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First familiarity with the Hebrew language; Acquisition of the basic Hebrew grammar.

This course offers a thorough introduction to Biblical Hebrew and its principal grammatical structures in preparation for translation of prose and poetic texts. By the end of the course we will be able to read simple, coherent stories from the Hebrew Bible.

Lecture and Exercises

Written assignments and oral examination.

Bartelmus Rüdiger, Einführung in das Biblische Hebräisch. Mit einem Anhang Biblisches Aramäisch, Zürich 1994; Matheus Frank, Einführung in das Biblische Hebräisch. Studiengrammatik, Münster 1997; as well as excerpts of: Jenni Ernst, Lehrbuch der Hebräischen Sprache des Alten Testaments, Basel / Frankfurt 1981. Biblical texts of Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia will be distributed throughout the course.

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Information for students with SKZ C 033 599, Bachelor programme Classica et Orientalia: in the case of recognition the lecture has to be combined with the  course "Reading the Hebrew Bible" and with  the lecture "Biblical Hebrew II".