(Details for the honours degree are set out at the end of this section.) SUBJECTS OFFERED
Hebrew part IA and parts I, II, III.
Arabic parts I, II, III.
Biblical Literature and Antiquities parts I, II, III.
Middle Eastern Thought and Culture parts I, II, III.
Note for Country Students
The department of Semitic Studies will hold Orientation classes in Melbourne from 21 to 22 January. The time-table is as follows:
Biblical Literature I, II, III 21 January Middle Eastern Thought and Culture, I, II, III 22 January
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Classes will be held at 2 p.m. at places which may be ascertained from the secretary of the department of Semitic Studies, 25 Royal Parade, Parkvalle, N.2.
Students are expected to attend these classes.
Seminars and tutorials for external students will be held at intervals during the year, in Melbourne and in other centres. Intending students should apply for information about these arrangements to the secretary as soon as possible.
Croup i(a)
17. HEBREW
PART IAA course of four lectures and one tutorial per week throughout the year.
This course, which assumes that students have some reading knowledge of Hebrew, is intended for both full-time and part-time students who do not propose to proceed beyond First Year in Hebrew. "It does not qualify students to proceed to Hebrew part II, but is recommended as a preliminary to Hebrew part I.
Students are advised to attend the summer school conducted by the department of Semitic Studies, to acquire the necessary qualifications.
SYLLABUS b
Accidence and syntax of Biblical Hebrew. Translation from and into Biblical Hebrew. An introduction to Biblical Archaeology.
BOOКS
Prescribed texts:
Genesis, chaps. 1-4, 40-44; Ex. chaps. 1-3. (Any edition of the Massoretic Hebrew text. )
Albright, W. F.—The Archaeology of Palestine. (Pelican, 1947.) Orlinski, H. 1.—Ancient Isiael. ( O.U.P., 1980.)
Muilenburg, J. History of the Religion of Israel in Interpreter's Bible, vol. 1.
(Abingdon Press, New York.)
Harrison, R. К.—Teach Yourself Hebrew. (Teach Yourself Series.) Langenscheidt—Hebrew-English Dictionary.
Recommended for reference:
Snaith, N. H. Notes on the Hebrew Text of Genesis, I-VIII.
Notes on the Hebrew Text of Genesis, XL-XCIV.
EXAMINATION. One 3-hour paper.
18. HEBREW PART I
A course of three lectures and one tutorial per week throughout the year.
Students who before their enrolment have not reached leaving or matriculation standard in Hebrew may be required to give evidence of ability to follow the course.
Sufficient knowledge can be acquired in Hebrew part IA. External studies are not available.
SYLLABUS
A study of Biblical texts. and History will be compulsory for all students. In addition students must choose one of the following options:
(a) Modem Hebrew (b) Post-Biblical Hebrew (c) Additional Biblical Hebrew.
(a) Modern Hebrew will consist of a study of selected modern texts together.
with grammar and prose styles of Modern Hebrew. Tuition will be given in modern conversational idioms.
(b) Post-Biblical Hebrew will consist of a study of selected post-Biblical material together with a study of early post-Biblical prose style.
(c) Biblical Hebrew will consist of a study of selected Biblical texts together with work on grammar and prose styles.
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Books
Prescribed texts for translation ( general) :
Judges, chaps. 7-9; II Samuel, chaps. 9-15; I Kings, chaps. 17-19.
In addition:
Option (a) : Selections from the writings of Kimhi, Baz-Josepph, Bislik ( Poetry and Prose) and others according to a collection by I. Radai.
Option ( b ) : Mishnah Abodah Zarah or Aboth.
Option (с):: Psalms, 8, 19, 68, 76, 89, 119, 120, 150.
N.B. Hebrew Bible. (Any Massoretic text edition; Kittel edition is especially recommended.)
Material for options (a) and (b) will be available at the department of Semitic Studies.
For History and commentaries the students are referred to the relevant material in the bibliography of the Biblical Literature and Antiquities part I course.
