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.


Course Outline

Date

Textbook Chapters

Quiz

2 Jan (Thu) L1

Review; Ch 19: Possessive Suffixes on Plural Nouns

 

7 Jan (Tue) L2

Ch 20: The Verbs: Qal Infinitives

 

9 Jan (Thu) L3

Ch 21: The Verb: Qal Active Participle

Quiz 1 (Ch 19 & 20)

14 Jan (Tue) L4

Ch 22: Pronoun Suffixes on Plural Nouns

 

16 Jan (Thu) L5

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

Quiz 2 (Ch 21 & 22)

21 Jan (Tue) L6

Ch 24: The Verb: Qal Volitives

 

23 Jan (Thu) L7

Ch 25: Qal: Hollow Verbs

Quiz 3 (Ch 23 & 24)

28 Jan (Tue)

Prayer Day

 

30 Jan (Thu)

Chinese New Year

 

4 Feb (Tue) L8

Ch 26: The Verb: Vav-Relative

 

6 Feb (Thu) L9

Ch 27: Clauses: Temporal and Interrogative

Quiz 4 (Ch 25 & 26)

11 Feb (Tue) L10

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

 

13 Feb (Thu) L11

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

Quiz 5 (Ch 27 & 28)

18 Feb (Tue) L12

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

 

20 Feb (Thu) L13

Reading Gen 1--2:6

Translation

25 Feb (Tue) L14

Reading Gen 1--2:6

Translation

27 Feb (Thu) L15

Reading Gen 1--2:6

Translation

4 March (Tue) L16

Reading Gen 1--2:6

Translation

6 March (Thu) L17

Reading Gen 1--2:6

Translation

11 March (Tue) L18

Reading Gen 1--2:6

Translation

13 March (Thu) L19

Review

 

18 March (Tue) L20

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