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82 ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT.
ship, date, literary composition and historical value,
and in part to
a translation and elucidation of the texts themselves. Much attention
will be bestowed on the Old Testament. Thus an opportunity will be
afforded to students who are not familiar with the Hebrew to become
acquainted with the results of scientific Bible-study. The Hebrew
apocrypha and pseudepigrapha, the Mishnah and the Talmud, the
Quran and the Arabic poets, the Babylonian Gilgamish epic and the
Book of the Dead will be discussed in a similar manner.
The History. In a series of lectures covering three years, an out
line will be presented of the political and social history of Babylonia,
Assyria, Persia, India, Armenia, Syria, Arabia, Ethiopia, Egypt and
the Spanish Caliphate.
Bracketed courses will not be given in 1899-1900, but may be
expected in 1900-1901.
Office of the department , White 3 B. Consultation hours, M., W.,3.
1. Hebrew. Grammar (Harper, Kautzsch, Konig). Exercises in
composition. Genesis. M., W., F., 2, White 3 B. Professor
Schmidt.
2. Arabic. Grammar (Socin, Wright, Caspari-Miiller). Earlier
Suras in the Quran and selections from the poets. M. , W. , 4, White
j B. Professor Schmidt.
[3. Aramaic. Grammar (Marti, Duval, Petermann). Selections
from Ezra, Daniel, the Targums, the Edessene Versions and the
Samaritan Pentateuch. T., Th., 3, White 3 B. Professor Schmidt. J
[4. Egyptian and Coptic. Grammar (Erman, Steindorff). Se
lections from historical texts, the Book of the Dead, and Pistis Sophia.
T., Th., 4, White 3 B. Professor Schmidt.]
[5. Semitic Seminary. Interpretation of Isa. xl-lxvi, fall
term ; the Elihu speeches in Job, winter term ; Phoenician inscrip
tions in the Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum and the Zinjirli, Dai-
bon and Siloam inscriptions, spring term. Schmidt.]
M., 8-10 p. m. Professor
[6. Geography and Antiquities of the Semites. F., 3, White
3 B. Professor Schmidt.]
[7. Semitic Literature. The Minor Prophets, fall term ; Samuel
and Kings, winter term ; Quran, spring term ; M., W., 3, White 3 B.
Professor Schmidt.]
[8a. Oriental History. Susiana, Persia, Media and Armenia, fall
term ; Arabia and Ethiopia, winter term ; the Bagdad Caliphate,
spring term. T., Th., 2, White 6. Professor Schmidt.]
8b. Oriental History. Syria, fall term ; Carthage and Asia Minor,