When I’m not teaching at Houston Baptist University, I’m privileged to serve at Founders Baptist Church in a variety of pastoral roles, one of which includes training our men for leadership and ministry. This fall I get to walk our men (and others who partner with us through TES) through Hebrew Exegesis on Tuesday mornings. Below are some links to the materials that we’re using.
Syllabus: Get it directly from Pastor Marshall.
Hebrew Cross Reference – May 2009 [This is a cross-reference guide keyed to Williams’ Hebrew Syntax edited by Beckman, which takes you to the advanced Hebrew reference grammars for their discussion of each section/paragraph of syntax.]
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COURSE ASSIGNMENTS: Note that the assignments are set up with the earliest assignments at the bottom of the page, and the most recent ones at the top.
Due Tues, Nov 7:
[1] Reading: Complete readings per Course Topical Outline in syllabus.
[2] Written Assignment:
[a] Chisholm Workbook, Make sure you have completed analysis pages related to Jon 2:6-11.
[b] Print & Read over my document, Jonah 2.4-8 Gloss and Questions Marshall and Jonah 2.9-11 Gloss and Questions Marshall; prepare answers to each of the questions and be prepared to discuss in class.
[c] Complete Vocab Quiz on Jon 1:13-2:2 (I will email this to you.) Bring to class, as we will go over the answers and you will correct them in class before uploading them.
Due Tues, Oct 31:
[1] Reading: Complete readings per Course Topical Outline in syllabus.
[2] Written Assignment:
[a] Chisholm Workbook, Make sure you have completed analysis pages related to Jon 2:4-5.
[b] Print & Read over my document, Jonah 2.4-8 Gloss and Questions Marshall; prepare answers to each of the questions and be prepared to discuss in class.
Due Tues, Oct 24:
[1] Reading: Complete readings per Course Topical Outline in syllabus.
[2] Written Assignment:
[a] Chisholm Workbook, Make sure you have completed analysis pages related to Jon 2:1-3.
[b] Print & Read over my document, Jonah 2.1-3 Gloss and Questions Marshall; prepare answers to each of the questions and be prepared to discuss in class.
Due Tues, Oct 17:
[1] Reading: Complete readings per Course Topical Outline in syllabus.
[2] Written Assignment:
[a] Chisholm Workbook, Make sure you have completed analysis pages related to Jon 2:1-3.
[b] Print & Read over my document, Jonah 2.1-3 Gloss and Questions Marshall; prepare answers to each of the questions and be prepared to discuss in class. (Also, make sure you have completed 1:15-16, as we will pick up with v.15 in class this week.)
[c] Complete Vocab Quiz on Jon 1:7-12 (I will email this to you.) Bring to class, as we will go over the answers and you will correct them in class before uploading them.
Due Tues, Oct 10:
[1] Reading: Complete readings per Course Topical Outline in syllabus.
[2] Written Assignment: I’m not adding anything new to what you were assigned last week. Let’s wrap up Jonah 1:12-16 today! [Note: my syllabus says something about a BHS Worksheet; I’ve decided to scrap that assignment, so don’t worry about that.]
Due Tues, Oct 3:
[1] Reading: Complete readings per Course Topical Outline in syllabus.
[2] Written Assignment:
[a] Chisholm Workbook, Make sure you have completed analysis pages related to Jon 1:8-16.
[b] We are going to try to get to Jon 1:16 on Tuesday. Bring my handouts that I asked you to print, read, and prepare from last week. As well, Print & Read over my document, Jonah 1.14-16 Gloss and Questions Marshall; prepare answers to each of the questions and be prepared to discuss in class.
Due Tues, Sept 26:
[1] Reading: Complete readings per Course Topical Outline in syllabus.
[2] Written Assignment:
[a] Complete Worksheet on Holladay Lexicon and bring it with you to class on 9-26 (along with your Holladay lexicon). I forgot to go over this with you last week, but I’d like to walk through the sheet and deal with concepts and questions.
[b] Chisholm Workbook, Make sure you have completed analysis pages related to Jon 1:8-13.