Recommended for reference:
Cowley, A. E.—Gesenius Hebrew Grammar. (2nd English ed., O.U.P., 1910.) Pfeiffer, R. H.-Introduction to the Old Testament. (Black, 1952.)
Brown, Driver, and Briggs—Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament.
(0.U.P., 1906.)
Kaufman, J. S.
(ed.
)-English-Hebrew Dictionary. (Dvir, Tel-Aviv, 1929.) Weiser, A.—The Psalms.In addition students are advised to read the relevant material from the reference bibliography of the Biblical Literature and Antiquities part I course.
EXAMINATION. Two 3-hour papers.
19. HEBREW PART II
A course of three lectures and one tutorial per week throughout the year.
External studies are not available.
SYLLABUS
A study of Biblical texts and history will be compulsory for all students who in addition must choose one of the following options:
( a Modern Hebrew (b) Post-Biblical Hebrew (c) Additional Biblical Hebrew.
(a) Modem Hebrew will continue study of selections from Modern Hebrew literature of various styles. Prose composition in Modern Hebrew, Modern Hebrew syntax, and tuition in spoken Modern' Hebrew will be taken.
(b) The Post-Biblical Hebrew option will consist of a study of basic Qumran.
documents, Biblical exegesis of the early centuries of this era and selections from the Mishnah.
(c) The Biblical Hebrew option will continue special study of Biblical material together with syntax and prose composition in Biblical styles.
Books
Prescribed texts (general):
Jeremiah chaps. 1-7, 22-23, 26, 30, 31; Ezekiel, chaps. 1-3, 8-12, 37.
Isaiah, chaps. 24-29. Psalms, 8, 19, 68, 76, 89, 119, 120, 150.
In addition:
Option (a) : Selections from Shamir, Tschernichowsld, Bialik, and Ahad Ha-Am.
(According to
a
collection by I. Radai. )Option (b) : Mishnah Abodah Zarah or Aboth; The Manual of Discipline;
Mekhilta.
Option (c): The Manual of Discipline; Ecclesiastes.
Prescribed books:
Weiser, A.—The Psalms.
Strack, H. L. Introduction to the Talmud and Midrash. (Jewish Pub'. Soc., Philad., 1938.)
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Cooke, C. A.—Ezekiel ( I.C.C.) . (T. & T. Clark, 1938.) Smith, G. A.—Jeremiah. (4th ed., Hodder & Stoughton, 1929.)
Caster, T. 1.—The Scriptures of the Dead Sea Sect. (Seeker & Warburg, 1957.) Ben-or Orinowsky, A.—Toledot Hasifrut Hahadasha (3 vols.). (Tel-Aviv,
1946.)
Students are also referred to the relevant material in the bibliography for the Biblical Literature and Antiquities part II course.
EXAMINATION. Two 3-hour papers.
20. HEBREW PART III
A course of three lectures and one tutorial per week throughout the year.
External studies are not available.
SYLLABUS
A study of comparative grammar, prose composition and prescribed Biblical texts will be compulsory for all students. In addition students must choose one of the following options:
(a) Mediaeval and Modem Hebrew (b ) Post-Biblical Hebrew
(c) Additional Biblical Hebrew.
(a) Mediaeval and Modern Hebrew option will consist of a study of advanced texts, advanced prose composition in Modern Hebrew and essays on mediaeval Jewish philosophers, and Israeli writers and their works.
(b) The post-Biblical Hebrew option will consist of advanced study of selected Hebraic writings of the first two centuries A.D. and essays on Dead Sea Scrolls research.
(c) The Biblical Hebrew option will continue a special study of selected Biblical literature in the original, together with work on advanced Biblical prose composition and essays on topics of Biblical literature.
Books
Prescribed texts (general) :
Job, chaps. 1-8; Ecclesiastes; Deut., chaps. 28-34; Nahum.
In addition:
Option (a); Selections from writings of Barash, Shimoni, Agnon.
