Course teached as: B007852 - LINGUA EBRAICA 1 (12 CFU) 3-years First Cycle Degree (DM 270/04) in LANGUAGES, LITERATURES AND INTERCULTURAL STUDIES Curriculum STUDI LINGUISTICI, LETTERARI E INTERCULTURALI
Teaching Language
Italian.
Course Content
Hebrew Language 1. The course presents the main phonological, morphological and syntactic structures of the Ancient Hebrew language. Orthography and Phonetics. The place of the Hebrew among the Semitic languages. History of Ancient Hebrew. Phonology. The NPh (forms and functions): article; noun; adjective; genitive structures; participle. Pronouns: demonstrative, personal, interrogative, relative. Verbal patterns: stems and inflection of the strong verb.
Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia, Karl Elliger, Wilhelm Rudolph (a cura di), Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaf, 1997.
One of the following Grammars:
Antonio Carrozzini, Grammatica della lingua ebraica, Genova: Marietti, 1966 e ristampe;
Hans-Peter Stähli, Corso di Ebraico Biblico 1, Brescia: Paideia Editrice, 1986. (edizione italiana a cura di Bruno Chiesa);
John F.A. Sawyer, A Modern Introduction to Biblical Hebrew, London: Oriel Press, 1976.
The following articles:
Ida Zatelli, Una lingua per un popolo. Il caso della riattivazione dell’ebraico, in Studi linguistici offerti a Gabriella Giacomelli dagli amici e dagli allievi, “Quaderni del Dipartimento di Linguistica – Studi 4, Università degli Studi di Firenze”, Padova 1997, pp. 411-420.
Ida Zatelli, Le lingue della Bibbia, in La Bibbia a stampa da Gutenberg a Bodoni, a cura di Ida Zatelli, Firenze 1991, pp. 39-51.
Learning Objectives
1. Knowledge of the Phonology, Morphology and Grammar of the Ancient Hebrew language.
2. Ability in reading, analyzing and translating simple texts in Ancient Hebrew.
The course aims at achieving a basic level of knowledge of the Hebrew language [corresponding to level A1 – Basic user “breakthrough or beginner”, of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, developed for the evaluation of the knowledge of European foreign languages].
Prerequisites
Proficiency in a modern European language.
Teaching Methods
Teaching sessions delivered with a lecturer-students interaction approach; use of support material as handouts and slides; training sessions in analyzing and translating texts.
Further information
The teacher will be available via e-mail (vergari@unifi.it), or, by appointment, via video chats and voice calls through the main applications for instant messaging and VoIP.
During the course, the teacher will be available on Thursday (from 15.30 to 17.30), at the “Sala delle Riviste”, piazza Brunelleschi.
The teaching material will be distributed during classes.
Further reference works:
Grammars:
Paul Joüon, Grammaire de l’hébreu biblique, Rome: Institut Biblique Pontifical, 1923.
Takamitsu Muraoka, A Grammar of Biblical Hebrew, 2 vol., Roma: Pontificio Istituto Biblico, 1993 (tr. dal francese: Paul Joüon, Grammaire de l’hébreu biblique, Rome: Institut Biblique Pontifical, 1923)
Verbal System:
Jan Joosten, The Verbal System of Biblical Hebrew, Jerusalem: Simor, 2012.
Lexica:
Paul Brown, Samuel Rolles Driver, Charles Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1951² (BDB);
Ludwig Koehler, Walter Baumgartner, Hebräisches und aramäisches Lexikon zum Alten Testament, 3. Auflage, 5 vols., Leiden: Brill, 1967–1995 (HALAT); Ludwig Koehler, Walter Baumgartner, The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament: The New Koehler-Baumgartner in English. Subsequently revised by Walter Baumgartner and Johann Jakob Stam, trans. M. E. J. Richardson, 5 vols., Leiden: Brill, 1994–2000 (HALOT);
David J. A. Clines, The Dictionary of Classical Hebrew, Sheffield: Academic Press / Phoenix Press, 1993–2011;
Philippe Reymond, Dictionnaire d’hébreu et d’Arameen bibliques, Paris: Cerf, 1991 (edizione italiana Dizionario di ebraico e aramaico biblici, a cura di J.A. Soggin, F. Bianchi, M. Cimosa, G. Deiana, G. Garrone, A. Spreafico, Società Biblica Britannica e Forestiera, 2011²).
History of the Hebrew language:
Angel Sáenz-Badillos, A History of the Hebrew Language, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993 (tr. dal castigliano: Historia de la Lengua Hebrea, Sabadell: Editorial AUSA, 1988);
Mireille Hadas Lebel, Storia della lingua ebraica, Firenze: Giuntina, 1994 (tr. italiana dal francese: L’hébreu, trois mille ans d’histoire, Paris: Albin Michel, 1992).
Type of Assessment
Oral interview.
Course program
The course deals with the main phonological, morphological and syntactical structures of the ancient Hebrew language. The course will provide the overview of the main tiers of the Ancient Hebrew. In particular, the lessons will treat the following topics: 1. Orthography and Phonetics. 2. The place of Hebrew among the Semitic languages. 3. The diachronic tiers of the language. 4. Phonology. 5. The Nph (forms and functions): article, noun. 6. The Nph’s modifiers: adjective, genitive relationship, attributive participle. 7. The NPh definiteness. 8. The pronominal system: demonstratives, personal pronouns, interrogative pronouns and adverbs, the relatives. 9. The verbal system: stems and inflection of the strong verb.
During the course, simple texts in Ancient Hebrew taken from the Bible will be read, analyzed and translated.