Hebrew Course Outline
First Year
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The first year of Hebrew takes the student through a modified version of the grammar of A. B. Davidson.
Textbooks
- A. B. Davidson, Introductory Hebrew Grammar (to be supplied as modified by R. D. Anderson)
Handouts
- Ernst Jenni on the Piel in Hebrew
- The Niphal and Hithpael in the Context of Hebrew Verb Conjugations
Aids
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Flashcards (courtesy of Rodney den Boer)
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Anki cards for Davidson (courtesy of Rodney den Boer)
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Anki cards for Hebrew vocab used 50x (courtesy of Rodney den Boer)
- Anki cards: Davidson 29, 29-30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40
Hours per week: 2
Second Year
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The second year of Hebrew takes the student through readings in classical Hebrew prose, Late Biblical Hebrew Prose and Hebrew poetry.
Textbooks
Handouts
(as above for Year One)
Readers
- Jonah
- Readings in Genesis
- The Rite of the Red Cow: Numbers 19
- King Asa: 2 Chronicles 14 – 16
- Psalms 2, 15, 19, 20, 22, 23, 31, 32, 48, 62, 69, 84, 100, 101, 110, 113, 116, 140
- The Four Servant Prophecies of Isaiah
Hours per week: 2
Third and Fourth Years
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The third and fourth year of Hebrew introduce the student to Early Rabbinic Hebrew in combination with further readings in classical Hebrew.
Textbooks
- Kutscher, E. Y., “Mishnaic Hebrew” in Encyclopedia Judaica 2nd ed., 22 vols. (Michigan: Keter Publishing House, 2007) 8.639-50.
Readers
- Early Rabbinic Hebrew (parts one and two)
- The Songs of Ascents (121-34)
- Texts on Tithing
- Cursing God’s name Lev. 24:10-23
- King Manasseh, 2 Kings 21:1-18; 2 Chronicles 33:1-20
Hours per week: 2