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Syllabus Aramaic (B): Biblical Aramaic and Targum Onqelos - 25144
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HU Credits: 2

Degree/Cycle: 1st degree (Bachelor)

Responsible Department: Hebrew Language

Semester: 2nd Semester

Teaching Languages: Hebrew

Campus: Mt. Scopus

Course/Module Coordinator: Prof. Steven Fassberg

Coordinator Email: steven.fassberg@mail.huji.ac.il

Coordinator Office Hours: by appointment with instructor

Teaching Staff:
Prof Steven Fassberg

Course/Module description:
continued reading of the Biblical Aramaic corpus, which began in the first semester; reading of selected passages from Targum Onqelos and from Elephantine; presentation of selected grammatical topics in Biblical Aramaic, Targum Onqelos, and Elephantine

Course/Module aims:
to read all the Biblical Aramaic passages and become familiarized with the grammar of Targum Onqelos and of Elephantine; reading of Onqelos and Elephantine selected passages

Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
familiarization with the grammar of Biblical Aramaic, Targum Onqelos, and Elephantine; acquaintance with texts from the three corpora

Attendance requirements(%):
100

Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: lectures and weekly readings in class

Course/Module Content:
1. Book of Daniel, 2. Book of Ezra, 3. Elephantine, 4. Targum Onqelos together with selected grammatical topics

Required Reading:
ספרי דקדוק
א' קימרון, ארמית מקראית. מהדורה שנייה מתוקנת ומורחבת. ספריית האנציקלופדיה המקראית. ירושלים תשנ"ג.*

H. Bauer & P. Leander, Grammatik des Biblisch-Aramäischen. Halle 1927.

F. Rosenthal, A Grammar of Biblical Aramaic. Seventh, expanded edition. Wiesbaden 2006.

מילונים
ע"צ מלמד, מלון ארמי עברי לארמית שבמקרא. ירושלים תשל"א.

F. Brown, S.R. Driver, C.A. Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament. Oxford 1907 (&eq; BDB)

H.L. Ginsberg, “Biblical Aramaic,” in F. Rosenthal, ed., An Aramaic Handbook, Part I/2: 16-41. Wiesbaden 1967.

L. Koehler, W. Baumgartner, et al., The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament. Tr. and ed. by M.E.J. Richardson. Leiden 1994-2000 (&eq; HALOT). Review: M. Sokoloff, Dead Sea Discoveries 7 (2000) 74-109

C. Tawil, An Akkadian Lexical Companion for Biblical Hebrew: Etymological-Semantic and Idiomatic Equivalents with Supplement on Biblical Aramaic. Jersey City, NJ 2010.

E. Vogt, A Lexicon of Biblical Aramaic Clarified by Ancient Documents, translated and revised by J.A. Fitzmyer. Rome 2011.
פירושים
ש' הכהן וי' קיל, ספר דניאל. דעת מקרא. ירושלים תשנ"ד.

מ' זר-כבוד, עזרא ונחמיה. דעת מקרא. ירושלים תשמ"ו.

L.W. Batten, A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Books of Ezra and Nehemiah. International Critical Commentary. Edinburgh 1913.

J.A. Montgomery, A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Book of Daniel. International Critical Commentary. Edinburgh 1926.

מאמרים וספרים

*ש' ארבלי-רווה, "SAL.É.GAL &eq; ša ekalli &eq; שֵׁגַל", לשוננו נב (תשמ"ח), עמ' 17-8.

*"ארמית", שפות שמיות. ספריית האנציקלופדיה המקראית. ערך ח' רבין. ירושלים תשנ"א, עמ' 104-78.

*ז' בן-חיים, "הנסתרות בארמית הקדמונית", ארץ ישראל א (תשי"א), עמ' 139-135.

*י' לרנר, "לְמִבְנֵא/לְמִבְנְיָה/לִבְּנֵא", לשוננו מז (תשמ"ג), עמ' 65-62.

*י' קוטשר, "הארמית המקראית – ארמית מזרחית היא או מערבית?", לשוננו יז (תשי"א), עמ' 122-119.

E.M. Cook, “Word Order in the Aramaic of Daniel,” Afroasiatic Linguistics 9/3 (1986) 1-16.

W.R. Garr, “On the Alternation Between Construct and Dī Phrases in Biblical Aramaic,” Journal of Semitic Studies 35 (1990) 213-231.

D.M. Gropp, “The 3 F.S. Inflection of the Perfect in OJA and Related Problems,” Journal of Semitic Studies 39 (1994) 153-159.

E.Y. Kutscher, “Aramaic,” in T. Sebeok, ed., Current Trends in Linguistics.The Hague 1971. Vol. 6: 347-412 ( &eq; י' קוטשר, מחקרים בעברית ובארמית, עמ' 155-90).

J. Makujina, “Old Persian and the Marking of Narrative Sequence in Biblical Aramaic: The Possible Influence of Pasāva on Bēʾdayin and ʾĕdayin,” Journal of Near Eastern Studies 72 (2013) 85-97.

A.R. Rubin, "On the Third Person Preformative l-/n- in Aramaic, and an Ethiopic Parallel," Ancient Near Eastern Studies 44 (2007) 1-28.

Tarsee Li, The Verbal System of the Book of Daniel: An Explanation in the Context of Grammaticalization. Leiden 2009.


ביבליוגרפיה
J.A. Fitzmyer and S.A. Kaufman, An Aramaic Bibliography, Part I: Old, Official, and Biblical Aramaic. Baltimore 1992.

Additional Reading Material:
ביבליוגרפיה
J.A. Fitzmyer and S.A. Kaufman, An Aramaic Bibliography, Part I: Old, Official, and Biblical Aramaic. Baltimore 1992.

Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 100 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 0 %
Project work 0 %
Assignments 0 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %

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