Units of Study
HBRW2651 - Syriac 1
Semester 1, 2013 | Credit Points: 6
Coordinator: Ian Mark Young
Phone: +61 2 9351 6671
Email: ian.young@sydney.edu.au
Description
For those beginning the study of Syriac this is a preparation for more advanced study of Syriac language and literature. It concentrates on the study of elementary Syriac grammar, prose composition and an introductory study of selections of texts from the Old and New Testament Peshitta.
Assessments
1x2hr exam (60%), weekly assignments, exercises and class participation (40%).
Textbooks
Robinson, T.H., Paradigms and Exercises in Syriac Grammar, rev.edn. by L.H. Brockington, Oxford, OUP
Classes
2x1-hr seminars/week
Prerequisites
HBRW1112 or HBRW2402 or HBRW2632 or HSC Hebrew
Prohibitions
HBRW2911
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