16.

106.

108.

113.

114.

129.

209.

210.

211.

SEMITIC LANGUAGES 219

OFFERED ONLY WHEN DEMAND WARRANTS

ELEMENTARY HELLENISTIC GREEK. Yr; 4 cr. For those who have
not studied Classical Greek.

THE Book or Jos. Yr; 2 cr. A critical study of the text with a
consideration of Hebrew wisdom, literature, and philosophy and the
problem of suffering among the Hebrews.

HEBREW SYNTAX. Yr; 2 cr. Systematic study of the details of
Hebrew syntax and the thought processes of the Hebrews as revealed
in the syntax, with reading of illustrative passages and composition.

ADVANCED ARABIC. Yr; 2 cr. Reading course in the Qur’an and
selections from the Arabic historians; lectures and readings on the
early history of Islam, history of the Qur’an.

ELEMENTARY ASSYRIAN. Yr; 2 cr. The sounds; correspondence of
Hebrew and Arabic with Assyrian; inflections; study of the signs.
Reading of selected texts. Friedrich Delitzsch, Assyrian Grammar,
and Assyrische Lesestiicke, 4th ed. Introduction to Sumerian. The
use of Assyrian for Hebrew and Semitic lexicography. Assyrian
discoveries.

BIBLICAL ARAMAIC (ten weeks) ; SyRIAC (the remainder of the year).
Yr; 2 cr. The dialects of Syriac; use of Syriac for comparative
purposes.

ADVANCED HEBREW SYNTAX. I; 2 er. Study of special problems in

Hebrew syntax with reports by members of the class. Historical
syntax.

ADVANCED HEBREW ETyMoLocy. II; 2 cr. The origin and develop-
ment of the Hebrew inflections; historical and comparative study of
the verbal system. A knowledge of Arabic is essential for this course;
it may, therefore, be taken by those who have had or are taking
Semitics 112.

HEBREW SEMINARY. Yr; 2 cr. Hebrew legal, historical, poetical,
and prophetical literature will be the subject in successive years.
Some one representative book of each type will form the nucleus of
the work. The work of the seminary is supplemented by those read-
ing courses of which the subject is parallel with that of the seminary
for the year. A knowledge of Hellenistic Greek, Latin, German, and
French is necessary for effective work. Capable students, however,
not having a knowledge of all the languages specified will be admitted
to the seminary with the permission of the instructor.