Maricopa Community Colleges  REL176   19992-20045 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 05/25/04
REL176 19992-20045 LEC 4 Credit(s) 4 Period(s)
The Bible In Hebrew II
Further exploration of the Hebrew Bible (Christian Old Testament) through the study of Hebrew, the language in which it was written. Prerequisites: HEB/REL175 or department approval.
Cross-References: HEB176
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
REL176   19992-20045 The Bible In Hebrew II
1. Trace the compositional history of the Hebrew Bible. (I, II)
2. Define the 720 most common vocabulary words in the Hebrew Bible. (III, IV, VI, VII)
3. Conjugate regular and irregular Qal verbs in the past, present, future, and imperative. (IV)
4. Conjugate regular and irregular Niphal verbs in the past, present, future, and imperative. (IV)
5. Explain the purpose of Piel, Pual, Hiphil, Hophal and Hithpael verb forms in the Hebrew Bible. (IV)
6. Describe the variety of translation possibilities in biblical texts of all prepositional prefixes. (V)
7. Identify and translate construct suffixes. (VI)
8. Describe the variety of translation possibilities of vav clause in biblical texts. (VIII)
9. Describe the variety of translation possibilities of hinneh clause inn biblical texts. (VIII)
10. Identify and interpret the use of verbalhendiadys in biblical texts. (VIII)
11. Interpret Masoretic accent and punctuation. (II)
12. Translate extended biblical narrative texts. (I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII)
13. Identify and explain distinctive vocabulary and grammatical constructions used by various biblical authors. (III, V, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII)
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REL176   19992-20045 The Bible In Hebrew II
    I. The Composition of the Biblical Documents
        A. Dating
        B. Context
      II. The Layout of the Masoretic Text
        III. Review and Expanded Knowledge of Vocabulary of Hebrew Bible
          IV. Verbs
              A. Qal jussive
              B. Niphal
                1. Perfect
                2. Imperfect
                3. Infinitive
                4. Participle
              C. Piel
                1. Participle
                2. Infinitives
                3. Irregular verbs
              D. Pual
              E. Hiphil
              F. Hithpael
              G. Hishatphel
              H. Hof'al
            V. Prepositional Prefixes
              VI. Construct Form of Suffixes
                VII. Interrogative
                  VIII. Particle na
                    IX. The vav Conversive in Biblical Texts
                      X. Hinneh Clauses in Biblical Texts
                        XI. Numbers
                          XII. Verbal Hendiadys
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