(8) General History of Mohammedan Theology: this may be studied inVon Kremer, Geschichte der herrschenden Ideen des Islams (1868). Goldziher, Muhammedanische Studien (1889-90). Macdonald, Muslim Theology. III. HEBREW. A. Candidates who take Hebrew must offer the following texts : I and II Samuel, The Twelve Minor Prophets, Job. Aboda Zara (ed. Strack). Midrash B'reshîth Rabba (ed. Theodor, Rashi on Exodus x-xvii. Kimchi on Psalms i-viii. B. They will also be required to offer the History of the Jews, general and literary, from the return from the Captivity to 500 A.D.: this may be studied in Ewald, History of Israel (Eng. Tr.), Vol. V. Grätz, Geschichte der Juden, Vol. II. 2, III, IV. Cassel, Lehrbuch der jüdischen Geschichte und Literatur. Zunz, Gottesdienstliche Vorträge der Juden. Derenbourg, Essai sur l'histoire et la géographie de la Palestine. Wellhausen, Israelitische u. Jüdische Geschichte, chaps. xii-xxiv. Schürer, Geschichte des jüdischen Volkes im Zeitalter Jesu Christi, 4te Auflage (1901-11), or Schürer, History of the Jewish People in the time of Jesus Christ (1895-8). Meyer, Die Entstehung des Judenthums. Meyer, Der Papyrusfund von Elephantine. C. They must also offer one special subject and one language from the following list : LANGUAGES. (a) Arabic. Texts to be offered— El-Fakhri (ed. Ahlwardt, 1860), pp. 88-175. Qur'ān, Suras 1-3. Beidāwī, Commentary on Sura III, vv. 1–139. (B) Aramaic. Texts to be offered (as above). (y) Assyrian. Texts to be offered- Tablet XI of the Epic of Gilgamesh. (The portion of the text contained in Abel and Winckler's Keilschrifttexte zum Gebrauch bei Vorlesungen, Spemann, Berlin, 1890.) The Code of Hammurabi; Prologue, Cols. i-v (ed. R. F. Harper). Tell el-Amarna Tablets: the Letters from Jerusalem. (Text in Winckler's Der Thontafelfund von El Amarna II.) The Cylinder Inscription of Tiglath-pileser I, Col. iv. 43-100; Col. v. 1-32; Col. vii. 36-59 (in Delitzsch's Lesestücke, fourth edition). Annals of Sennacherib: Taylor Cylinder, Col. ii. 34-iii. 41 (in Delitzsch's Lesestücke). Nebuchadrezzar: India House Inscription. (Text in Cuneiform Inscriptions of Western Asia, Vol. i, Plates 53-58 (59-64).) I SPECIAL SUBJECTS. (a) Jewish literary history from the tenth century to A. D. 1300. The following texts will be required: Juda Ha-Levi, Poems (original Hebrew), (ed. Harkavy), pp. 7-40 and pp. 76-97. Maimonides, Moreh Nebuchim (ed. Friedländer), Introduction and III, 8-25. The history may be studied in— Grätz, Geschichte der Juden, Vols. VI, VII. Geiger, Divan des Castiliers Abu'l Hassan Juda Ha-Levi (1851). Zunz, Synagogale Poesie des Mittelalters (1855). Steinschneider, Jewish Literature (1857). Neubauer, Notice sur la lexicographie hébraïque (in the Journal Asiatique, Dec. 1861, and 1862 passim). Cassel, op. cit. Friedländer, Introduction to Moreh Nebuchim. (8) North-Semitic Epigraphy (as above). (7) South-Semitic Epigraphy (as above). Candidates will be expected to show a knowledge of Grammar, and ability to transcribe cuneiform texts into the Roman character. IV. PERSIAN. A. Candidates who take Persian must offer the following texts :— The Shāhnāma, ed. Vullers, vol. i, pp. 433-516. The Masnavi of Jalālu-d-din Rumi, Lucknow edition of 1877, with Akhlaq-i-Jalali, with Commentary, Lucknow edition of A.D. 1879, pp. 48-144, line 4, (omitting from p. 100 to p. 111, line 5, inclusive). B. They will also be required to offer the History of the Samanid Dynasty, to be studied in Malcolm's History of Persia, and Defrémery's translation of Mirkhwānd's History of that Dynasty. C. They must also offer one Special Subject and one Language from the following list : LANGUAGES. (a) Arabic. Texts to be offered El-Fakhri (ed. Ahlwardt, 1860), pp. 88-175. Qur'ān, Suras 1-3. (B) Zend. Texts printed in Mills' Five Zarathushtrian Gathas. The language may be studied in Jackson's Avesta Grammar. SPECIAL SUBJECTS. (a) History of Persian Literature. This may be studied in Browne, Literary History of Persia; Pizzi, Storia della Poesia Persiana; Horn, Geschichte der Persischen Litteratur. (B) Iranian Philology, to be studied in Darmesteter's Études Iraniennes, Vols. I and II, or in