Hebrew Language in practice (from the Bible to modern Hebrew Language) 3600-HE-JHP-OG(L)

The lecture touches upon the basics of the history of the Hebrew language and its culture, tradition and customs, as well as their impact on global culture. During the lecture students learn about Oral and Written Torah (Hebrew Bible and Mishnah) and some other important Hebrew works and manuscripts. The main aim of the course is to teach the students the basic knowledge about the history of the Hebrew language and its culture (with a special chapter: Hebrew in Poland). The last stage is learning the basics of the modern Hebrew language.
The Course in Biblical Hebrew covers 1 semester of day studies. The main aim of the course is to teach the students the basics of Biblical Hebrew and prepare them for reading Biblical texts with comprehension and using the dictionary. The course opens with a review of consonants and vowels, syllable structure, writing and pronunciation, which is followed by further description of the grammatical rules of morphology and syntax, which facilitates proper reading of Biblical texts and using a dictionary. The second semester is the submission of further stages of the Hebrew language, distinguishing between linguistic specificity.

Type of course

general courses

Mode

Classroom

Assessment criteria

- Final exam.

Bibliography

Basic bibliography:

1) C. Rabin, A short history of the Hebrew language, Jerusalem 1973
2) E.Y. Kutscher, A history of the Hebrew language, Jerusalem 1982
3) A. Sáenz-Badillos, A history of the Hebrew language, Cambridge 1996.
4) Ch. Albeck, Einführung in die Mischna, Berlin-New York : Walter de Gruyter, 1971.
5) A. Steinsaltz, The essential Talmud, New York : Bantam Books, 1977.
6) A. Cohen, Talmud. Syntetyczny wykład na temat „Talmudu“ i nauk rabinów dotyczacych religii, etyki i prawodawstwa, Warszawa 1995.
7) H.L. Strack, Introduction to the Talmud and Midrash, Minneapolis 1996
8) Miszna: Zeraim (Nasiona) pod redakcją naukową Romana Marcinkowskiego, Wydawnictwo DiG, Warszawa 2013, ss. 327.
9) Miszna: Moed (Święto) pod redakcją naukową Romana Marcinkowskiego, Wydawnictwo DiG, Warszawa 2014, ss. 299.
10) Miszna: Naszim (Kobiety), Wstęp, przekład z języka hebrajskiego i opracowanie: Roman Marcinkowski, Wydawnictwo DiG – Edition La Rama, Warszawa–Bellerive-sur-Allier 2016, ss. 455.
11) Miszna: Nezikin (Szkody), Wstęp, przekład z języka hebrajskiego i opracowanie: Roman Marcinkowski, Wydawnictwo DiG – Edition La Rama, Warszawa–Bellerive-sur-Allier 2022, ss. 569, ISBN 978-83-286-0209-0 (DiG), ISBN 979-10-95627-89-0 (La Rama)
12) R. Marcinkowski, Z dziejów polskiej hebraistyki, w: Szkice z dziejów polskiej orientalistyki, t. VI, Warszawa 2013, s. 72-105
13) Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia, Editio funditus renovata, ed. K. Elliger et W. Rudolph Masoram curavit G.E. Weil, Stuttgart 1969 nn.
14) L. Koehler, W. Baumgartner, Lexicon in Veteris Testamenti Libros, Leiden 1958
15) Th. O. Lambdin, Introduction to Biblical Hebrew, London 1988
16) J. Rosłon, Wypisy do nauki języka hebrajskiego i greckiego z preparacjami i gramatyką, Warszawa 1979
17) W. Tyloch, Gramatyka języka hebrajskiego, Warszawa 1985
18) Th. O. Lambdin, Wprowadzenie do hebrajskiego biblijnego, Lublin 2011
19) M.H. Segal, A Grammar of Mishnaic Hebrew, Oxford University Press, Oxford 1927

Additional information

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