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Syllabus The Language of the Book of Job - 25712
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HU Credits: 2

Degree/Cycle: 2nd degree (Master)

Responsible Department: Hebrew Language

Semester: 2nd Semester

Teaching Languages: Hebrew

Campus: Mt. Scopus

Course/Module Coordinator: Steven Fassberg

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

Coordinator Office Hours: by appointment

Teaching Staff:
Prof Steven Fassberg

Course/Module description:
analysis of the language of the Book of Job paying special attention to the different styles,genres, and lexicon.

Course/Module aims:
students will distinguish between the different types of language employed in the biblical book of Job within the largest context of Northwest Semitic and the periodization of Hebrew

Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
students will develop a sensitivity to the artistic skill of the author of Job and will be able to place the language of the book in its historical context

Attendance requirements(%):
100

Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: joint reading, student presentations

Course/Module Content:
1. Traditional views on the dating and language of the book of Job
2. Modern views
3. Prose vs. Poetry
4. Framework story versus poems
5. salient features of phonology, morphology, lexicon, and syntax

Required Reading:
פירושים

ע' חכם, ספר איוב (דעת מקרא). ירושלים תש"ל.

נ"ה טור-סיני, ספר איוב. ירושלים תשל"ב.

א' כהנא, ספר איוב (מקרא מפורש). תל אביב תשכ"ח.

E. Dhorme, A Commentary on the Book of Job, tr. H. Knight. New York 1984.

S.R. Driver and G.B. Gray, A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Book of Job. International Critical Commentary (&eq; ICC). Edinburgh 1921.

R. Gordis, The Book of Job. New York 1978.

E.L. Greenstein, Job: A New Translation. New Haven, Connecticut 2019.

M.H. Pope, Job3. Anchor Bible (&eq; AB). Garden City, New York 1973.



מאמרים וספרים

א' הורביץ, "לשונו של סיפור המסגרת בספר איוב ומקומה בתולדות העברית המקראית", בית מקרא כ (תשל"ה), עמ' 475-472.

י' הופמן, שלמות פגומה. ירושלים תשנ"ה.

נ"ה טור-סיני, "איוב", אנציקלופדיה מקראית. ירושלים 1950, כרך א, עמ' 257-242.

ל' מזור (עורכת), איוב במקרא, בהגות באמנות. ירושלים 1993.

J.L. Crenshaw, “Job, Book of,” The Anchor Bible Dictionary 3:858-868. New York 1992.

S.R. Driver, Introduction to the Literature of the Old Testament9, 408-435. Edinburgh 1913.

Y. Hoffman, Blemished Perfection: The Book of Job in Context. JSOT Supplement Series 213. Sheffield 1996.

A. Hurvitz, “The Date of the Prose Tale of Job Linguistically Reconsidered,” Harvard Theological Review 67 (1974) 17-34.

N.M. Sarna, “Epic Substratum in the Prose of Job,” Journal of Biblical Literature 76 (1957) 13-25.


“Notes on the Use of the Definite Article in the Poetry of Job,” 279-286 in Texts, Temples, and Traditions: A Tribute to Menahem Haran, ed. M.V. Fox et al. Winona Lake, Indiana 1996.

N.H. Tur-Sinai, The Book of Job: A New Commentary. Jerusalem 1962.


מילונים

F. Brown, S.R. Driver, C.A. Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (&eq; BDB). Oxford 1907. See also B. Einspahr, Index to Brown, Driver & Briggs Hebrew Lexicon. Chicago 1976.

D.J.A. Clines et al., The Dictionary of Classical Hebrew. Sheffield 1993-2016.
W. Gesenius - F. Buhl, Hebräisches und aramäisches Handwörterbuch über das Alte Testament17. Berlin 1921.

W. Gesenius, Hebräisches und aramäisches Handwörterbuch über das Alte Testament18. Berlin 2013.

L. Koehler, W. Baumgartner, et al., Hebräisches und aramäisches Lexikon zum Alten Testament3. Leiden 1967-1996.

L. Koehler, W. Baumgartner, et al., The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament, tr. and ed. by M.E.J. Richardson. Leiden 2001.


(hapax legomena) מילים יחידאיות

H.R. Cohen, Biblical Hapax Legomena in the Light of Akkadian and Ugaritic. SBL Dissertation Series 27. Missoula, Montana 1978.

F.G. Greenspahn, Hapax Legomena in Biblical Hebrew. Chico, California 1984.


השירה המקראית

R. Alter, The Art of Biblical Poetry. New York 1985.

A. Berlin, The Dynamics of Biblical Parallelism. Bloomington, Indiana 1985.

G.R. Driver, “Hebrew Poetic Diction,” Supplements to Vetus Testamentum 1 (1953) 26-39.

