B014669 - HEBREW LITERATURE 2 (12 CFU)

ITALIAN

1)INTRODUCTION TO BIBLICAL LITERATURE AND ANALYSIS OF TEXTS
2)BIBLICAL HEBREW GRAMMAR

I MODULE

Reference texts
- Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia, Karl Elliger, Wilhelm Rudolph (eds.), Stuttgart, Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft 1997.
- Jan Alberto Soggin, Introduzione all’Antico Testamento, Brescia, Paideia 1987(4).
- Elizabeth Achtemeier (ed), 2: Naum, Abacuc, Sofonia, Aggeo, Zaccaria, Malachia, Torino, Claudiana 2007.
- Giuseppe Bernini (ed), 32: Aggeo; Zaccaria; Malachia, Roma, Edizioni paoline 1974 (Nuovissima versione della Bibbia dai testi originali).
- Giovanni Boggio (ed), Gioele, Baruc, Abdia, Aggeo, Zaccaria, Malachia: gli ultimi profeti, Brescia, Queriniana 1991.
- Henning G. Reventlow (ed), Aggeo, Zaccaria, Malachia, Brescia, Paideia 2010.

General bibliography useful to define the programme of the examination in accordance with the teacher.

1. Hebrew Bible Text
- Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia, Karl Elliger, Wilhelm Rudolph (eds.), Stuttgart, Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft 1997.
- Paolo Sacchi, Rassegna di studi di storia del testo del Vecchio Testamento ebraico, “Rivista di Storia e Letteratura religiosa” 2 (1966), pp. 257-324 [photocopy: Sem 7-17-12].

2. Introductions to the Old Testament
- Joseph Blenkinsopp, Il Pentateuco. Introduzione ai primi cinque libri della Bibbia, Brescia, Queriniana 1996 (tr. from English: The Pentateuch: an Introduction to the First Five Books of the Bible, London, SCM Press 1992).
- Rolf Rendtorff, Introduzione all’Antico Testamento. Storia, vita sociale e letteratura d’Israele in epoca biblica, Torino, Claudiana, 1994(2) (tr. from German: Das Alte Testament. Eine Einführung, Neukirchen-Vluyn, Neukirchener Verlag 1988(3), 1983(1)).
- Alexander Rofé, Introduzione alla letteratura della Bibbia ebraica, 2 vols., Paideia, Brescia 2015 (tr. from Hebrew: Mbw’ lsprwt hmqr’, Jerusalem, Carmel Publishing House 2006).
- Alexander Rofé, La composizione del Pentateuco. Un’introduzione, Bologna, Edizioni Dehoniane 1999 (tr. from Hebrew: Mbw’ lḥybwr htwrh, Jerusalem, Academon 1994).
- Alexander Rofé, Introduzione alla letteratura profetica, Brescia, Paideia 1995 (tr. from Hebrew: Mbw’ lsprwt hnbw’h, Jerusalem, Academon 1992).
- Jean Louis Ska, Introduzione alla lettura del Pentateuco. Chiavi per l’ interpretazione dei primi cinque libri della Bibbia, Roma, Edizioni Dehoniane 1998.
- Jan Alberto Soggin, Introduzione all’Antico Testamento, Brescia, Paideia 1987(4).

3. History of Israel
- John Bright, Storia dell’Antico Israele: dagli albori del popolo ebraico alla rivolta dei Maccabei, Roma, Newton & Compton 2002 (tr. from English: A History of Israel, London, SCM Press 1981(3)).
- Henri Cazelles, Storia politica di Israele, Roma, Borla 1985 (tr. from French: Histoire politique d’Israël: des origines à Alexandre le Grand, Paris, Desclée 1982).
- Israel Finkelstein, Neil Asher Silberman, Sulle tracce di Mosè, Roma, Carocci, 2002 (tr. from English: The Bible Unearthed, New York, The Free Press 2001).
- Georg Fohrer, Storia di Israele: dagli inizi ad oggi, Brescia, Paideia 1980 (tr. from German: Geschichte Israels: von den Anfangen bis zur Gegenwart, Heidelberg, Quelle & Meyer 1979).
- John H. Hayes, James Maxwell Miller, Israelite and Judaean History, London, SCM Press 1977.
- Siegfried Hermann, Storia di Israele: i tempi dell’Antico Testamento, Brescia, Queriniana 2004(4) (tr. from German: Geschichte Israels in alttestamentlicher Zeit, Berlin, Evangelische Verlagsanstalt 1973).
- James Maxwell Miller, John H. Hayes, A History of Ancient Israel and Judah, Philadelphia, Westminster Press 1986.
- Jan Alberto Soggin, Storia di Israele. Dalle origini a Bar Kochbà, Brescia, Paideia 1984.
- Roland de Vaux, Istituzioni dell’Antico Testamento, Genova, Marietti, 1998(3) (tr. from French: Les institutions de l’Ancien Testament, Paris, Cerf 1976).
- Id., Histoire ancienne d’Israël des origines à l’installation en Canaan, Paris, Librairie Lecoffre, J. Gabalda 1971.

