Description
Beginners Biblical Hebrew Part 2
Beginners Biblical Hebrew Part 2 is designed for students who have completed Beginners Biblical Hebrew Part 1, or for those with prior knowledge of the alphabet and basic vocabulary and grammar. The course continues to expand the student’s knowledge of nouns and verbs, the Hebrew tense structure, and the principles of translation of the biblical text. There are weekly reading and writing exercises as well as fully worked-out homework videos to guide the student towards fluency in word-recognition and sentence formation.
Course Outline & Student Outcomes
Beginners Biblical Hebrew Part 2 is the second of an eight-part study series of Biblical Hebrew. It is followed by Beginners Biblical Hebrew Parts 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 in order to enable students to read Biblical Hebrew quickly and confidently. This term features translating The Thirteen Attributes of God in Exodus 34:6-7
Students will continue to use the textbook First Hebrew Primer: The Adult Beginner’s Path to Biblical Hebrew to deepen their knowledge of the grammar, vocabulary, sentence formation and translation of Biblical Hebrew.
The weekly classes have the following structure: Review homework from previous week, introduce & discuss new material, read aloud in class, and introduce homework and topics for the next week.
By the end of the course, the student will have gained the following outcomes:
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Forming the plural of Nouns & Verbs
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Personal Pronouns ‘I’, ‘you’, ‘he’
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Common Prepositions: ‘to’, ‘from’, ‘with’, ‘at’
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Common Verbs in the Perfect Tense
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Definite and Indefinite Direct Object: ‘The son / a son’.
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Forming Word Pairs
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Translation basics: Exodus 34:6-7.
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.
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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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