Università Roma Tre

Introduction to Hebrew Bible

The Hebrew Bible is, at the same time, a text that belongs to us, for its constant presence in western culture and history, and a text alien to us, as a product of distant times and deeply different ideas on life, world and society. The course will be an introduction to:
(a) themes and languages of Hebrew scriptures;
(b) historical and exegetical problems they present:
(c) new methods and disciplines in critical scholarship and their possible contrast with dogmatic traditions and commonplace ideas on the past.

The course offers the opportunity to learn Biblical Hebrew (1/3 out of the teaching hours): to complete the study of Hebrew grammar students are recommended to attend the course also in the second semester (Ebraico LM).

For students attending courses:

G. Deiana – A. Spreafico, Guida allo studio dell'ebraico biblico, Roma 1997 (e ristampe).
Notes and texts suggested/distributed during course sessions.

For student not attending courses:
Caterina Moro, I sandali di Mosè, Paideia, Brescia 2011