Biblical Hebrew Forum

["James Spinti" <JSpinti AT Eisenbrauns.com>]

Meant to send this to the whole list, sorry.

James

________________________________
James Spinti
Marketing Director, Book Sales Division
Eisenbrauns, Good books for more than 35 years
Specializing in Ancient Near Eastern and Biblical Studies
jspinti at eisenbrauns dot com
Web: http://www.eisenbrauns.com
Phone: 574-269-2011 ext 226
Fax: 574-269-6788 

-----Original Message-----
From: James Spinti 
Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 4:39 PM
To: 'James Christian'
Subject: RE: [b-hebrew] Hebrew Bible PhD programs (Joseph Justiss)

His PhD is in Linguistics and Semitics from UCLA, 1987. His dissertation
was entitled "Word Order in Aramaic from the Perspective of Functional
Grammar and Discourse Analysis" and is xxiv + 522 pages long.

He is one of the top people in the field, in case you were wondering.

James
________________________________
James Spinti
Marketing Director, Book Sales Division
Eisenbrauns, Good books for more than 35 years
Specializing in Ancient Near Eastern and Biblical Studies
jspinti at eisenbrauns dot com
Web: http://www.eisenbrauns.com
Phone: 574-269-2011 ext 226
Fax: 574-269-6788 

-----Original Message-----
From: b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of James Christian
Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 3:59 PM
To: Randall Buth
Cc: Hebrew; Joseph Justiss
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Hebrew Bible PhD programs (Joseph Justiss)

Just out of interest what was your PhD? Where did you do it? We've
interacted a few times on list but I don't recall you ever mentioning.

James Christian

On 28 July 2010 22:58, James Christian <jc.bhebrew AT googlemail.com>
wrote:

> So, they expect a high standard right? Are theses generally written in
> English or Modern Hebrew or both?
>
> James Christian
>
>
> On 28 July 2010 22:10, Randall Buth <randallbuth AT gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Israeli Universities tend to take a long time because the
>> incoming students usually need several years of work to
>> get to the appropriate levels.
>>
>> One former student of mine is finishing up a PhD, writing on
>> the language of Yermiyahu. He's doing a good job and having
>> fun. I believe that he has spent seven years total in the
>> program, not counting two preparatory years.
>> But he knows his material.
>>
>> blessings
>>  Randall
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 10:03 PM, James Christian <
>> jc.bhebrew AT googlemail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Randall,
>>>
>>> where did you do your PhD? Can you give us any insights about
Israeli
>>> Unis? Is Classical Hebrew widely studied? What's the funding
situation like?
>>>
>>> James Christian
>>>
>>> On 28 July 2010 21:54, Randall Buth <randallbuth AT gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> My advice is to learn to speak modern Hebrew fluently
>>>> before doing a PhD program, wherever.
>>>>
>>>> PhD programs outside of Israel do not require the
>>>> Hebrew learning, but students rarely find time to fit it
>>>> in, --
>>>> until they are out, have a degree, maybe a job,
>>>> and no time to learn to speak the language.
>>>>
>>>> Then they rationalize.
>>>>
>>>> I've known many who have taken the above advice
>>>> and all have thanked me for it. No regrets.
>>>>
>>>> blessings
>>>> Randall Buth
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Randall Buth, PhD
>>>> www.biblicalulpan.org
>>>> randallbuth AT gmail.com
>>>> Biblical Language Center
>>>> Learn Easily - Progress Further - Remember for Life
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> b-hebrew mailing list
>>>> b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
>>>> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Randall Buth, PhD
>> www.biblicalulpan.org
>> randallbuth AT gmail.com
>> Biblical Language Center
>> Learn Easily - Progress Further - Remember for Life
>>
>>
>
_______________________________________________
b-hebrew mailing list
b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew