Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
5 credits
15.0 h + 15.0 h
Q1
This biannual learning unit is being organized in 2019-2020
Teacher(s)
Tavernier Jan;
Language
French
Prerequisites
LGLOR1641 and/or LGLOR1642.
Main themes
Mastery of detailed notions of the grammar of Aramean.
Alternately with LGLOR2644, this course deals with the following themes:
Alternately with LGLOR2644, this course deals with the following themes:
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a commented translation of extracts of Targums, of papyri from Elephantine and of Qumran texts (15 hours of course);
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personal translation of extracts of Targums or Qumran texts (15 hours of exercises).
Content
The course permits further and deeper study and practice of the language studied in the first cycle. The texts studied vary from year to year and come from different epochs, historical contexts and literary genres:
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study of papyri discovered in Egypt, and of Aramean documents discovered at Qumran;
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comparison of different Aramean dialects of the first century B.C. up to the 6th century A.D. (e.g. Targums of Genesis, with analysis of the special forms of Neofiti, of the Pseudo-Jonathan, of fragmentary Palestinian Targums and of the Samaritan Targum).
Teaching methods
The course is not in the form of lectures: students must have prepared the texts; their preparation will be discussed and improved during the course.
Evaluation methods
Oral exam.
Bibliography
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M. Jastrow, A Dictionary of the Targumin etc.;
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G. Dalman, Grammatik des jüdisch-palästinischen Aramäisch (surtout pour les tableaux) ;
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J. Hoftijzer - K. Jongeling, A Dictionary of North-West Semitic Inscriptions.
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B. Porten & A. Yardeni, Textbook of Aramaic Documents from Ancient Egypt, Winona LAke, 1986-1999.
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J. Hoftijzer & K. Jongeling, Dictionary of the North-West Semitic Inscriptions, Leiden, 1995.
Faculty or entity
GLOR