Northwest Semitic Inscriptions
SEMPHIL 220R
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Course Information
Description
An introduction to the Old Northwest Semitic languages (especially Old Hebrew, Old Phoenician, Moabite, and Old Aramaic), with a focus on comparative linguistic reconstruction of their grammars and reading and analysis of the major texts attested in these languages. Attention will also be given to the scripts in which these languages were written and to the early history of the alphabetic writing traditions that originated in the Levant and subsequently developed and spread throughout the world.Prerequisite: a good knowledge of Classical/Biblical Hebrew (represented by at least two years of study, ideally); knowledge of another Semitic language is a plus but not required.
Course Notes
Offered jointly with the Divinity School as 1160.
Recommended Prep
Semitic Philology 151.
Available for Harvard Cross Registration