Option (b
) : Selections from the Dead Sea Scrolls: Habakkuk commentary;
Hodayoth; Midrashim from Jellinek's Beth Ha-Midrash.
Option (C): Isaiah 40-6; Job 37-42.
Recommended for reference:
Barthélémу, and Malik, J. T. Discoveries in the Judaean Desert. (0.U.P., 1955.) Sukenik, E. L.—The Dead Sea Scrolls of Hebrew University. (Hebrew Univer-
sity, Jerusalem, 1958.) EXAMINATION. Two 3-hour papers.
21. ARABIC PART
IA course of three lectures per week with one tutorial class throughout the year.
External studies are not available.
SYLLABUS
Translation from classical Arabic into English and from English into Arabic.
Accidence and syntax. Outline of the history and literature of the Jahiliyya. Muham- mad and the origins of Islam. Tuition in colloquial Egyptian Arabic.
BOOKS
Prescribed texts:
,Ziadeh, F. J., and Winder, R.
B. Introductionto Modern Arabic. (Princeton U.P., 1957.)
Thornton, F. du
P.,and Nicholson, R. A.—Elementary Arabic, A Grammar.
(C.U.P., 1943.)
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SEMITIC STUDIES Kalilah wa-Dimnah.
Recommended for reference:
Wright, W.—A Grammar of the Arabic Language. ( C.U.P., 1933.) Hava, F. J. G.-Arabic-English Dictionary. (Cath. Press, Beirut, 1951.) Elias, E. A.—English-Arabic Dictionary. ( Elias Modern Press, Cairo, 1959.) Nicholson, R. A.—Literary History of the Arabs. ( C.U.P., 1953.)
Gibb, H. A. R.—Mohammedanism. ( 2nd ed., O.U.P., 1953.) EXAMINATION
Two 3-hour papers. Class work during the year may be taken into account.
22. ARABIC PART II
A
course of two lectures per week throughout the year, with two tutorial classes.External studies are not available.
SYLLABUS
Translation from classical Arabic into English, and from English into classical Arabic. Accidence and syntax. Outline of the history of Islam. The Arab conquests in the East and West. Arabic composition. Further study of the Qur'an. Tuition in Spoken Arabic.
BOOKS
Prescribed texts:
Ibn Batuta—Rihia.
Qur'an: Miryãm, Yusuf Nisi.
Recommended for reference:
Wright, W.—A Grammar it the Arabic Language. ( C.U.P., 1933.) Hitt
!
, P.K.-A
History of the Arabs. ( 6thed.,
Macmillan, 1958.) Brockelmann, C. History of the Islamic Peoples. ( R.K.P., 1959.) Dictionaries as for ArabicI.
EXAMINATION. Two 3-hour papers.
23. ARABIC PART III
A
course of three lectures per week with one tutorial class throughout the year.External studies are not available.
SYLLABUS
Prose composition. Study of Hadith, Qur'ãnic commentary, Belles Lettres and Historical writings. The Umayyad, Abbasid Caliphates and introduction to the history of Arabic literature. Advanced tuition in Spoken Arabic.
BOOKS
Prescribed texts:
Taha Husain: Al-Ay am.
Hadith: Sahih al-Bukhãň.
Arabic biographical writing:
Majanil-Adab, vol. 3, pp. 194-220.
Arabic poetry:
Majanil-Adab, vol. 6, pp. 252-268.
Ibn Khaldun: Mugaddamah.
Recommended for reference:
As for Arabic II, plus:
Weir, T. H.—Arabic Prose Composition. (C.U.P., 1910.)
O'Leary, De
L.
E.—Arabic Thought and its Place In History. (Trubner, London, 1954.)EXAMINATION. Two 3-hour papers.
Group I(c)
52. BIBLICAL LITERATURE AND ANTIQUITIES PART I A course of three lectures and one tutorial per week throughout the year.
SYLLABUS
A study with commentaries of the historical books of the Bible: Joshua, Judges, Samuel and
I
kings in any English translation. Biblical history up to the end ofI
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Kings will also be studied. The relevance and techniques of Biblical Archaeology and the background of Biblical Literature will be dealt with in detail in relation to the Biblical History. One lecture per week will be entirely devoted to Archaeology.