4. History of the Jewish Religion
- Giovanni Filoramo (ed.), Ebraismo, Bari, Laterza 1999.
- Nicholas de Lange, Judaism, Oxford, University Press 1987.
- Jan Alberto Soggin, Israele in epoca biblica. Istituzioni, feste, cerimonie, rituali, Torino, Claudiana 2000.
- Norman Solomon, Ebraismo, Torino, Einaudi 1996 (tr. from English: Judaism: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, Oxford University Press 1996).

5. Bibliographical Lists
- Book List, Manchester, Society for Old Testament Study. Ling. Riv. Str. 172.
- Elenchus of Biblica, Roma, Pontificio Istituto Biblico. Ling. Riv. Str. 60 Bis. Index of Articles on Jewish Studies [Rambi], Jerusalem, Magnes Press. Ling. Riv. Str. 249.
- International Review of Biblical Studies, Leiden, Boston, Brill. Ling. Riv.Str. 194.


II MODULE

Reference texts
- Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia, Karl Elliger, Wilhelm Rudolph (eds.), Stuttgart, Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft 1997.
- Antonio Carrozzini, Grammatica della lingua ebraica, Torino, Marietti 1968 etc.
- Mireille Hadas Lebel, Storia della lingua ebraica, Firenze, Giuntina 1994 (tr. from French: L’hébreu, trois mille ans d’histoire, Paris, Albin Michel 1992).

General bibliography useful to define the programme of the examination in accordance with the teacher.

1. Grammars and dictionaries
- Francis Brown, Samuel Rolles Driver, Charles Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament, with an appendix containing the Biblical Aramaic, Oxford, Clarendon Press 1951(2).
- Paul Joüon, Grammaire de l’hébreu biblique, Rome, Institut Biblique Pontifical 1923.
- Paul Joüon, Takamitsu Muraoka, A Grammar of Biblical Hebrew, Roma, Gregorian & Biblical Press 2011 (revised translation from French: Paul Joüon, Grammaire de l’hébreu biblique, Rome, Institut Biblique Pontifical 1923).
- John F. A. Sawyer, A Modern Introduction to Biblical Hebrew, Stocksfield, London, Henley on Thames, Boston, Oriel Press 1976.
- H. P. Stähli, B. Chiesa, Corso di Ebraico Biblico, Brescia, Paideia 1986.
- J. Weingreen, A Practical Grammar for Classical Hebrew, Oxford, Oxford University Press 1959.
- Franciscus Zorell, Lexicon Hebraicum Veteris Testamenti, Roma, Pontificio Istituto Biblico 1989.

2. History of the Hebrew language
- Mireille Hadas Lebel, Storia della lingua ebraica, Firenze, Giuntina 1994 (tr. from French: L’hébreu, trois mille ans d’histoire, Paris, Albin Michel 1992).
- Eduard Yechezkel Kutscher, A History of the Hebrew Language, Jerusalem, Leiden, Magnes Press, E.J. Brill 1982.
- Chaim Rabin, Hebrew, in Thomas A. Sebeok (ed.), Current Trends in Linguistics, vol. 6, The Hague, Paris, Mouton 1970, pp. 304-346 [photocopy: Sem 7-6-34].
- Angel Sáenz-Badillos, A History of the Hebrew Language, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press 1993 (tr. from Castilian: Historia de la Lengua Hebrea, Sabadell, Editorial AUSA 1988).

1) Module for beginners; an introduction to the Biblical literature and to the Ancient Hebrew culture will be given, with a focus on the prophetic literature of the Old Testament.
2) Module for second level students; specific aspects of Hebrew language will be taught and the students will be enabled to translate Biblical Hebrew texts.

A good knowledge of a modern European language is required.

1) Lectures and seminars; practice inside Jewish Museums and libraries which keep important Judaica collections.
2) Lecture and practice; courses with a language assistant and a laboratory of Hebrew language are available.

The 1st and 2nd module are parallel, not subsequent.
COURSES OF MODERN HEBREW LANGUAGE (Dr. Dror Briskin, language assistant).

Discussions and short exercises during the semester. Final oral examination; if required a written examination is possible for the ancient language module.

1) THE VISIONS OF PROTO-ZECHARIAH.
General introduction to the composition of the Bible and to the main aspects of the prophetic literature. Translation and commentary of selected chapters of Proto-Zechariah.
2) MORPHOLOGY AND SYNTAX OF BIBLICAL HEBREW.
Linguistic analysis and translation of Biblical passages from Proto-Zechariah.