Semester normally offered: Alternate Fall Semesters
Course Description
Readings in Ammonite, Hebrew, Moabite and Phoenician inscriptions, with comparative observations on linguistic data. Prerequisite: HCL 6/410 and HCL 6/411. Open to second-year M.A. students.
Course Equivalencies
This course fills equivalencies in the following areas:
Semitic Languages
Course Objectives
By the end of the course, the student should be able to:
read Iron Age inscriptions in Hebrew, Old Aramaic (including Deir Alla’), Phoenician, Punic, Moabite, Ammonite and Edomite;
know the basics of the science of epigraphy;
have a basic understanding of Levantine dialect geography;
know how these languages fit into the larger framework of Comparative Semitics;
relate information gained to better understand the ancient Near East in general and the world of the Bible in particular; and
do further research in Northwest Semitic linguistics.
Field Study
A one-day interactive field study at a site where students can encounter biblical Hebrew texts, such as the Israel Museum or a synagogue.
J.R. Briggs
Marsha Wright
Dongwook Joo
Greg Olson
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