BOOKS
Prescribed textbooks:
Grollenberg, L. 1.—Atlas of the Bible. ( Nelson, Edin., 1956.)
or Wright, G. E., and Filson, F. V.—The Westminster Historical Atlas to the Bible.
( Westminster Press, Phil., 1945.)
The Interpreters Bible, 12 vols. ( Abingdon Press, N.Y., 1957.) •
or A Catholic Commentary on Holy Scripture. (Nelson, ме1b:, 1953.)
or Hastings, J. (ed.)-A Dictionary of the Bible. (T. & T. Clark, Edin., 1898.) or Encyclopaedia Migra'it. (Mosad. Bialik, Jerus., 1950. )
Daniel-Rops, H. Israel and the Ancient World. (Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1949. ) Ricciotti, G.—The History of Israel. (Bruce, Milwaukee, 1955.)
or Oesterley, W. O. E., and Robinson, T. H.—A History of Israel, 2 vols. (O.U.P.„
1934.)
Bright, J. Early Israel in Recent History Writing. ( S.C.M. Press, 1956.) Bright, J. History of Israel. ( S.C.M. Press, 1960.)
Père de Vaux-Ancient Israel—Its Life and Institutions. (Barton, Longman, and Todd, 1962.)
Wright, G. E.—Biblical Archaeology. ( Westminster Press, 1958.)
Heinisch, P.—History of the Old Testament. (Liturgical Press, Lend., 1956.) Albright, W. F.—Archaeology and the Religion of Israel. (Johns Hopkins Press,.
Baltimore, 1946. )
Rowley, H. 1.—From Joseph to Joshua. ( O.U.P., 1950.) EXAMINATION. Two 3-hour papers.
53. BIBLICAL LITERATURE AND ANTIQUITIES PART II A course of two lectures and two tutorials per week throughout the year.
SYLLABUS
A study with commentaries of the books of Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Job in.
any. English translation and of Biblical history from the beginning of II Kings until the period of the Seleutid dynasty. Material will be studied from other post-Exilic books. Detailed study of Archaeological problems of the post-Exilic period will be made with special reference to Jerusalem and Samaria.
BOOKS
Prescribed textbooks:
As for Biblical Literature and Antiquities part I plus:
Chain, J.—God's Heralds. (Wagner, N.Y., 1955.)
or Lods, A. Israel: The Prophets and the Rise of Judaism. (Kegan Paul, 1935.)
Simons, J. Jerusalem in the Old Testament. ( Brill, Leiden, 1952.) Parrot, A.—Samaria. (S.C.M., 1957.)
EXAMINATION. Two 3-hour papers.
54. BIBLICAL LITERATURE AND ANTIQUITIES PART III A course of two lectures and two tutorials per week throughout the year.
The course will comprise a study of the Dead Sea Scrolls in English translation.. In second and third terms an option of (a) study of selected writings from Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha or (b) New Testament writings. In addition all students will study Palestinian history of the period second century B.C. to second century A.D.
and Palestinian Archaeology of the Hellenistic and Roman periods will be dealt with.
in detail, as well as an outline of early Jewish Art.
BOOKS
(a) Prescribed books:
Gaster, T. H.—Scriptures of the Dead Sea Scrolls. (Seeker & Warburg, 1957.) josephus—Antiquities; Jewish War.
Burrows, M.—More Light on the Dead Sea Scrolls. (Seeker & Warburg, 1958. } 192
Fritsch,
C. T.—The Qumran Community—Its History and Scrolls. ( МасmјІІал,N.Y., 1956.)
Bаrthélémу and Mi1ik—Discoveries in the Judaean Desert. ( O.U.P., 1955.) Mowry, L.—The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Early Church. ( University of Chicago
Press.)
( b ) Prescribed texts:
Option (a)
Charles, R. H.—Enoch. ( Macmillan, 1912.)
Charles, R. 1.-1 and 11 Maccabees in Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha. (
О.U.P.,1913.)
Charles, R. H.—Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs. ( Macmillan, Lend., 1917.) Box, G. H. Judaism in the Greek Period. ( O.U.P., 1932.)
Goodenough, E. R.—Jewish Symbols in the Greco-Roman Period. (Bollingen, 1958-9.)
Simons, J.—Jerusalem
in the Old Testament. (Brill, Leiden, 1952) . Option (b)
The Synoptic Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles in any English Translation.
Bruce, F. F.—The Acts of the Apostles. (Tyndale Press, Lind., 1951.) Lattey, C.—The Synoptic Problem.
Clogg, B. C. Introduction to the New Testament. (Univ. of Lend. P., 1937.) or Wikenhauser, A.-New Testament Introduction. (Herder & Horde, Freiburg,
1958.)
A full list of reference books for Biblical Literature and Antiquities will be available in the department of Semitic Studies.
EXAMINATION. Two 3-hour papers.
55. MIDDLE EASTERN THOUGHT AND CULTURE PART I
A course of two lectures and one tutorial per week throughout the year.
SYLLABUS . .
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(a) The study will cover aspects of the rise of Iterate civilization in the Middle East until the Persian conquest. Lectures will cover Sumero-Babylonian mythology, Canaanite and Egyptian Literature, concepts of social life, and institutions against a background of ancient art and in the context of comparative religion.
or (b) Islamic Faith and Institutions including the study of religious movements and sects, and theology.
BOOKS
Prescribed books:
Option (a)
Frankfort,
H.—Birthof Civilization in the Ancient Near East. ( Williams &
Norgate, 1951.)
Frankfort, 1.—Ancient Egyptian Religion. ( Harper Torchbooks, 1961.) Frankfort, 1.—Before Philosophy. (Pelican, 1953.)
Moscati, S.—Ancient
SemiticCivilizations. (Elek, 1957.)
Albright, W. F. From Stone Age to Christianity. ( Doubleday, N.Y., 1957.) Kramer, S. N.—Sumerian Mythology.
Reference books:
Pritchard,
JE.—Ancient Near Eastern Texts. ( 2nd ed., Princeton U.P., 1955.
Denton, R. C.-The Idea of History in the Ancient Near East. (Yale U.P., 1955.) Gray, J.—The Legacy of Canaan. (Brill, Leiden, 1957.)
Prescribed texts:
Option (b)
The Koran. (Rodwell, Arberry, Palmer, Pickthall or Dahood translation.) Prescribed books:
Option (b)
Guillaume, A. Islam. (Pelican, 195g.)
Gibb, H. A. R.—Мohа medanism. (2nd ed., O.U.P., 1953.)
Muhammed Ali—The Religion of Islam. (Shaikh Mohammed Ashraf, Lahore.)
FACULTY OF ARTS HANDBOOK
Gaudefroy-Demombynes, M.—Muslim Institutions. (Allen & Unwin, 1950.) Nicholson, R. A.—A Literary History of the Arabs. (C.U.P., 1953.)
Encyclopaedia of Islam. (Brill, Leiden.) EXAMINATION. Two 3-hour papers.
56. MIDDLE EASTERN THOUGHT AND CULTURE PART II
Acourse of two lectures and two tutorials per week throughout the year.
SYLLАВUS
The course of study offers students the option of:
(a) The origins and development of Christianity with special emphasis on its Judaic background and the development of Eastern Christianity.
or
(b) History of Muslim Philosophy, literature, arts and sciences, together with trends in lodern Islamic Thought.
or (c) Comparative Religion: Ethnic and non-ethnić faiths.
BOOKS
Prescribed texts:
Option ( a ) : The (Scriptures of the Dead Sea Sect; Athanasius against the Arians;
The Acts of Addae; The Acts of Thomas (in English translation).
