Course TitleBiblical Hebrew II (LA5423 credits)

TeacherRev. Dr Fiona Wing Kwan, Lau

TimeTuesday & Thursday; 9:30-10:45am

 

Objectives

1.      To learn the basic grammatical forms

2.      To gain a working vocabulary  

3.      To learn to translate Biblical texts

 

Required Textbook:

Futato, Mark David. Beginning Biblical Hebrew. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2003.

 

Reference:

Kelley, P.H. Biblical Hebrew: An Introductory Grammar. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2018.


Course Outline

 

Date

Textbook Chapters

Quiz

6 Jan (Tue) L1

Review; Ch 19: Possessive Suffixes on Plural Nouns

 

8 Jan (Thu) L2

Ch 20: The Verbs: Qal Infinitives

 

13 Jan (Tue) L3

Ch 21: The Verb: Qal Active Participle

Quiz 1 (Ch 19 & 20)

15 Jan (Thu) L4

Ch 22: Pronoun Suffixes on Plural Nouns

 

20 Jan (Tue) L5

Ch 23: There Is (Not) and Have (Not)

Quiz 2 (Ch 21 & 22)

22 Jan (Thu) L6

Ch 24: The Verb: Qal Volitives

 

27 Jan (Tue)

Prayer Day

 

29 Jan (Thu) L7

Ch 26: The Verb: Vav-Relative

Quiz 3 (Ch 23 & 24)

3 Feb (Tue) L8

Ch 27: Clauses: Temporal and Interrogative

 

5 Feb (Thu) L9

Ch 28-29: The Piel: Strong Roots/Weak Roots

Quiz 4 (Ch 25 & 26)

10 Feb (Tue) L10

Ch 31-34: Hiphil: Strong Roots/Weak Roots

 

12 Feb (Thu) L11

Ch 36-37: Niphil: Strong Roots/Weak Roots

Quiz 5 (Ch 27 & 28)

16 Feb (Mon) L12

Ch 38-39: Pual, Hophal/ Hithpael

 

19 Feb (Thu)        Chinese New Year Holiday

24 Feb (Tue) L13

Reading Gen 1—2:6

Translation

26 Feb (Thu) L14

Reading Gen 1—2:6

Translation

3 March (Tue) L15

Reading Gen 1—2:6

Translation

5 March (Thu) L16

Reading Gen 1—2:6

Translation

10 March (Tue) L17

Reading Gen 1—2:6

Translation

12 March (Thu) L18

Review

 

17 March (Tue) L19

Final Exam

 

 

 

Course Requirements

1.      Quizzes (5 times) (50%)

2.      Translation (2 verses of Genesis) (20%)

3.      Final Exam (30%)

 

 

Learning Hours

 

Lectures

1, 500分鐘

Translation

200分鐘

Exam and Quizzes Preparation

2,800分鐘

Total

4, 500 分鐘