Grundriss der Iranischen Philologie, herausgegeben von W. Geiger und E. Kuhn. (y) Pahlavi Texts, Vols. V, XVIII, XXIV, XXXVII, XLVIII of Sacred Books of the East. (8) Avesta Texts, Vols. IV, XXIII, XXXI of the same. V. EGYPTIAN. A. Candidates who take Egyptian must offer the following texts, (a)–(8) and either (€)-(8) or (n)−(λ). (a) Erman, Aegyptische Chrestomathie, pp. 1-70. (8) Mariette, Monuments divers, Plates 1-6. (y) Steindorff, Koptische Grammatik, pp. 1*-63*. (8) Zoega, Catalogus Codicum Copticorum, pp. 260-8, 380-2, 559-61, 584-7. (e) Erman, Aegyptische Chrestomathie, pp. 70-156, together with the hieratic text of all passages in the Chrestomathie which are transcribed from the Kahun, Prisse, Ebers and Wesctar papyri. (3) Select Papyri, Second Series, Plates 9-19. (n) Steindorff, Apokalypse des Elias, pp. 34-106. Schmidt, Acta Pauli, pp. 4*-14*. (0) Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, II, pp. 5-20. (1) Zoega, Catalogus Codicum Copticorum, pp. 151–6, 165–8. (k) Zeitschrift für Aegyptische Sprache, 1891, pp. 1-25. Krall, Rechtsurkunden, Nos. V, XLVIII, CXXII, CXXIX. (λ) Annales du Musée Guimet, XXV, pp. 316-410. B. They will also be required to offer the History of Egypt down to the conquest by Alexander. C. They must also offer one special subject and one language from the following list : (a) Arabic. Texts to be offered— El-Fakhri (ed. Ahlwardt, 1860), pp. 88-175. Qur'an, Suras I−3. Ibn Qutaiba, 'Ujun al Ahbar (ed. Brockelmann), pp. 57-132. (8) Hebrew. I and II Samuel, The first six Minor Prophets, Job. (8) Evolution of hieroglyphs, and interpretation of tomb and temple scenes; to be studied in connexion with the scenes and explanatory inscriptions in Quibell and Paget, The Ramesseum and the Tomb of Ptah-hetep, Plates XXXI-XLI. Davies, Mastaba of Ptah-hetep, Part I. Davies, Rock Tombs of Dêr el Gebrawi, Part I. Newberry, Beni Hasan, Part I. Newberry, Life of Rekhmara. Naville and Tylor, Ahnas and Paheri, Tomb of Paheri, Plates I-X. The Examination in each Language will in ordinary cases include grammar and prosody, translation of unseen passages, and composition. Candidates will be expected to have read the text which they offer with attention to the subject-matter as well as the language. Candidates who offer more than one Semitic language will be expected to show a knowledge of Comparative Semitic Grammar. xi. HONOUR SCHOOL OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE. (i) Statute. [Statt. Tit. VI. Sect. 1. C.] § 11. Of the Honour School of English Language 1. The Examination in the School of English Language and Literature shall always include authors or portions of authors belonging to the different periods of English literature, together with the history of the English language and the history of English literature. The Examination shall also include Special Subjects falling within or usually studied in connexion with the English language and literature. 2. Every Candidate shall be expected to have studied the authors or portions of authors which he offers (1) with reference to the forms of the language, (2) as examples of literature, and (3) in their relation to the history and thought of the period to which they belong. He shall also be expected to show a competent knowledge (1) of the chief periods of the English language, including Old English (Anglo-Saxon), and (2) of the relation of English to the languages with which it is etymologically connected, and (3) of the history of English literature, and (4) of the history, especially the social history, of England during the period of English literature which he offers. 3. The Examination in Special Subjects may be omitted by Candidates who do not aim at a place in the First Class. 4. No Candidate shall be admitted to examination in the Final Honour School of English Language and Literature, unless (a) he has obtained Honours in some other Final Honour School, or (b) he has passed the First Public Examination, or (c) he is an Affiliated, Colonial, Indian, or Foreign Senior Student, or (d) he has passed the General Examination at the University of Cambridge, and has been incorporated at this University. |