Option ( b ) : The Koran (Rodwell, Palmer, Arberry or Dahood translation).
Option (c) : Hymns of Zarathustra; the teaching of the Magi; sayings of the Buddha; Barlaam and Josaphat.
Prescribed books:
Option
(a):Stendahl,
K.—TheScrolls and the New Testament. ( S.C.M., 1958. )
Fńtsch, C. T.—The Qumran Community—History and Scrolls. (Macmillan, N.Y., 1956. )
Dodd, C. H.—The Meaning of Paul for Today. (Montana Books.)
Bultmann, R. Primitive Christianity in its Contemporary Setting. (Fontana Library Series, Collins, Glas., 1960.)
Epstein, I. Judaism. ( Pelican, 1959. ) Option (b):
Watt, M. Islamic Philosophy.
O'Leary, De Lacy-Arab Thought and its Place in History. (Routledge, 1953.) Nicholson, R. A.—A Literary History of the Arabs. ( C.U.P., 1953.)
Hitti, P. History of the Arabs. ( Macmillan, 1958. )
Gibb, H. A. R.—Modern Trends in Islam. ( University of Chicago Press, 1950.) Smith, W. C. Islam in Modern History. (A Mentor Book.)
Option (c):
Hastings, J. (ed.)—Encylopeedia of Religion and Ethics.
Duchesne-Guillemin, J.—The Hymns of Zarathustra. ( Wisdom of East, Lend., 1956.)
Burkitt, C. F. The Religion of the Manichees. ( Cambridge, 1925. )
A
full list of reference books is available in the department of Semitic Studies.
EXAMINATION. Two 3-hour papers.
57. MIDDLE EASTERN THOUGHT AND CULTURE PART III
Acourse of two lectures per week with two tutorials throughout the year.
SYLLABUS
(a) The development of Independent Eastern Christianity from Chalcedon till the time of Timur, with some attention to the religious contexts in which it developed.
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(b) Islamic civilization; the later development of the Islamic Empire from al- Andalus to Hind: the Muslim reawakening in the modem period with especial reference to Pakistan and Egypt."
(c) Comparative religion; major faiths of today.
BOOKS
Prescribed textbooks:
Option (а):
*Bettenson, H.—Documents of the Christian Church. ( O.U.P., 1943. ) Fortesque, The Lesser Eastern Churches. ( London, 1913.)
Wigram—Introduction to the History of the Assґјrian Church. -(London, 1910.) Bar Hebraeus, Chronicon Ecclesiasticism, ed. Abbeloos, J.B., et Lamy, Th. J. 3
vols. ( Lovanii, 1872-77. )
Theodore on the Nicene Creed. (Woodbrooke Studies. ed. Mingana, A., vol.
5. ( Cam. 1932.)
Nestorius—The Bazaar of Heraclides, trans. from the Syriac by Driver, G. R., and Hodgson, L. ( London, 1925.)
Option (b): •
Arnold, T., and Guillaume, A.—The Legacy of Islam. ( 0.U.P., 1931.) Hitti, P. K.—History of the Arabs. ( 6th ed., Macmillan, 1958. ) Brockelmann, C.—History of the Islamic Peoples. (Putnam, 1947. ) Nicholson, R. A.—A Literary History of the Arabs. ( C.U.P., 1953. ) Creswell, K. A. C.—Muslim Architecture. ( Pelican, 1958. )
Smith, W. C.—Islam in Modern History. (A Mentor Book.) Option (c):
*Bouquet, A. C.-Sacred Books of the World. ( Pelican, 1954.)
*James, E. O. History of Religions. (E.U.P., Lind., 1936.)
Heinemann, I. f ehuda Halevi: Kuzari. ( East and West Library, Oxford.) Parrinder, E. C.-An Introduction to Asian Religions. (S.P.C.K., Lind., 1957.) Conze, E.—Buddhist Scriptures. ( Penguin, 1960. )
EXAMINATION. Two 3-hour papers.