OT 501 Survey of Biblical Hebrew

1. Seow, C. L. A Grammar for Biblical Hebrew. rev. ed. Nashville: Abingdon, 1995. This is the foundation text for this course. We will proceed through the text systematically in each module, and it will be referred to often in the lectures and assignments. The text contains lessons which will help us learn the essentials of Biblical Hebrew grammar. It is useful to the student because it introduces actual references from the Old Testament beginning in lesson four. 2. Holladay, William. A Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1972. This is a standard dictionary. We use it because CHALOT has a simple, clear presentation making it ideal for the beginning student. 3. BibleWorks 5.0. Hermenuetika, Big Fork, MT. Page 4 This software program will assist us in spotting grammatical forms of Hebrew words (also called “parsing”) and provide entries from a standard Hebrew dictionary (Brown, Driver, and Briggs) for quick reference. For a additional fee, one can obtain the full version of another larger dictionary, A Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament (HALOT). BibleWorks is also a powerful tool for doing Hebrew (and Greek) word studies. The program functions as a concordance (a.k.a. “search engine”) to find all usages of a word, phrase, or form and provides a quick and easy way to see how the recurrences of a word function in the co-texts. 4. Elliger, K., and W. Rudolph. Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1967-77. This is the Hebrew Bible whose base text comes from the oldest complete manuscript of the Old Testament,Codex Leningradensis (ca. 1008 A.D.), with only slight alteration. Referred to as BHS, we will read texts from it as we gain the appropriate competency. 5. Scott, William R. A Simplified Guide to BHS. Berkley, CA: BIBAL, 1987. This short booklet explains in part the masora and the critical apparatus of the BHS (the notes surrounding the Hebrew text on each page of a BHS page). 6. Arnold, Bill T. and John H. Choi. A Guide to Hebrew Syntax. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (Forthcoming: due out October 2003) This text is a treatment of Hebrew syntax, dealing with the various functions of parts of speech in Hebrew, as well as how individual words work together to give meaning to a text. For this class, you will be given an electronic copy in the Course Center, as the text has not been published yet. I will assign specific readings from this text in the later portion of the semester.https://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabi/2876/thumbnail.jp

OT 501 Survey of Biblical Hebrew

1. Seow, C. L. A Grammar for Biblical Hebrew. rev. ed. Nashville: Abingdon, 1995. 2. Holladay, William. A Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1972. 3. BibleWorks Ver. 7. BibleWorks, LLC, Norfolk, VA. 4. Elliger, K., and W. Rudolph. Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1967-77. 5. Scott, William R. A Simplified Guide to BHS. Berkley, CA: BIBAL, 1987. 6. Arnold, Bill T. and John H. Choi. A Guide to Hebrew Syntax. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003.https://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabi/2296/thumbnail.jp

NT 501 Comprehensive Greek I

Black, David Alan. Learning to Read ew Testament Greek, rev. ed. Nashville: Broadman and Holman, 1994. Black, David Alan. It\u27s Still Greek to Me. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1998. The Greek ew Testament (Nestle-Aland, 27th edition). LSJ or BAGD Greek-English Lexiconhttps://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabi/1652/thumbnail.jp

NT 502 Comprehensive Greek II

Black, David Alan. Learning to Read #ew Testament Greek, rev. ed. Nashville: Broadman and Holman, 1994. Black, David Alan. It’s Still Greek to Me. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 1998. The Greek #ew Testament (Nestle-Aland, 27th edition). LSJ or BAGD Greek-English Lexiconshttps://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabi/2028/thumbnail.jp

OT 502 Comprehensive Hebrew II

1. Seow, C. L. A Grammar For Biblical Hebrew. Rev. Ed. Nashville: Abingdon, 1995. 2. Brown, Francis, S. R. Driver, and Charles A. Briggs. A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament. Oxford: Oxford, 1907; reprint, Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1979. 3. Elliger, K., and W. Rudolph. Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1967-77. 4. Mitchel, Larry A. A Student\u27s Vocabulary for Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1984. Mitchel\u27s book is arranged by frequency. He lists the word and definition(s) of some 2000 Hebrew words and all 648 biblical Aramaic words. We will be memorizing all the Hebrew words used 100 times or more. He groups nouns, verbs, and particles all together. 5. Scott, William R. A Simplified Guide to BHS. Berkley, CA: BIBAL, 1987. This is a basic introduction to many of the peculiarities of the Hebrew Bible. Scott provides an English key to the Latin text critical notes at the very bottom of the page which were added by scholars this century who edited BHS and to the Aramaic side marginal notes (a.k.a. massorah ) which were put there by Medieval Jewish rabbis who created the vowel and accent system of the Hebrew Bible. Scott also explains many other features of the Hebrew Bible that will help you to understand how it has been put together through hundreds of years. 6. Williams, Ronald J. Hebrew Syntax: An Outline. Toronto: University of Toronto, 1976. This book is a brief introduction to Hebrew syntax (how words are put together). We will utilize this book throughout the course. Williams is too brief at many points, but the alternative books pertaining to syntax are of massive proportion or too expensive. Williams uses many terms for syntax that are now outdated; nevertheless, his text continues to be useful for beginning Hebrew students.https://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabi/2055/thumbnail.jp