Egyptology, Assyriology, etc., of Biblical Studies, of Church History, and of Theology, contained in the same building, greatly enlarge the working facilities of the Department. COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 1. Outline History of Religion. GROUP I 2. Outline Philosophy of Religion. GROUP II 3. Psychology of Religion, I.-Individual. 3. Psychology of Religion, II.-Social. Mj. Autumn, PROFESSOR FOSTER. GROUP III 4. Religion of Primitive Peoples.-Mj. Autumn, PROFESSOR FOSTER. 5. The Egyptian and the Assyro-Babylonian Religions. 6. Religions of the Indo-European Peoples, I.-Indian and Iranian. Mj. Winter, 1915, PROFESSOR FOSTER. 6. Religions of the Indo-European Peoples, II.-Greek and Roman. 7. Religions of China and Japan. GROUP IV 8. Epistemology of Religion.-The Knowledge Problem. Winter, 1915, PROFESSOR FOSTER. 9. Metaphysics of Religion.-The Reality of the Religious Object and the Worth Problem. Mj. Spring, 1915, PROFESSOR FOSTER. 10. History of Patristic and Scholastic Thought.-Spring, 1914, PROFESSOR FOSTER. 11. History of Protestant Thought Prior to Kant.-PROFESSOR FOSTER. 12. Kant's Philosophy of Religion.—Mj. PROFESSOR FOSTER. 13. Philosophy of Religion from Kant to Hegel. 14. Hegel's Philosophy of Religion.-Mj. PROFESSOR FOSTER. 15. Schleiermacher's "Glaubenslehre." 16. The Relation between Religion and Morality. 17. The Relation between Science and Religion.-PROFESSOR FOSTER. 18. The Relation between Religion and Art. VIII. THE DEPARTMENT OF SEMITIC LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES OFFICERS OF INSTRUCTION †ROBERT FRANCIS HARPER, PH.D., LL.D., Professor of the Semitic Languages and Literatures. EMIL GUSTAV HIRSCH, A.M., D.D., LL.D., LITT.D., Professor of Rabbinical Literature and Philosophy. IRA MAURICE PRICE, PH.D., LL.D., Professor of the Old Testament Language and Literature; Secretary of the Department. JAMES HENRY BREASTED, PH.D., Professor of Egyptology and Oriental History; Director of Haskell Oriental Museum. † Deceased.. HERBERT LOCKWOOD WILLETT, PH.D., Associate Professor of the Old Testament Language and Literature. JOHN MERLIN POWIS SMITH, PH.D., Associate Professor of the Old Testament Language and Literature. DANIEL DAVID LUCKENBILL, PH.D., Instructor in the Semitic Languages and Literatures. HINCKLEY GILBERT MITCHELL, PH.D., Professor of Hebrew and Old Testament Exegesis, Tufts College (Summer, 1914). FELLOWS, 1914-15 THOMAS GEORGE ALLEN, A.B. JOHN HARDEN HICKS, A.B. JOHN ALBERT MAYNARD, A.B., Рн.В. Correspondence should be addressed to the Secretary of the Department. INTRODUCTORY HEBREW LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE Experience shows that with close application the student may gain a practical knowledge of the Hebrew language within a comparatively short time. The courses in Beginning Hebrew and in Hebrew History are arranged not only for students in the Divinity School who desire to lay a foundation for critical and exegetical work in the Old Testament, but likewise for those who are contemplating a more extended study of the Semitic languages. The first course covers the Elements of the Hebrew Grammar and secures a vocabulary of three to four hundred words. In a second course, besides a large amount of reading, in connection with which the vocabulary of the student is increased, the principles of Hebrew syntax are studied. The more advanced courses cover the principal portions of the Old Testament considered from every point of view. In this work two things are kept in mind: (1) The securing of an acquaintance with all the more important problems of Old Testament language, literature, and thought. (2) A scientific method of work which will enable the student to carry on for himself original investigation. GENERAL HISTORY AND PHILOLOGY The purpose of these courses is to familiarize the student with the history, civilization, and languages of the Hither-Orient, not only in their successive epochs but also in their connection with the earliest civilization of the eastern Mediterranean. The history of Israel in particular is related to all the other civilizations of the Orient with which it came into contact, furnishing the historical background without which the full significance of Hebrew history cannot be discerned. At the same time the contributions of all the civilizations of the Hither-Orient, including Persia and the Hittites, to the later history of the world are defined and studied. RABBINICAL LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE In the Rabbinical Section the courses are intended to meet the requirements of (1) students in Semitic Philology; (2) students in New Testament Literature, Comparative Religion, History, and Philosophy; and (3) students intending to prepare for the Jewish ministry. It is believed that in connection with the courses in the