Hebrew Syntax and Biblical Exegesis II

BIB 6009

Bernard Revel Graduate School

Spring 2004: Dr. Richard Steiner

Syllabus and introduction

Helpful Tools:

• Jewish Exegesis and Philology 

  • Berliner, Pleitat Soferim

  • Sefer Harikma

• Syriac

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• Greek

  • Encyclopedia entry on Ancient Greek and the alphabet

  • Greek lessons from a Christian Testament site

  • Greek Grammar

   

Lesson #1 1/21/2004: Scope Ambiguity and Local Phrase Salience

Lesson #2: Genesis 30:38

Lesson #3: Devarim 12:2

Lesson #4: Exodus 14:30

Lesson #5: Isaiah 2:20

Lesson #6: Genesis 39:18

Instructions for Paper

Genesis 3:8

וַיִּשְׁמְעוּ אֶת-קוֹל יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים, מִתְהַלֵּךְ בַּגָּן--לְרוּחַ הַיּוֹם; וַיִּתְחַבֵּא הָאָדָם וְאִשְׁתּוֹ, מִפְּנֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים, בְּתוֹךְ, עֵץ הַגָּן

• Sources
  • Abarvanel
  • Bechor Shor
  • Gur Aryeh
  • Ralbag
  • LXX
  • Neofiti
  • Targum Yonatan
  • Fragment Targums
  • Pshitta in Syriac and Hebrew
  • Tafsir
  • Rasag
  • Mecklenberg
  • Mizrachi
  • Vienna 24
  • Leipsig
  • Philo
  • Mikro'ot Gedolot Tag
  • Likut Rasag from Exodus 3
  • Chizkuni
  • Onkelos
  • Rikma
  • Samaritan Targum
  • Tan Hitpael
  • Bechor Shor
  • Tosafot Hashalem
  • Rashi Hashalem
  • Mikro'ot Gedolot 1526
  • Shevil on Rashi
  • Rosin, Rav Shmuel ben Meir, page 114-115
  • Rosin, Rav Shmuel ben Meir PDF or EXE.  Both are 8-9 Mbytes)
• LXX
  • English
  • Greek
  • CCAT
• Secondary Sources 
  • Yadin A - Kol as Hypostasis in the Hebrew Bible.PDF
• Grammar and Linguistics 
  • Jouon - Sections 125-131
  • Davidson - Introduction to Biblical Grammar ~  Syntax - Sections 32-40
  • Davidson, Grammar (21 Mb)
  • Glossary of Linguistic Terms

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