Hebrew Courses

Modern Hebrew Courses

Hebrew 101 Elementary Hebrew I

This course assumes that students enter with either little or no background in the language. Typically, students begin the course without any prior study or, at most, some knowledge from after-school Hebrew programs. We begin with a review of the Hebrew aleph-bet, and quickly move to develop students' skills in conversation, reading, writing, and aural comprehension. Grammar is taught based on communicative needs. This course is taught in the fall semester only.

Hebrew 102 Elementary Hebrew II

This course is a continuation of Hebrew 101. Based on the skills learned in the first semester, this course continues with a similar method, developing skills in all areas of language acquisition. Students with sufficient background may join the class without first taking Hebrew 101. By the end of Hebrew 102, students will be able to use active verbs in all tenses and will be able to converse on a variety of subjects from everyday life. They will be able to read simplified texts. This course is taught in the spring semester only.

Hebrew 201 Intermediate Hebrew I

This course is a continuation of Hebrew 102. Based on the skills learned during the first year of study, this course continues with a similar method, developing skills in all areas of language acquisition. Verb study will be taught according to the binyanim, and in general, grammar study will be more structured. Conversation will continue to be emphasized with stress on creating flexibility and elasticity in students' skills. Formal presentations will be required, and students will begin to write texts requiring critical thought. Toward the end of the semester, standard Hebrew texts drawn from literary sources will be read, analyzed, and discussed in class. By the end of Hebrew 102, students will have completed a introduction to the grammar and basic syntactic structures of modern Hebrew. They will also be able to converse on a number of topics and to discuss simple critical ideas. This course is taught in the fall semester only.

Hebrew 202 Intermediate Hebrew II

This course begins the upper-level sequence in Hebrew, and will focus on developing students' commuicative and literary skills in the language. Students will begin to read literary texts as they appear in their original forms, and will begin to use critical vocabularies in discussing and writing about these texts. Emphasis will also continue in conversation and the development of fluidity in speaking skills. Several oral projects will be assigned, including student-led trips to places around campus (in hebrew, of course) and the completion of a video project. This course is taught in the spring semester only.

Biblical Hebrew is listed in catalogue as HEBR 121 and 122, 221 and 222

HEBR 121 is grammar intensive, with translation of Genesis 22 the last three weeks.
Dr. Stuart Robertson

HEBR 122 is grammar and translation of Genesis 28 and 29, and Exodus 3
Dr. Stuart Robertson

HEBR 221: Finish the grammar and translation of extended narrative, Genesis, or Exodus
Dr. Stuart Robertson

HEBR 222: translation of extended narrative ( I Samuel) with introduction to textual criticism and masorah notes
Dr. Stuart Robertson