Hebrew Language & Cultures

This course provides the student with a working knowledge of biblical and modem Hebrew. With the successful completion of this course, the student will be able to read selected passages of narrative in biblical and modem texts with the aid of a lexicon/dictionary, will gain knowledge of modem Hebrew in both written and spoken form and will strengthen her/his cultural understanding of ancient and modem Israel. Students will build a strong knowledge base in Hebrew vocabulary, verb paradigms, and grammar essentials.

This course provides further advancement of a student’s knowledge of biblical and modem Hebrew. Students will become adept in the usage of a Hebrew-English dictionary/lexicon for translation of texts in biblical and modem contexts and will improve their conversational skills in modem Hebrew. Students will continue to build a strong knowledge base in Hebrew vocabulary, verb paradigms, and grammar. (This course may be taken for credits as RELS 271)