Birmingham Theological Seminary



Birmingham Theological Seminary

2200 Briarwood Way

Birmingham, Alabama 35243

205-776-5650

Summer 2018

OT1563 Advanced Hebrew Cell : 205-586-9152

Professor: Mr. Bill Stroup Email: psalm1611@

Class hours 2

COURSE PURPOSE

The purpose of this course is to equip the student with the essential vocabulary and grammatical framework with which to read and, with some degree of accuracy, to translate the Hebrew Old Testament.

Objectives of the Course

Advanced Hebrew is designed to enable the student to become familiar with the language of the Old Testament, so that he may begin to read and translate the Hebrew text, and be able to avail himself to numerous Hebrew helps, both for his private study, as well as preparation for teaching. Therefore vocabulary is an important element that must be emphasized every week, and hopefully, every day. Pronunciation will be emphasized, so that the student will be able to confidently read from his Hebrew text.

Texts for the Course

Required Texts:

Practical Grammar for Classical Hebrew. Second Edition. (ISBN: 0198154224 / 0-19-815422-4)1975 by Weingreen (used)

Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar (Dover Language Guides) Paperback – January 6, 2006 by Gesenius (Author), E. Kautzsch (Editor), A. E. Cowley (Translator)

Hebrew Old Testament

Recommended :

The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon: With an Appendix Containing the Biblical Aramaic ... by Francis Brown, S. R. Driver and Charles A. Briggs (Jun 1996) also found in The Logos Bible Software

English Grammar to Ace Biblical Hebrew by Miles V. Van Pelt

Building Your Biblical Hebrew Vocabulary: Learning Words by Frequency and Cognate (Resources for Biblical Study) 2nd Edition

Course Requirements

1. Class attendance: more than two unexcused absences drops final grade one letter grade.

2. Completion of Weekly Assignments.

3. Abiltiy to read, translate and parse in class

4. Exegetical Paper - Write an 8-10 page research paper about any verses that have caught your special interest. You should average two citations per page and at least five-seven reference works other than your textbooks. Paper should contain the following constituent parts: title page, table of contents, introduction, research question (what are you investigating?), discussion and conclusion, bibliography. (The 8-10 pages begin with the introduction and end with the conclusion).

Course Grading

1. Class attendance and participation 25 points

2. Homework 25 points

3. Translation 25 points

4. Exegetical Paper 25 points

All course materials must be submitted to the professor at the end of the semester (last day of class).  Thereafter, course materials may be submitted for up to six weeks after the end of the semester directly to the office of the registrar with the permission of the professor.  If a student submits course materials after the end of the semester but within the six week grace period, the student’s grade will be lowered by one letter grade.  The course materials will not be accepted after the six week grace period and a failing grade will be posted to the student’s transcript.

Course Outline

Weingreen Translations Gesenius

May 30 A- 7 Gen 1:1-5 Gen 2:1-3 To be assigned in class

June 6 8- 17 Gen 26:1-6 To be assigned in class

June 13 18- 24 Gen 35:9-15 To be assigned in class

June 20 25-33 Exodus 6:1-8 To be assigned in class

June 27 34- 41 Exodus 34:1-6 To be assigned in class

July 4 42-48 Dt 6:1-15 To be assigned in class

July 11 49-51 Dt 11:18-23 To be assigned in class

July 18 52-55 Dt 31:1-8 To be assigned in class

July 25 56-57 Josh 24: 14-18 To be assigned in class

Aug 1 58-64 Judges 10:10-15 To be assigned in class

Aug 8 65-68 Jer 31:31-34 To be assigned in class

Aug 15 69-75 Ps 121:1-8 To be assigned in class

Aug 22 76-83 2 Chron 1:7-10 To be assigned in class

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