Description
Beginners Biblical Hebrew Part 1
Beginners Biblical Hebrew Part 1 is designed for students who have little or no knowledge of Hebrew. Classes consist of learning the alphabet, basic vocabulary and grammar, reading and writing exercises and weekly homework. The course features instructional animations of the alphabet and worked-out homework videos to enable the student to achieve reading and writing accuracy and fluency. This term includes a guided translation of The Shama Declaration and the Aaronic Blessing.
Course Outline & Student Outcomes
Beginners Biblical Hebrew Part 1 is the first of an eight-part course series on Biblical Hebrew. It is followed by Beginners Biblical Hebrew Parts 2, 3 and 4 in the first year, and Intermediate Biblical Hebrew Parts 1 – 4 in a second year of study. The course is designed for people with limited time to spare for learning a new language and features worked-out homework and curated biblical texts to enable students to read Biblical Hebrew as quickly as possible. Classes are enriched with extra material, including an overview of the development of the Hebrew script and a transmission history of the biblical text. Instructional animations of the alphabet build literary accuracy and confidence, and guided readings of The Shama Declaration (Deut. 6:4-5) and The Aaronic Blessing (Numbers 6:24–26) offer access to the language of the Hebrew Bible.
The weekly classes have the following structure: Review homework from previous week, introduce & discuss new material, read aloud in class, and introduce homework for the next week.
By the end of the course, the student will have gained the following outcomes:
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Reading and writing the Alphabet including final forms
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Vowels, the Sheva and Syllabification
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The Restraining Garment, Dagesh and Gutturals
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The Noun and introduction to sentence structure
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The Verb in the Perfect Tense
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The Definite Article
Course Description
This course was originally taught on Zoom with sessions recorded.
10 Play on Demand Video Lectures
Unlimited Access & Plays
Cost: $40 full fare / $35 concession
Teacher: Sharon Dingjan
Important Notes
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Upon purchase, the student will receive access to the course page on Moodle.
Course Textbook will need to be purchased separately: Simon, E., Motzkin, L. and Resnikoff, I. (2005) First Hebrew Primer: The Adult Beginner’s Path to Biblical Hebrew. Third Edition. Berkeley, California: Publishing, EKS.
Course Instructor
The course is taught by Sharon Dingjan. Sharon is a native Hebrew speaker who specialises in the languages and history of the Ancient Near East. Sharon holds a BA(Hons) from the University of Melbourne majoring in Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic / Syriac. Her research thesis was on Covenant in Pre-Exilic Prophetic Literature. Sharon has taught Biblical and Modern Hebrew and ANE Cultural Studies at the University of Melbourne, and privately for many years. Sharon currently works with the ministry of Celebrate Messiah in Melbourne.
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