Departments of Semitic Languages and Literatures, History, and Philosophy in this University, those in Rabbinical literature will enable candidates for the Jewish ministry to equip themselves most thoroughly for their vocation. ASSYRIAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE It is the purpose of this section to study the Assyro-Babylonian language and literature from the standpoint of the grammar and lexicon, with special reference also to comparative Semitic lexicography, geography, and institutions; and also, as one of the most important helps, lexicographically, historically, and geographically, to scientific work in any of the other Semitic languages or litera tures. ARABIC LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE The courses offered in Arabic are intended to cover quite minutely the grammar and syntax of the language, whether the work is done primarily for the help afforded the student of Hebrew or Assyrian, or for a more detailed study of Arabic grammar for its own sake. Special attention is given to the Koran, and provision is also made for courses of an extended character in Arabic commentary, history, geography, and inscriptions. While the majority of students doubtless study Arabic for the light which it throws upon Hebrew grammar, it is believed that the field of Arabic literature is one which is more and more deserving of the attention of American students. Particular attention is given to the comparative aspects of Arabic Grammar, both etymology and syntax. EGYPTIAN LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, AND ARCHAEOLOGY These courses, while arranged to give the student a full knowledge of Egyptian language and literature, are designed also to present the civilization of Egypt as a whole; especially with the idea of showing how Egypt, as the earliest great power on the Mediterranean, reveals the relations of early Mediterranean civilization (like that of Crete) to Palestine, Syria, the Hittites, and the HitherOrient. The original materials accessible to the student here are unusually plentiful. They comprise: (1) the Egyptian collection of the Art Institute; (2) the collection of the Field Columbian Museum; (3) the collections in Haskell Oriental Museum. ARRANGEMENT OF WORK Some familiarity with the contents of the Old Testament is an essential part of a liberal education. Hence the Department seeks to provide work adapted to the needs of the general student of literature and history. Certain courses, therefore, e.g., 69–79, 111, and 112, are organized especially for the non-theological student. The work of the student of Semitics or Old Testament ordinarily will be arranged according to one of six plans: I. The preliminary work includes courses in the Hebrew language aggregating four majors. These courses, viz., (a) 1 and 2; (b) 3 or 4; (c) 5 or 9, (1) constitute the work in Hebrew prescribed for those students in the Graduate Divinity School who desire to secure a knowledge of the language, and (2) serve as the basis for more advanced work in the Semitic Languages and Literatures, or in the Old Testament Literature and Theology. Students who have already performed this work before entering the University of Chicago will receive credit for the same upon examination. II. Candidates for the D.B. degree, with Old Testament as their major subject, are recommended to select from one of the following lists of courses: (a) 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 118, 119, 38, 40, 56, 57, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 87; (b) 1, 2, 3, 9, 12, 13, 20, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 44; (c) 1, 2, 3, 9, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 22, 23, 24, 26, 30. Courses 80, 81, and 82 are prescribed for all candidates for the D.B. and Ph.D. degrees recommended by the Divinity School except those who have the prescribed courses in Hebrew, or their equivalent. III. Old Testament Literature and Theology, when presented as a secondary subject for a Doctor's degree, will be understood to include, in addition to the preliminary courses (viz., 1, 2, 3, or their equivalents), work amounting to six majors, which shall be systematically arranged, and be approved by the Head of the Department. The student is recommended to select either (1) three historical courses (viz., 80, 81, 82), with three courses in exegesis selected from the courses offered; or (2) work made up from courses 20–58; or (3) work in Rabbinical literature and theology, selected from courses 120-139. IV. When a secondary subject is offered in Semitic Languages and Literatures, the student may select either Aramaic, Arabic, Assyrian, or Egyptian, in an amount equal to at least nine majors, or he may choose any two of these, dividing his work between them as equally as possible. V. Old Testament