Learning Middle Egyptian with GlyphStudy
The three groups are open to anyone who wishes to participate, the only requirement is that you have the text book for that course and that you sign up for a Yahoo account and subscribe to GlyphStudy. Yahoo accounts are free and so is the subscription to GlyphStudy.
Here are the details:
#1. Hoch 2009 section:
Middle Egyptian Grammar (SSEA Publication) (Plastic Comb) by James Hoch.
The Hoch group will start on July 12th, the first homework will be due on July 26th. You will need to have the book in hand to work with the course. You will not need to purchase Hoch’s sign list.
This text runs $49 at Amazon USA but you can receive a discount if you order from Oxbow books directly. To receive the discount you will need to mention AEL (the discount is through the old parent group AncientEgyptianLanguage and not GlyphStudy-so say AEL).
Study guides will be available and also a web-site where things like vocabulary lists, grammar summaries, sign lists, and the like will be maintained in addition to the study guides and collation materials that will also be available on GlyphStudy.
Anyone who is interested in the Hoch group should send an e-mail to Bob at manske_r @ yahoo . com (delete the spaces around the @ sign and the period – otherwise it won’t reach Bob) stating your interest in taking the course.
Put “HOCH” in the subject line, that will be helpful. The return address will be used to send the formal invitation to you to join the group.
#2 Collier and Manley 2009 section:
How to Read Egyptian Hieroglyphs: A Step-by-Step Guide to Teach Yourself, Revised Edition by Mark Collier and Bill Manley.
These are reasonably priced at Amazon and you can even acquire a used or remainder copy through Amazon Sellers at a discount. The lessons are based on the 2004 reprint of Collier & Manley’s ‘How to Read Egyptian Hieroglyphs: A step-by-step Guide to teach yourself ‘. If you have an edition prior to 2003, you may find that it has a few errors in it (particularly in the answers to the exercises!) – but I don’t think you should find this a significant problem.
Collier and Manley is a beginner’s book – it introduces you to hieroglyhs. It concentrates on funerary inscriptions; it uses stelae from the British Museum for examples and exercises. By the end of the book you should be able to visit Egypt (or a museum) and read the basic inscriptions. A rough estimate to complete the course is 18 months.
The study group will start on the 12th July with the reading of Chapter 1. The first homework will be due 26th July. Timetables, details of where and how to post homework, etc. will be published in the next couple of weeks. It is hoped that everyone will do all the exercises, starting with all the exercises for chapter 1 in one go, but spreading the exercises out over more than one week after that.
If there is anyone who would liketo join, please send an email to Angela on manna1@btopenworld.com putting ‘C&M 2009′ in the subject box. Official invites will be sent out over the next few weeks. If you have any concerns or questions, you can ask Angela directly at the address above.
#3 Allen 2009 section:
Middle Egyptian: An introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs by James Allen.
A 2009 Allen Group will start on the 12th July with the reading of chapter 1 (you will not need to submit homework for this chapter).
Timetables, details of where and how to post homework, etc will be published in the next couple of weeks. There will be a week to read a chapter and the first homework for the chapter will be due at the end of the following week. After the first three lessons the pace will slow down and increase the reading time to two weeks, and even three weeks reading for the final chapters of the book.
The exercises will be spread over several weeks; each of you will receive an allocated 2/3 exercises each week, so that each exercise should be completed by at least three people.
If you would like to join this Group, please send Angela an email to manna1@btopenworld.com – putting ‘Allen 2009′ in the subject box.
Visit the group’s page on Yahoo Groups: GlyphStudy.
Sign up with Yahoo.
Contact Karen at kmotc@swbell.net for more information.
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