| The classes focus on reading the Hebrew Bible in its original language. During the course students learn the Hebrew alphabet and vowels, become familiar with the basic paradigms of Hebrew nouns and verbs and acquire 450 common Biblical Hebrew words. The grammatical topics are learned within the framework of famous biblical stories. The class meets once a week, and the students must complete homework assignments sent by the teacher after every meeting. |
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| The classes focus on reading the Hebrew Bible in its original language. The course builds a solid foundation for the fluent reading of prosaic texts. During the course students acquire a better grasp of the morphology of nouns and verbs, learn more syntactical structures and expand their vocabulary, significantly improving their ability to read the Hebrew Bible. The grammatical topics are learned within the framework of famous biblical stories. The class meets once a week, and the students must complete homework assignments sent by the teacher after every meeting. |
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| The classes focus on reading biblical texts and working with dictionaries and grammar tools. Throughout the course students enhance their vocabulary and learn advanced grammatical topics. Classes teach how to understand and translate the Biblical Hebrew verbal tense system. The students read texts in prose, discuss these texts in class, and practice using Biblical Hebrew dictionaries and grammar tools. The class meets once a week, and the students must complete homework assignments sent by the teacher after every meeting. |
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| This advanced level concentrates on the study of texts from various biblical genres. The students read poetry (Psalms and others), prophecy (Isaiah, Jeremiah and others) and wisdom literature (Proverbs and Ecclesiastes). Classes discuss techniques of biblical poetry, the unique syntax and vocabulary of these genres and the historical background of these texts. The class meets once a week and the students must complete homework assignments sent by the teacher after every meeting. |
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This advanced level deals with the historical and comparative aspects of Biblical Hebrew. During the course the students read and compare texts from various biblical periods: early biblical poetry, classical Biblical Hebrew, and late Biblical Hebrew. They also read relevant extra-biblical literature such as epigraphic Hebrew and the Hebrew of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
The class meets once a week, and the students must complete homework assignments sent by the teacher after every meeting. |
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Modern Hebrew Courses |
The course is equivalent to an Ulpan in Israel.
The classes focus on speaking, reading and writing in Modern Hebrew. Throughout the course students learn the Hebrew alphabet (Aleph Bet) and vowels, and acquire 500 words in Hebrew used in basic conversation on a variety of topics.
The class meets once a week, students must complete homework assignments sent by the teacher after each lesson. |
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The course is equivalent to an Ulpan in Israel.
The course builds a solid ground for fluent speech, focusing on correct grammar in Hebrew. The class meets every week and practices the use of the correct grammar in speaking, reading and writing. Homework assignments are given every week as well as a list of new words learnt in class. Throughout the course students expand their vocabulary which significantly improves their level of speaking. Students must complete homework assignments sent by the teacher after each lesson. |
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The course is equivalent to an Ulpan in Israel.
The course focuses on grammatical structures in Hebrew and ways of using and identifying various modes of the language. Classes teach how to differentiate between past and future, singular and plural, male and female, and learn how to conjugate verbs.
Throughout the course, Students enhance their vocabulary and improve their expressive and understanding skills.
The class meets once a week, students must complete homework assignments sent by the teacher after each lesson. |
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The course focuses on enhancing all language skills of the students with special attention given to engaging in conversations.
Each class contains a reading part and a discussion part. Through the reading of articles from the newspaper as well as pieces of literature, the students improve their reading comprehension and enhance their vocabulary. Through the discussion, the students improve their speaking skills and listening comprehension.
The class meets once a week, students must complete homework assignments sent by the teacher after each lesson, to facilitate work on their writing skills. |
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The course presents newspaper clippings and articles that have appeared in the Israeli media over the previous week. The selected pieces are designed to help explore some of the major issues and social problems facing Israeli society. Each topic is followed by a live discussion in Hebrew.
The class meets once a week, students must complete homework assignments sent by the teacher to facilitate work on their writing skills. |
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Biblical Hebrew Courses
