1 ASSE M B L IES O F G O D T H E O L O G I C A L SE M IN A R Y H E B R E W-1A BHE 530 (01) May 2 ± May 27, 2011 W.E. Nunnally, Ph.D. *****N.b. : Please do not sign up for this course if you have already made plans to miss class due to weddings, work, revivals, etc. Missing class time in a language-based accelerated c ourse places too great a strain on all involved and the student is plac ed in a disadvantage d position for the remainder of the course. Also, an updated version of WKLV V\OODEXV ZLOO EH LVVXHG ZKHQ $*76 LQIRUPV PH RI WKH VSHFLILF GDWHV IRU RXU FODVV¶ FKDSHO VHUYLFHV 7KHUHIRUH please remember to consult the website again around 2 weeks prior to the beginning of the semester. C O U RSE DESC R IPT I O N A ND O BJE C T I V ES This course is constructed to provide the student with a working knowledge of the basics of biblical Hebrew grammar and vocabulary, and to begin developing the ability to read and translate passages in the Old Testament. T E X T B O O KS Required Text: Seow, C.L. A Grammar for Biblical Hebrew. Nashville: Abingdon, 1995. B ASI C O U T L IN E*** W E E K 1 Mon 5/2 Introduction to course. Bring textbook and English Bible. Tues 5/3 Chapter 1. Seow, chapter 1 Wed 5/4 Quiz on chapter 1. Chapter 2. Seow, chapter 2 Thur 5/5 Quiz on chapter 2. Chapter 3. Seow, chapter 3 Fri 5/6 Quiz on chapter 3. Chapter 4. Seow, chapter 4 W E E K 2 Mon 5/9 Quiz on chapter 4. Chapter 5. Seow, chapter 5 Tues 5/10 Quiz on chapter 5. Chapter 6. Seow, chapter 6 Wed 5/11 Quiz on chapter 6. Chapter 7. Seow, chapter 7 Thurs 5/12 Quiz on chapter 7. Chapter 8. Seow, chapter 8 Fri 5/13 Chapter 8 continued. Quiz on chapter 8. Review. Take-home Mid-Term Test on chapters 1-8. Due at the beginning of class 5/16. W E E K 3 Mon 5/16 Mid-Term Test due at the beginning Seow, chapter 9 of class. Chapter 9.2 Tues 5/17 Quiz on chapter 9. Chapter 10. Seow, chapter 10 *Wed 5/18 Class begins at 8am today. Quiz on chapter 10. Chapel 9-10:15. Chapter 11. Seow, chapter 11 Thurs 5/19 Quiz on chapter 11. Chapter 12. Seow, chapter 12 Fri 5/20 Chapter 12 continued. Quiz on chapter 12. W E E K 4 Mon 5/23 Chapter 13. Seow, chapter 13 Tues 5/24 Quiz on chapter 13. Chapter 14. Seow, chapter 14 Wed 5/25 Chapter 14 continued. Thur 5/26 Quiz on chapter 14. Chapter 15. Seow, chapter 15 Fri 5/27 Chapter 15 continued. Quiz on chapter 15. Review for Final Exam. Take-home Final Exam. Due at the beginning of class on 5/31. *Note the fluctuated schedule for 5/18, to accommodate a chapel service that day. This notice should give you sufficient time to arrange your personal situations to accommodate this one-day fluctuation in schedule. M E T H O D O L O G Y Class time will rotate between brief grammatical/contextual explanations, oral drilling, translation and analysis exercises, and theological/practical reflection. C O U RSE RE Q UIR E M E N TS 6HH ³%$6,& 287/,1(´ DERYH DQG ³*5$',1* 352&('85(´ EHORZ G R A DIN G PR O C E D UR E There will be 15 quizzes throughout the course of the semester. These quizzes will be worth 60% of your semester grade, i.e., 3 percentage points each. A perfect score on a quiz will net you 4 percentage points toward your semester grade. 50% correct will net you 1.5 points, and so on. Quizzes missed for any reason cannot be made up. The mid-term will be worth 20% and the final exam will be worth 20% of the final grade. Late submission of mid-term and/or final will result in the s ubtraction of a letter-grade's worth of points. Class participation, attendance, punctuality, and attitude will be taken into consideration when the number grade lies on the border between 2 letter-grades. Grade Scale: A, 100-94; A-, 93-90; B+, 89-87; B, 86-84; B-, 83-80; C+, 79-77; C, 76-74; C-, 73-70; D+, 69-67; D, 66-64; D-, 63-60; F, 59 or below. SPE C I F IC D A T A Syllabus prepared by W.E. Nunnally, Ph.D. on December 15, 2010.3 Note: Students need to retain extra copies of all work submitted until the work has bee n