Semitics (SEMITIC)
SEMITIC 100A Aramaic 3 Units
Department: Semitics
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Hebrew 100A-100B.
Biblical and Ancient Aramaic, including study of the Aramaic parts of Daniel and Ezra and the inscriptions and papyri from Syria, Egypt, Mesopotamia, and the Persian Empire. Sequence begins Fall.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
SEMITIC 100B Aramaic 3 Units
Department: Semitics
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Hebrew 100A-100B.
Biblical and Ancient Aramaic, including study of the Aramaic parts of Daniel and Ezra and the inscriptions and papyri from Syria, Egypt, Mesopotamia, and the Persian Empire. Sequence begins Fall.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
SEMITIC 205A Ugaritic 3 Units
Department: Semitics
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 101A-101B or 100A-100B or equivalent.
Ugarit language and literature with stress on comparative morphology and lexicography. Sequence begins Fall.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
SEMITIC 205B Ugaritic 3 Units
Department: Semitics
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Fall
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 101A-101B or 100A-100B or equivalent.
Ugarit language and literature with stress on comparative morphology and lexicography. Sequence begins Fall.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
SEMITIC 209A Northwest Semitic Epigraphy 4 Units
Department: Semitics
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Reading knowledge of Biblical Hebrew.
This two course sequence will study the epigraphic remains of the Northwest Semitic languages. First semester will study inscriptions in Hebrew. Second semester topics will vary from year to year. Possible topics include: Canaanite dialects; El-Amarna Akkadian; Eblaite. The inscriptions will be studied both from the perspective of the comparative history of the Northwest Semitic languages and also for their relevance in illuminating contemporaneous history and culture.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
SEMITIC 209B Northwest Semitic Epigraphy 4 Units
Department: Semitics
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Reading knowledge of Biblical Hebrew.
This two course sequence will study the epigraphic remains of the Northwest Semitic languages. First semester will study inscriptions in Hebrew. Second semester topics will vary from year to year. Possible topics include: Canaanite dialects; El-Amarna Akkadian; Eblaite. The inscriptions will be studied both from the perspective of the comparative history of the Northwest Semitic languages and also for their relevance in illuminating contemporaneous history and culture.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
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