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B007852 - HEBREW LANGUAGE 1 (12 CFU)
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Type of Assessment
Course program
Academic Year 2022-23
Coorte 2022 - 3-years First Cycle Degree (DM 270/04) in LANGUAGES, LITERATURES AND INTERCULTURAL STUDIES
Course year
First year - Annualità singola
Belonging Department
Education, Languages, Intercultures, Literatures and Psychology (FORLILPSI)
Course Type
Single education field course
Scientific Area
L-OR/08 - HEBREW
Credits
12
Teaching Hours
30
Teaching Term
12/09/2022 ⇒ 06/06/2023
Attendance required
Yes
Type of Evaluation
Final Grade
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Teaching Language
Italian.
Course Content
The course is aimed at beginner students and presents the main phonological, morphological, and syntactic structures of the ancient Hebrew language, in particular Biblical Hebrew. Biblical Hebrew is in fact the starting point (ideal and material at the same time), from which modern Israeli Hebrew (ʿivrit) developed, through a complex linguistic, historical and cultural process that led to its reactivation (teḥiyyà) as a spoken language.
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Testi di riferimento
Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia, Karl Elliger, Wilhelm Rudolph (a cura di), Stuttgart, Deutsche Bibelgesellschaf 1997.
Grammar
Hans-Peter Stähli, Corso di Ebraico Biblico 1, edizione italiana a cura di Bruno Chiesa, Brescia, Paideia 1986.
The following works
Ida Zatelli, “Una lingua per un popolo. Il caso della riattivazione dell’ebraico”, in Studi linguistici offerti a Gabriella Giacomelli dagli amici e dagli allievi, Quaderni del Dipartimento di Linguistica – Studi 4, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Padova 1997, pp. 411–420.
Ida Zatelli, “Le lingue della Bibbia”, in La Bibbia a stampa da Gutenberg a Bodoni, a cura di Ida Zatelli, Firenze 1991, pp. 39–51.
Angel Sáenz-Badillos, Historia de la Lengua Hebrea, Sabadell, Editorial AUSA 1988
= A History of the Hebrew Language, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press 1993
(Chapters 1–4 and 8)
Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia, Karl Elliger, Wilhelm Rudolph (a cura di), Stuttgart, Deutsche Bibelgesellschaf 1997.
Grammar
Hans-Peter Stähli, Corso di Ebraico Biblico 1, edizione italiana a cura di Bruno Chiesa, Brescia, Paideia 1986.
The following works
Ida Zatelli, “Una lingua per un popolo. Il caso della riattivazione dell’ebraico”, in Studi linguistici offerti a Gabriella Giacomelli dagli amici e dagli allievi, Quaderni del Dipartimento di Linguistica – Studi 4, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Padova 1997, pp. 411–420.
Ida Zatelli, “Le lingue della Bibbia”, in La Bibbia a stampa da Gutenberg a Bodoni, a cura di Ida Zatelli, Firenze 1991, pp. 39–51.
Angel Sáenz-Badillos, Historia de la Lengua Hebrea, Sabadell, Editorial AUSA 1988
= A History of the Hebrew Language, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press 1993
(Chapters 1–4 and 8)
Learning Objectives
1. 1. Knowledge of the main aspects of the history of the Hebrew language.
2. Knowledge of the phonology, morphology, and syntax of the Ancient Hebrew language. Knowledge of aspects of typology and diachrony of ancient Hebrew.
3. Ability in reading, analyzing, and translating simple texts in Ancient Hebrew.
The course aims at achieving a basic level of knowledge of the Hebrew language [corresponding to level A1 – Basic user “breakthrough or beginner”, of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, developed for the evaluation of the knowledge of European foreign languages].
2. Knowledge of the phonology, morphology, and syntax of the Ancient Hebrew language. Knowledge of aspects of typology and diachrony of ancient Hebrew.
3. Ability in reading, analyzing, and translating simple texts in Ancient Hebrew.
The course aims at achieving a basic level of knowledge of the Hebrew language [corresponding to level A1 – Basic user “breakthrough or beginner”, of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, developed for the evaluation of the knowledge of European foreign languages].
Prerequisites
Proficiency in a modern European language is required.
Teaching Methods
Teaching sessions will be delivered with a teacher-student interaction approach, with the use of support material as handouts and slides; tutorial sessions in analyzing and translating texts will be held.
Further information
The course will start on Monday 12 September 2022.
The teacher will be available via e-mail (romina.vergari@unifi.it), or, by appointment, via live video chat (WEBEX).
During the term, the teacher will be available for reception on Tuesday (from 5.00 p.m. to 6.00 p.m.).
Further reference works
Grammars
Paul Joüon, Grammaire de l’hébreu biblique, Rome: Institut Biblique Pontifical 1923
= Paul Joüon and Takamitsu Muraoka. A Grammar of Biblical Hebrew, 2 vol., Subsidia Biblica 27. Roma, Pontificio Istituto Biblico 2006.
Verbal System
Jan Joosten, The Verbal System of Biblical Hebrew, Jerusalem, Simor 2012.
Lexica
BDB
Paul Brown, Samuel Rolles Driver and Charles Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament, Oxford, Clarendon Press 1951².
HALAT/HALOT
Ludwig Koehler and Walter Baumgartner, Hebräisches und aramäisches Lexikon zum Alten Testament, 3. Auflage, 5 vols., Leiden, Brill 1967–1995.
= The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament: The New Koehler-Baumgartner in English. Subsequently revised by Walter Baumgartner and Johann Jakob Stam, trans. M. E. J. Richardson, 5 vols., Leiden, Brill 1994–2000.