[c] Print & Read over my two documents, Jonah 1.9-10 Gloss and Questions Marshall and Jonah 1.11-13 Gloss and Questions Marshall; prepare answers to each of the questions and be prepared to discuss in class. (Also, make sure you have completed 1:5-8, as we will pick up with v.8 in class this week.) As far as vv.11-13 are concerned, it’s unlikely we will have time to cover all those verses, but at least get started on the first two verses.
Due Tues, Sept 19: We will cover Jon 1:6-7; keep up with your reading.
Due Tues, Sept 12: NO CLASS (Fall Conference Recess)
[1] Reading: None (be sure to catch up on prior readings if behind).
[2] Written Assignment: Complete Worksheet on Holladay Lexicon and bring it with you to class on 9-19 (along with your Holladay lexicon).
[3] Exam: Complete the Midterm Exam on Jonah. It will be mailed to you. You will submit this into the dropbox for the class by Friday this week.
[4] Note: there is no additional Jonah homework to complete this week or next. When we return on 9-19, we will cover Jon 1:6-10.
Due Tues, Sept 5:
[1] Reading: Complete readings per Course Topical Outline in syllabus.
[2] Written Assignment:
[a] Chisholm Workbook, Complete analysis pages related to Jon 1:9-10.
[b] Print & Read over my document, Jonah 1.9-10 Gloss and Questions Marshall; prepare answers to each of the questions and be prepared to discuss in class. (Also, make sure you have completed 1:5-8.)
Due Tues, Aug 29:
[1] Reading: Complete readings per Course Topical Outline in syllabus.
[2] Written Assignment:
[a] Chisholm Workbook, Jon 1:4-8 Analysis (pp. 31-43): Answer *completely* all the analysis questions of Step 2 and provide your translation in Step 3. NOTE: I do not require you to do Step 1 as a separate initial step; when you’re going through your analysis, you should be identifying all verbal forms anyway. Skip Step 4.
[b] Print & Read over my two documents, Jonah 1.4-5 Gloss and Questions Marshall and Jonah 1.6-8 Gloss and Questions Marshall; prepare answers to each of the questions and be prepared to discuss in class.
[c] Please feel free to use the Parsing Sheets I’ve provided in “Restricted Access” and bring those to class as the basis for our discussion of forms and grammar. If you’re not using these, then take notes in your own homework notes (whether hand-written or typed) be sure to parse any forms that you cannot parse by sight.
[3] Vocab Quiz: Prepare for vocabulary quiz on Jon 1:1-6 (you may use the Vocab Lists under the “Restricted Access” link above)
Due Tues, Aug 22:
[1] Reading: Complete readings per Course Topical Outline in syllabus.
[2] Written Assignment: Chisholm Workbook, Jon 1:1-3 Analysis (pp. 23-30).
[a] Answer *completely* all the analysis questions of Step 2 (pp. 22-29) and provide your translation in Step 3 (on bottom of p. 29). NOTE: I do not require you to do Step 1 as a separate initial step; when you’re going through your analysis, you should be identifying all verbal forms anyway. Skip Step 4.
[b] Read over my document, Jonah 1.1-3 Gloss and Questions Marshall, and prepare answers to each of the questions.
[3] Please feel free to use the Parsing Sheets I’ve provided in “Restricted Access” and bring those to class as the basis for our discussion of forms and grammar. If you’re not using these, then take notes in your own homework notes (whether hand-written or typed) be sure to parse any forms that you cannot parse by sight.
NOTE WELL: When you’re completing these workbook assignments, you should have several reference works *opened* and being consulted whenever Chisholm references them–Van Pelt/Pratico or Ross (depending on which intro grammar you used–note that I constantly make reference to Ross because that’s the grammar I teach from, so please made adjustments to VPP where applicable), Waltke-O’Connor (WO), Willams’ Hebrew Syntax (edited by Beckman, WHS), van der Merwe (BHRG), and one of the Hebrew lexicons: Holladay, HALOT, or BDB. If you have any of the other grammars (Jouon, GKC, Arnold/Choi), by all means use them!
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