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Western Semitic Languages B [ LGLOR2712 ]


5.0 crédits ECTS  22.5 h   1q 

This biannual course is taught on years 2014-2015, 2016-2017, ...

Teacher(s) Haelewyck Jean-Claude ;
Language French
Place
of the course
Louvain-la-Neuve
Prerequisites

To have followed courses at Bachelor level in a Semitic language such as Akkadian, Hebrew or Aramaic.

Main themes

Study of the Phoenician language.

Alternating with LGLOR 2711 (Ugaritic), the course deals with the following themes:

1. An introduction to the Phoenician script;
2. Vocabulary and the specificities of the Phoenician grammar;
3. Translation of texts accompanied by a philological commentary

Aims

At the end of this course, the student will be capable to read, translate and analyse texts of average difficulty. In order to achieve this goal, he will have been introduced to Phoenician script, and will have acquired a basic vocabulary.

Evaluation methods

The evaluation of the students is continuous, but there is an oral exam at the end of the year on the reading and translation of a text seen during the year, as well as justification of grammar points.

Teaching methods

This is not a course of lectures, the students prepare texts which are discussed during the course with the grammatical points highlighted.

Content

Amongst the western Semitic languages, Phoenician is the language spoken from the 12th century B.C. in what is now the Lebanon (Byblos, Tyre and Sidon) and the later in Carthage (Punic).

The course deals with the important inscriptions especially Ahiram, Yehimlik, Kilamuwa  Karatepe, Yehawmilk, Tabnit, Eshmunazar.

Bibliography

- J. Hoftijzer et K. Jongeling, Dictionary of the North-West Semitic Inscriptions, Leyde-New York, 1995.
- J. Friedrich, W. Röllig et M.G. Amadasi Guzzo, Phönizisch-punische Grammatik, Rome, 1999.

Other information

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Cycle et année
d'étude
> Master [120] in Ancient Languages and Literatures: Oriental Studies
> Master [60]in Ancient Languages and Literatures: Oriental Studies
Faculty or entity
in charge
> GLOR


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