B. Hrushovski, “Prosody, Hebrew,” Encyclopaedia Judaica 13:1195-1203. Jerusalem 1972.

J.L. Kugel, The Idea of Biblical Poetry: Parallelism and Its History. New Haven 1981.

M. O’Connor, Hebrew Verse Structure. Winona Lake, Indiana 1980.

L.A. Schökel, A Manual of Hebrew Poetics. Rome 1988.

W.G.E. Watson, Classical Hebrew Poetry: A Guide to Its Techniques. JSOT Supplement Series 26. Sheffield 1984.



Additional Reading Material:
פירושים

ע' חכם, ספר איוב (דעת מקרא). ירושלים תש"ל.

נ"ה טור-סיני, ספר איוב. ירושלים תשל"ב.

א' כהנא, ספר איוב (מקרא מפורש). תל אביב תשכ"ח.

E. Dhorme, A Commentary on the Book of Job, tr. H. Knight. New York 1984.

S.R. Driver and G.B. Gray, A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Book of Job. International Critical Commentary (&eq; ICC). Edinburgh 1921.

R. Gordis, The Book of Job. New York 1978.

E.L. Greenstein, Job: A New Translation. New Haven, Connecticut 2019.

M.H. Pope, Job3. Anchor Bible (&eq; AB). Garden City, New York 1973.



מאמרים וספרים

א' הורביץ, "לשונו של סיפור המסגרת בספר איוב ומקומה בתולדות העברית המקראית", בית מקרא כ (תשל"ה), עמ' 475-472.

י' הופמן, שלמות פגומה. ירושלים תשנ"ה.

נ"ה טור-סיני, "איוב", אנציקלופדיה מקראית. ירושלים 1950, כרך א, עמ' 257-242.

ל' מזור (עורכת), איוב במקרא, בהגות באמנות. ירושלים 1993.

J.L. Crenshaw, “Job, Book of,” The Anchor Bible Dictionary 3:858-868. New York 1992.

S.R. Driver, Introduction to the Literature of the Old Testament9, 408-435. Edinburgh 1913.

Y. Hoffman, Blemished Perfection: The Book of Job in Context. JSOT Supplement Series 213. Sheffield 1996.

A. Hurvitz, “The Date of the Prose Tale of Job Linguistically Reconsidered,” Harvard Theological Review 67 (1974) 17-34.

N.M. Sarna, “Epic Substratum in the Prose of Job,” Journal of Biblical Literature 76 (1957) 13-25.


“Notes on the Use of the Definite Article in the Poetry of Job,” 279-286 in Texts, Temples, and Traditions: A Tribute to Menahem Haran, ed. M.V. Fox et al. Winona Lake, Indiana 1996.

N.H. Tur-Sinai, The Book of Job: A New Commentary. Jerusalem 1962.


מילונים

F. Brown, S.R. Driver, C.A. Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (&eq; BDB). Oxford 1907. See also B. Einspahr, Index to Brown, Driver & Briggs Hebrew Lexicon. Chicago 1976.

D.J.A. Clines et al., The Dictionary of Classical Hebrew. Sheffield 1993-2016.
W. Gesenius - F. Buhl, Hebräisches und aramäisches Handwörterbuch über das Alte Testament17. Berlin 1921.

W. Gesenius, Hebräisches und aramäisches Handwörterbuch über das Alte Testament18. Berlin 2013.

L. Koehler, W. Baumgartner, et al., Hebräisches und aramäisches Lexikon zum Alten Testament3. Leiden 1967-1996.

L. Koehler, W. Baumgartner, et al., The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament, tr. and ed. by M.E.J. Richardson. Leiden 2001.


(hapax legomena) מילים יחידאיות

H.R. Cohen, Biblical Hapax Legomena in the Light of Akkadian and Ugaritic. SBL Dissertation Series 27. Missoula, Montana 1978.

F.G. Greenspahn, Hapax Legomena in Biblical Hebrew. Chico, California 1984.


השירה המקראית

R. Alter, The Art of Biblical Poetry. New York 1985.

A. Berlin, The Dynamics of Biblical Parallelism. Bloomington, Indiana 1985.

G.R. Driver, “Hebrew Poetic Diction,” Supplements to Vetus Testamentum 1 (1953) 26-39.

B. Hrushovski, “Prosody, Hebrew,” Encyclopaedia Judaica 13:1195-1203. Jerusalem 1972.

J.L. Kugel, The Idea of Biblical Poetry: Parallelism and Its History. New Haven 1981.

M. O’Connor, Hebrew Verse Structure. Winona Lake, Indiana 1980.

L.A. Schökel, A Manual of Hebrew Poetics. Rome 1988.

W.G.E. Watson, Classical Hebrew Poetry: A Guide to Its Techniques. JSOT Supplement Series 26. Sheffield 1984.



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

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