SREL 406 — Old Testament Texts in Hebrew
Philosophy and Classics · University of Ghana
This is an Advanced Hebrew course in which the student will be required to exhibit a mastery over grammar, vocabulary and syntax of Biblical Hebrew as a foundation for proficient reading and translation, and interpretation of assigned Old Testament texts in prose and poetry. The course will entail the commitment of the student to employ all the seven stems (verbal forms) of the Hebrew language: Qal, Niphal, Hiphil, Hophal, Piel, Pual, Hithpael, including their specific conjugations, participles infinitives etc., and other morphological, grammatical and syntactic nuances as they are presented in the texts. The nature and techniques of Old Testament narrative and Old Testament poetry including metrics, line and strophic structure as they are exhibited in the texts will further be explored.
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 400
- Semester
- Semester Two
Other courses on this programme
- CLAS 401 — The Philosophy of Plato
- CLAS 402 — Roman Philosophy and Science
- CLAS 403 — Greek Literature and Society
- CLAS 404 — Roman Literature and Society
- CLAS 405 — Leaders of Ancient Greece
- CLAS 406 — Leaders of Ancient Rome
- CLAS 407 — Greek Historiography
- CLAS 408 — Roman Historiography
- CLAS 409 — The Sophists
- CLAS 410 — Themes in Classical Studies
- CLAS 411 — Law, Individual, and Society in Ancient Greece
- CLAS 412 — Law, Individual, and Society in Ancient Rome
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 2 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Humanities (2017).