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Semitic epigraphy [GLOR2805]
[30h] 4 credits

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This course is taught in the 1st and 2nd semester

Teacher(s):

René Lebrun

Language:

French

Level:

Second cycle

>> Aims
>> Main themes
>> Content and teaching methods
>> Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)
>> Other credits in programs

Aims

At the end of this course, the student will be able to read and philologically analyse the Semitic inscriptions (and seals) of the Western World.

Main themes

Study of the origins of the alphabet. Philological study of inscriptions like the proto-sinaitical Phoenician ones. Appropriate bibliography. Special attention will be paid to the inscriptions of Byblos and on the bilingual louvite-phoenician ones of Asia Minor (Karatepe, Ivriz, Adana).

Content and teaching methods

Study of the origins of the alphabet. Philological study of inscriptions like the proto-sinaitical, Phoenician, Paleo-Hebraic and Aramaic inscriptions. Appropriate bibliography. Epigraphic documentation regarding the proto-sinaitical, Proto-Phoenician, Byblos, Karatepe and Cypriot inscriptions will be provided to the students.

Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

Prerequisite : elementary knowledge level of a Semitic language.
Evaluation : continuous and oral exam.
Texts and books : notes provided by the professor (inscription pictures).

Other credits in programs

HORI22

Deuxième licence en langues et littératures orientales (philologie et histoire orientales)

(4 credits)

HORI2M1

Master en langues et littératures anciennes, orientation "orientales"

(4 credits)



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