HEBREW 3 HEBREW EXEGESIS: FROM ANCIENT TEXT TO CONTEMPORARY LIFE DR. MARK D. FUTATO REFORMED THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY OT 506 ELECTRONIC TRACK Fall 2009___________________________________________________________________ Page 1 Hebrew 3: Hebrew Exegesis (Electronic) Instructor: Dr. Mark D. Futato Email: [email protected] Phone: 407-366-9493 Fax: 407-366-9425 Dates: August 26 to December 7 Office Hours: By Appointment via Skype or ooVoo PURPOSE, GOALS, AND OBJECTIVES Purpose: To encourage you in enjoying an abundant life to the glory of God! Goals: • To equip you to study the Old Testament with greater depth and accuracy. • To reinforce the basic forms of the verb. • To deepen your knowledge of the meaning of the verb patterns. • To deepen your knowledge of the syntax of the noun and the verb. Objectives: Upon successful completion of this course you will: • Know more about the message of the book of Jonah and how to study Old Testament narratives with greater depth and accuracy. • Know the Hebrew verb forms better. • Know how to apply the basic meanings of the verb patterns and how to apply the basic uses of nouns and verbs, having studied Putnam, Frederic Clarke. Hebrew Bible Insert: A Student's Guide to the Syntax of Biblical Hebrew (Quakertown, PA: Stylus Publishing, 2002). • Know how to use commentaries discerningly by analyzing: • Futato, Mark D. Jonah: A Commentary (Unpublished). • Smith, Billy K. and Frank S. Page. Amos Obadiah Jonah (NAC 19b; Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman, 1995). • Be more like God in terms of your vision for God’s work in the world. • Be more like God in your compassion on those who are not like you.___________________________________________________________________ Page 2 Hebrew 3: Hebrew Exegesis (Electronic) TEXTS USED IN THE COURSE All Available as Logos Books • Futato, Mark D. Jonah: A Commentary (Unpublished). • This will be downloadable from Blackboard (Course Documents) as a Logos book. • Putnam, Frederic Clarke. Hebrew Bible Insert: A Student's Guide to the Syntax of Biblical Hebrew (Quakertown, PA: Stylus Publishing, 2002). • This is already included in the Original Languages, Scholar's, Scholar's Silver, and Scholar's Gold Libraries. • Smith, Billy K. and Frank S. Page. Amos Obadiah Jonah (NAC 19b; Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman, 1995). ISBN-13: 978-0805401424 • This is already included in the Scholar's Silver and Scholar's Gold Libraries or can be purchases from Logos.com. Note: At various points in the course material I will be referencing Futato, Mark D. Beginning Biblical Hebrew (Winona Lake, WI: Eisenbrauns 2003). This is part of the Original Languages and Scholar's Gold Libraries or can be purchases from Logos.com. It will be helpful but is not required for the course. ASSIGNMENTS Reading • Read the material assigned in Futato, Jonah. • Read the material assigned in Putnam, Syntax. • Read the material assigned in Page, Jonah. Notebook • Answer all of the questions in the Notebook Questions (see below). Discussion • Participate in the online discussion forums: eleven posts and eleven replies. • The discussion forums will be based on your preparation of the assigned portion of Jonah and the corresponding reading in Futato and Page. Reflection Posts • You will post seven reflections, one on each of the seven sections of Jonah. • The reflections are due the week after the final verse of the section is covered, which means the due dates are not evenly spaced and that the final reflection is due on the day when papers are normally due. • The reflections are to be more personal than exegetical. They are to reflect that you have grown in your understanding of the text through your exegetical study, but they are to focus on how each text applies to your life and ministry. • The Minimum length of each post is 200 words and the maximum length is 250 words.___________________________________________________________________ Page 3 Hebrew 3: Hebrew Exegesis (Electronic) ASSESSMENTS Notes: 1. All scores will be posted on IQWeb. 2. All quizzes, posts, and exams will be submitted on Blackboard and are due on Thursdays at 4pm (except the final Reflection, which is due on Wednesday, December 9 at 4pm). 3. All Notebook assignments will be submitted via email. Quizzes • There are 11 quizzes to be taken weekly. • The quizzes cover: • Vocabulary from Basic Hebrew 1-20 • Verb forms from Basic Hebrew 1-20 • Each quiz is worth 3 points and the total constitutes approximately 16% of your course grade. Notebook • There are 11 notebook assignments to be turned in weekly. • In the top left corner of each Notebook document, put your name and notebook number, e.g., Mark Futato Notebook 01 • Copy and paste the questions from the Notebook Questions (see below) into your Word document. • Use the following for the title for each file: Last name_First name_Notebook_##, e.g., Futato_Mark_Notebook_01 • Each week’s Notebook is worth 6 points and the total constitutes approximately 33% of your course grade. Discussion • There are 11 discussion posts and replies to be submitted weekly. • Submit one post per discussion question and submit at least one reply to a classmate's post. • Each discussion post with its reply is worth 2 points and the total constitutes approximately 11% of your course grade. Reflection • There are 7 reflection posts to be submitted. • See Schedule for the due dates. • Each reflection post is worth 7 points and the total constitutes approximately 24% of your course grade.___________________________________________________________________ Page 4 Hebrew 3: Hebrew Exegesis (Electronic) Exams • There is a midterm and a final exam. • These exams cover the syntax material from Putnam. • Each exam is short and is worth 15 points and the total constitutes approximately 15% of your course grade. WEB LABS Note: • At the time of finalizing this syllabus, I am experimenting in Hebrew 2 with the use of web labs as an enhancement to the course. Over the summer I will be working on what web labs might look like for Hebrew three. If I incorporate web labs they will be optional this year. SCHEDULE Week 1 (Aug 27) New Material: Introduction to Course Setting up your Workspace Using Note Files Syntax: Putnam, Nouns (1.1-1.4) + Qal Pattern (2.1.1) Jonah: