Unit information: Elementary Biblical Hebrew and Exergesis (Trinity & Baptist College) in 2009/10

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Unit name Elementary Biblical Hebrew and Exergesis (Trinity & Baptist College)
Unit code THRSM0051
Credit points 40
Level of study M/7
Teaching block(s) Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12)
Unit director
Open unit status Not open
Pre-requisites

There are no formal prerequisites for this unit, but students should have basic linguistic abilities.

Co-requisites

None. No more than two of the MA Language units may be chosen with no more than one at elementary level.

School/department Department of Religion and Theology
Faculty Faculty of Arts

Description including Unit Aims

The unit provides the groundwork for the use of the Old Testament in Hebrew. Beginning with script and phonology, the students move on to morphology and syntax, illustrated by the reading of selected narrative texts.