Regular Piel, Pual, Niphal;
Quiescent Aleph, I-II Guttural,
III-He; Verbs with suffixes;
Infinitive construct. |
3 |
Jan 17,19 |
Gen 2:15–17; 2:23–25; 3:1–9 |
Regular Hiphil, Hophal, Hithpael; Weak: laqah,
hollow roots; I-Yod;
Infinitive
with suffix; Infinitive absolute + finite verb of same stem for emphasis.
Interrogatives;
Preposition min with suffixes;
Word play.
Syntax: Structure of Hebrew narrative. |
4 |
Jan 22,24,26 |
Gen 4:1–9; 5:1–8; 9:1; 10:1,32; 12:1–3 |
Reading comprehension. Numerals. Narrative resumption. Framing. Theme identification. Alliteration. |
5 |
Jan 29,31
Feb 2
|
Gen 16:1–3; 17:15–20; 18:11–15;
21:1–3 |
Theme tracking.
Reading comprehension.
Narrative strategies. |
6 |
Feb 5,7,9 |
Gen 22:1–18 (selections) |
Narrative strategies. |
7 |
Feb 12,14,16 |
Gen 37:1–11; 40:1–5,12–19 |
Narrative development. Dream interpretation and word play. |
8
|
Feb 21,23 |
Gen 37:1–11; 40:1–5,12–19 cont. |
Cont. |
9 |
Feb 26,28
Mar 2 |
2 Sam 11-12:5 |
The crime and cover-up plan. "Taking your own death warrant." |
10 |
Mar 5,7,9 |
2 Sam 11-12:5 cont. |
Glib irony. Inclusio. |
11 |
Mar 12 |
Final Exam, 8:30-10:20 |
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