CLINES
David J. A. Clines, The Concise Dictionary of Classical Hebrew, Sheffield, Academic Press / Phoenix Press 2009.
In Italian:
Philippe Reymond, Dictionnaire d’hébreu et d’Araméen bibliques, Paris, Cerf 1991
= Dizionario di ebraico e aramaico biblici, a cura di J.A. Soggin, F. Bianchi, M. Cimosa, G. Deiana, G. Garrone, A. Spreafico, Roma: Società Biblica Britannica e Forestiera 2011².
Position of Hebrew within the Semitic Languages’ group
Robert Hetzron (ed.), The Semitic Languages, London, Routledge 1997.
History of the Hebrew language:
Angel Sáenz-Badillos, Historia de la Lengua Hebrea, Sabadell, Editorial AUSA 1988
= A History of the Hebrew Language, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press 1993.
Mireille Hadas Lebel, L’hébreu, trois mille ans d’histoire, Paris, Albin Michel 1992
= Storia della lingua ebraica, Firenze, Giuntina 1994.
The teacher will be available via e-mail (romina.vergari@unifi.it), or, by appointment, via live video chat (WEBEX).
During the term, the teacher will be available for reception on Tuesday (from 5.00 p.m. to 6.00 p.m.).
Further reference works
Grammars
Paul Joüon, Grammaire de l’hébreu biblique, Rome: Institut Biblique Pontifical 1923
= Paul Joüon and Takamitsu Muraoka. A Grammar of Biblical Hebrew, 2 vol., Subsidia Biblica 27. Roma, Pontificio Istituto Biblico 2006.
Verbal System
Jan Joosten, The Verbal System of Biblical Hebrew, Jerusalem, Simor 2012.
Lexica
BDB
Paul Brown, Samuel Rolles Driver and Charles Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament, Oxford, Clarendon Press 1951².
HALAT/HALOT
Ludwig Koehler and Walter Baumgartner, Hebräisches und aramäisches Lexikon zum Alten Testament, 3. Auflage, 5 vols., Leiden, Brill 1967–1995.
= The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament: The New Koehler-Baumgartner in English. Subsequently revised by Walter Baumgartner and Johann Jakob Stam, trans. M. E. J. Richardson, 5 vols., Leiden, Brill 1994–2000.
CLINES
David J. A. Clines, The Concise Dictionary of Classical Hebrew, Sheffield, Academic Press / Phoenix Press 2009.
In Italian:
Philippe Reymond, Dictionnaire d’hébreu et d’Araméen bibliques, Paris, Cerf 1991
= Dizionario di ebraico e aramaico biblici, a cura di J.A. Soggin, F. Bianchi, M. Cimosa, G. Deiana, G. Garrone, A. Spreafico, Roma: Società Biblica Britannica e Forestiera 2011².
Position of Hebrew within the Semitic Languages’ group
Robert Hetzron (ed.), The Semitic Languages, London, Routledge 1997.
History of the Hebrew language:
Angel Sáenz-Badillos, Historia de la Lengua Hebrea, Sabadell, Editorial AUSA 1988
= A History of the Hebrew Language, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press 1993.
Mireille Hadas Lebel, L’hébreu, trois mille ans d’histoire, Paris, Albin Michel 1992
= Storia della lingua ebraica, Firenze, Giuntina 1994.
Type of Assessment
Oral interview on the contents of the course and reading, analysis and translation of simple passages in ancient Hebrew.
Course program
The course is aimed at beginner students and presents the main phonological, morphological, and syntactic structures of the ancient Hebrew language, in particular Biblical Hebrew. Biblical Hebrew is in fact the starting point (ideal and material at the same time), from which modern Israeli Hebrew (ʿivrit) developed, through a complex linguistic, historical and cultural process that led to its reactivation (teḥiyyà) as a spoken language.
The course deals with the main phonological, morphological and syntactical structures of the ancient Hebrew language. The course will provide the overview of the main tiers of the Ancient Hebrew. In particular, the lessons will treat the following topics: 1. Orthography and Phonetics. 2. The place of Hebrew among the Semitic languages. 3. The diachronic tiers of the language. 4. Phonology. 5. The Nph (forms and functions): article, noun. 6. The Nph’s modifiers: adjective, genitive relationship, attributive participle. 7. The NPh definiteness. 8. The pronominal system: demonstratives, personal pronouns, interrogative pronouns and adverbs, the relatives. 9. The verbal system: stems and inflection of the strong verb.
During the course, passages chosen by the Former Prophets (1 Sam 27:1-28:2; 21:1-15) belonging to the literary genre of folk tales will be analyzed and translated.
The course deals with the main phonological, morphological and syntactical structures of the ancient Hebrew language. The course will provide the overview of the main tiers of the Ancient Hebrew. In particular, the lessons will treat the following topics: 1. Orthography and Phonetics. 2. The place of Hebrew among the Semitic languages. 3. The diachronic tiers of the language. 4. Phonology. 5. The Nph (forms and functions): article, noun. 6. The Nph’s modifiers: adjective, genitive relationship, attributive participle. 7. The NPh definiteness. 8. The pronominal system: demonstratives, personal pronouns, interrogative pronouns and adverbs, the relatives. 9. The verbal system: stems and inflection of the strong verb.
During the course, passages chosen by the Former Prophets (1 Sam 27:1-28:2; 21:1-15) belonging to the literary genre of folk tales will be analyzed and translated.