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  • From: Trevor Peterson <06PETERSON AT cua.edu>
  • To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: RE: "Non-Academic" Original Languages?
  • Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 11:47:09 -0500


>===== Original Message From Mark Wessner <mark AT wessner.ca> =====
>I guess my intent for a pre-introductory course in the languages is to help
>the participants discover the excitement and relevance of the languages
>without scaring them off. Maybe something that is similar to the
>exegetical insights at the beginning of each chapter of Mounce? (just
>thinking out loud). Then, once they see it as fun and/or interesting, the
>next step would be a more traditional approach like the way most of us have
>learned (or taught). Perhaps I am just naive about this approach ...

I guess I would want to see it treated very distinctly from any notion of
teaching language. In other words, I wouldn't want students to have any
possible misconception about what the course will do for them. My goals would
be that they have a chance to see what is possible for those willing to put
the time into learning the language and that they learn a few basics (like
how
to sound out words written in the appropriate scripts) and what use such
basics are to them at their present stage. I would probably stress how they
can read commentaries and Bible dictionaries more intelligently and maybe
introduce a few other tools, but keep them as far away from pretending to
read
the text as possible.

But that's me :-)

Trevor Peterson
CUA/Semitics





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