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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
hebrew language & jewish languages
Semester:
2nd Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Prof Aharon Maman
Coordinator Office Hours:
by appointment
Teaching Staff:
Prof Aharon Maman
Course/Module description:
This course deals with the theory of comparative Semitic philology in the Middle Ages, i.e., the comparison of Hebrew with Arabic and Aramaic, as perceived and practiced by Hebrew philologists, i.e., medieval grammarians, lexicographers and commentators of the Bible, especially from Rav Saadia Gaon (tenth century), to Rabbi Isaac Ibn Baron (early twelfth century)
Course/Module aims:
To display the field of comparative philology in general and the Semitic in particular;
To anchor this knowledge in the analysis of selected texts of medieval Hebrew linguistic and exegesis literature
To enhance the ability of etymological analysis and interpretation of the Hebrew esoteric vocabulary by comparative philology
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
Being exposed to the relevant literature
Enhancing the ability to use this literature for the study of Hebrew literature in all periods including Hebrew linguistic literature of all ages
Attendance requirements(%):
according to the Univ. regulations
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Lecture
Text analysis
Discussion
Mini-lectures by students
Course/Module Content:
The course will discuss theoretical and methodological questions such as:
The nature of comparative languages (hence: CMPLG),
The motives of CMPLG,
The principles and objectives of CMPLG
The letters exchange theory,
The applications and expression of CMPLG in the Hebrew linguistic literature and commentaries,
The historical development of CMPLG,
The ideological restrictions imposed by various scholars over CMPLG,
The way CMPLG was poured into models,
CMPLG terminology,
The difference between medieval and modern comparative philology,
The connection between root theory and the comparative philology,
Implicit versus explicit comparisons.
We will be reading closely in the writings of Saadia Gaon, Ibn Quraysh, David Ben-Avraham alFasi, Menachem b. Saruq and Dunash b. Labrat, Rabbi Yehuda Hayyuj, R. Jonah b. Janah and others.
Required Reading:
A. Maman, Comparative Semitic Philology in the Middle Ages from Saadia Gaon to Ibn Barun (10th-12th cent.), Brill, Leiden 2004
Additional Reading Material:
Eppenstein (1900) -- Eppenstein S., “Die hebr.- arabische Sprachvergleichung des Jehuda Ibn Koreisch”, MGWJ, 44 (1900) 486-507
Eppestein S. (1900-1901) – “Ishak Ibn Baroun et ses comparaisons de l’hebreu avec l’arabe”, REJ 41 (1900), 233-249; 42 (1901), 76-102
Bacher (1884) -- Bacher, W., Die hebraeisch-arabische Sprachvergleichung des Abulwalid Merwan Ibn Ganah, Sitzungsber. Der Kais. Akad der Wissensch.; Phil. Hist. Classe 106 (1884), 96-119 (special reprint, with Bacher 1885, Amsterdam, Philo-Press 1970)
Bacher (1885) -- Bacher W., Die hebraeisch-neuhebraeische und hebraeisch-aramaeische Sprachvergleichung des Abulwalid Merwan Ibn Ganah Sitzungsber. der kais. Akad. der Wissensch.; Phil. Hist. Classe 110 (1885)
Bacher (ZAW 1894) -- Bacher, W., Die hebr. Arab. Sprachvergleichung des Abu Ibrahim Ibn Barun, ZAW, 14 (1894), 223-249
Becker (1984) -- דן בקר, ה"רסאלה" של יהודה בן קוריש, מהדורה ביקורתית, תל אביב תשמ"ד
Becker (1980) -- ד' בקר, 'השלמות לכתאב אלמואזנה (&eq;ספר ההשוואה) ליצחק בן ברון, לשוננו מד (תש"ם), עמ' 293-298
Brockelmann, Carl, Grundriss der vergleichenden Grammatik der semitischen Sprachen, (Verlag von Reuther & Reichard) Berlin 1908-1913 (Olms 1966)
Brockelmann (1910) -- Brockelmann, Carl, Precis de Linguistique Semitique, traduit par W. Marcais et M. Cohen, Paris, 1910
Guiraud (1965)-- Pierre Guiraud, Les mots etrangers, Presses Universitaires de France, Paris 1965 (`Que sais je`, no. 1166)
Derenbourg (1895) -- Derenbourg J. “Contributions a l’histoire de la philologie hebraique et de la litterature juive-arabe au moyen-age, I, Le livre de le Comparaison de l’hebreu avec l’arabe d’Abou Ibrahim ibn Baroun par P. de Kokowzoff,” REJ 30, 1895, p. 155-158
Hope (1971) -- T. E. Hope, Lexical borrowing in the Romance Languages I-II, Oxford 1971
Wechter (1941) – P. Wechter, “Ibn Barun`s Contribution to Comparative Hebrew Philology”, JAOS 61 (1941), 172-187
Wechter (1964) -- Wechter, Pinchas, Ibn Baruns`s Arabic Works on Hebrew Grammar and Lexicography, Philadelphia, The Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Languages, 1964
Tene (1980) -- Tene David, “The Earliest Comparisons of Hebrew with Aramaic and Arabic” in K. Koerner, ed. Progress in Linguistic Historiography, Amsterdam - John Benjamins B.V. 1980, 355-377 (&eq;Studies in the History of Linguistics vol. 20, Amsterdam Studies in the Theory and History of Linguistic Science, III
Tene (1983) -- ד' טנא, השוואת הלשונות וידיעת הלשון (באזור הדיבור הערבי במאות הי' והי"א למניין המקובל), בתוך "מחקרי לשון" מוגשים לזאב בן-חיים בהגיעו לשיבה בעריכת מ' בר-אשר, א' דותן, ד' טנא, גב"ע צרפתי, ירושלים תשמ"ג, עמ' 237-287
Meillet (1937) -- A. Meillet, Introduction a l’etude comparative des langues Indo-Europeennes, Paris 1937
Poznanski (1916) -- S. Poznanski, “Hebraeisch-arabische Sprachvergleichung bei Jehuda Ibn Bal‘am,” ZDMG, 70 (1916), 449-476
Kokowtzow (1890) -- Kokovcov, Pavel Konstantinovic יתר הפליטה מן כתאב אלמואזנה בין אללגה אלעבראניה ואלערביה אשר חברו אבו אברהים יצחק בן ברון הספרדי, ס"ט פטרבורג בדפוס אליעזר בעהרמאן וצבי ראבינאוויטץ 1890, נתפרסם יחד עם קוקובצוב (1893)
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 0 %
Presentation 15 %
Participation in Tutorials 15 %
Project work 50 %
Assignments 20 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %
Additional information:
No knowledge of Arabic is required beyond the preparatory courses
There is no Final exam.
Instead, a final course paper should be submitted.
Students may write a seminar paper.
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