HJS News
UCL Festival of the Arts May 7-17
Start:
May 7, 2013 1:00:00 PM
End:
May 17, 2013 7:30:00 PM
Location:
various venues, UCL Bloomsbury Campus More...
Europe and the Holocaust - Shifts in Public Debates in Poland, Germany and the UK
The panel investigates shifts in the role of the Holocaust in European
public debates in the recent past. Contrasting developments in Poland,
Germany, and Great Britain, we will identify common threads as well as
differences in perceiving, presenting, memorizing the mass murder of
European Jewries.
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Graduate Student Conference: Jewish Spirituality in Eastern Europe
The Yiddish Forverts has recently published a report from the Graduate Student Conference on ‘Jewish Spirituality in Eastern Europe – a Textual Perspective,’ held at the Department of Hebrew and Jewish Studies, UCL on 6-7 June, 2012. The article, authored by conference participant Adi Mahalel (Columbia University), is available online on the website of the Forverts: http://yiddish.forward.com/node/4589 More...
New publication: The Russian-Jewish Diaspora and European Culture, 1917-1937
Over a period of three years, the Hebrew and Jewish Studies Department at
UCL has been cooperating in a research project devoted to 'Cultural Continuitiy
in the Diaspora: Paris and Berlin in 1917-1937', based at the Department of
European Studies and Modern Languages, University of Bath, and in cooperation
with the Centre for European and International Studies at the University of
Portsmouth. The project had been funded by the Leverhulme Trust Academic
Collaboration-International Network scheme. Among the initiators of the project
had been the late John D. Klier. More...
International Graduate Student Conference 2012
The Department of Hebrew and Jewish Studies at UCL is pleased to announce plans for an International Graduate Student Conference, devoted to explorations of multiple aspects of Jewish spirituality in Eastern Europe, to be held on 5th and 6th of June 2012 in London. The conference organizers invite graduate students and recent PhD holders to submit their proposals. We welcome presentations addressing any aspect of the religious history and religious culture of Eastern European Jewry, with an emphasis on their textual products. We are particularly interested in proposals which open up new perspectives and pose new questions regarding conceptual frameworks and traditional definitions used to describe Eastern Europe in the field of Jewish Studies. Topics may include:
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HEBR1005 / HEBRG045 Introduction to Classical Hebrew
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Course code: |
HEBR1005 (BA) HEBRG045 (MA) |
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Tutor: |
Dr Lily Kahn |
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Taught: |
In Terms 1 and 2 |
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Classes: |
Tuesdays, 1100-1300 in Room 331, Foster Court Thursdays, 1100-1300 in Room 215, Foster Court |
Course description
This course is designed to familiarise complete beginners with Classical (Biblical) Hebrew language and literature in a lively and enjoyable manner. By the end of the year you will have acquired a solid grounding in Classical Hebrew grammar and vocabulary, become familiar with an extensive range of fascinating biblical narratives, and gained the ability to read the Hebrew Bible independently.
Bibliography
Recommended Biblical Hebrew textbooks
- Introducing Biblical Hebrew - Ross, Allen P., 2001
- Basics of Biblical Hebrew grammar - Pratico, Gary Davis, Van Pelt, Miles V., c2001
- Preview Biblical Hebrew: an introductory grammar - Kelley, Page H., c1992
- An introduction to classical Hebrew - Vance, Donald R., 2004
- Introduction to Biblical Hebrew - Lambdin, Thomas Oden, 1973
- A grammar for Biblical Hebrew - Seow, C. L., c1995
Recommended background materials
Online ResourceOpen Yale Courses | Introduction to the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible)
Workbooks
Basics of biblical Hebrew workbook - Pratico, Gary Davis, Van Pelt, Miles V., c2007
Vocabulary guides and lexicons
- The vocabulary guide to Biblical Hebrew - Van Pelt, Miles V., Pratico, Gary Davis, c2003
Suggested for student purchase - A concise Hebrew and Aramic lexicon of the Old Testament based on the lexical work of Ludwig Koehler and Walter Baumgartner - Holladay, William Lee, Köhler, Ludwig, Köhler, Ludwig, Baumgartner, Walter, 1971
Answer keys
- Online ResourceAnswer Keys to Ross, Introducing Biblical Hebrew (IBH) | Biblical Languages
- Annotated key to Lambdin's introduction to Biblical Hebrew - Williamson, H. G. M., Lambdin, Thomas Oden, c1998
Study aids
- English grammar to ace biblical Hebrew - Van Pelt, Miles V., c2010 Suggested for student purchase
- Grammatical concepts 101 for Biblical Hebrew: learning Biblical Hebrew grammatical concepts through English grammar - Long, Gary A., c2002
Suggested for student purchase
- Biblical Hebrew (Zondervan Get an A! Study Guides) - Gary D. Pratico, Miles V. Van Pelt, July 1, 2005 (Paperback)
Suggested for student purchase | Not held at UCL Library : Laminated sheet Old Testament Hebrew Vocabulary Cards (ZONDERVAN VOCABULARY BUILDER SERIES) - Miles V. Van Pelt, November 1, 2004 (Cards)
Not held at UCL Library.