Literature and Theology, when presented as a principal subject, will be understood to include (1) a thorough knowledge of the Hebrew language, including syntax and lexicography, and a good acquaintance with biblical Aramaic and Syriac; (2) an ability to read any part of Hebrew literature; (3) a knowledge of Hebrew history in all its periods, and of ancient history, especially Egyptian, Assyro-Babylonian, Persian, and Greek in its bearing upon the Old Testament; (4) an acquaintance with the chronological development of Old Testament literature in its various forms of legislation, prophecy, and wisdom; also a knowledge of the origin and growth of the canon, of the text, and of the principles of Old Testament interpretation; (5) a familiarity with the history of the Hebrew religion and the development of the theological ideas of the Hebrews; (6) some familiarity with the Rabbinical literature and a general acquaintance with New Testament literature, with special reference to the use made of the Old Testament in the New Testament. VI. When the student selects for his principal subject the Semitic languages, he will be expected to have gained a working knowledge of Aramaic, Assyrian, and Arabic, in addition to Hebrew. He will be permitted to lay special emphasis upon either Hebrew, Arabic, Assyrian, or Egyptian, and in the special field which he thus selects, the amount of work required will be determined in part by the character of the field itself, and also in part by the general scope of his work. In any case, work in comparative grammar and comparative lexicography will be expected. The total amount of work required for a degree cannot be stated in definite form. COURSES OF INSTRUCTION NOTE. In the Semitics Department all courses are intended primarily for Graduate and Divinity students, but they may be taken by Senior College students who are properly prepared. I. HEBREW LANGUAGE AND OLD TESTAMENT LITERATURE GROUP I. LINGUISTIC COURSES 1. Hebrew Language.-Gen., chaps. 1-4; including the grammatical principles of the language, the acquisition of a vocabulary, and translation of English into Hebrew. The ground covered in Harper, Introductory Hebrew Method, Lessons 1-32, and corresponding grammatical work in Elements of Hebrew. This course is given twice each year, viz.: Mj. each Quarter; Summer and Autumn, 1914, PROFESSOR PRICE AND DR. LUCKENBILL. 2. Hebrew Language (continued).-Completing the textbooks named under course 1 and reading selections from historical books. Given twice each year. Mj. Autumn and Winter, 1914, 1915, PROFESSOR PRICE. 3. Historical Hebrew.-The Books of Samuel. Critical translation of portions, with a review of Hebrew grammar and vocabulary. Continuation of course 1. Mj. Spring, 1914, PROFESSOR PRICE. 4. Intermediate Hebrew.-Critical translation of Hebrew prose selections from Joshua, Kings, Chronicles, or Deuteronomy, for the purpose of fixing grammatical forms and usages and acquiring a more extended Hebrew vocabulary. Mj. Autumn, 1914, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR WILLETT OR DR. LUCKENBILL. 9. Prophetic Hebrew.-Critical translation of easier portions of the prophetic writings. Mj. Spring, 1914, DR. LUCKENBILL. 12. Advanced Hebrew Grammar.-Etymology. M. Summer, 1914, ProFESSOR PRICE. 13. Advanced Hebrew Grammar.-Syntax. M. Summer, 1914, PROFESSOR PRICE. 15. Hebrew Morphology-from the point of view of Comparative Semitic Grammar.-Seminar. Mj. ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR SMITH. GROUP II. CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL COURSES I. Hebrew 20. Books of Kings and Their Parallel Assyrian Records.-Historical and critical work. Mj. PROFESSOR PRICE. 22. Isaiah, chaps. 1-39.-Critical reading of the material, with an interpretation of the prophecies, and a study of the life and times of Isaiah. Mj. Autumn, 1914, PROFESSOR PRICE. 23. Isaiah, chaps. 40-66.-A critical reading of the material with a study of the prophecies as illustrating exilic and post-exilic conditions. Mj. Winter, 1915, PROFESSOR PRICE. 24. Jeremiah.-Attention will be given to the political conditions in Judah's decline, and the waning of religious life as a background of Jeremiah's utterances; the book will be arranged and interpreted in chronological order. Mj. Spring, 1916, PROFESSOR PRICE. 26. Ezekiel.-Condition of the exiles; Babylonian government; Ezekiel's character; analysis and translation of selected sections. Mj. Winter, 1914, PROFESSOR PRICE. 27. Daniel.-Translation and interpretation of the book in the light of the historical conditions amid which it arose. Mj. Spring, 1916, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR SMITH. 28. The Earlier Minor Prophets.-Critical and exegetical study of the language, contents, and teachings of these prophets. Mj. Spring, 1915, AssoCIATE PROFESSOR SMITH. |