Details for Old Testament Hebrew 1

Have you ever wanted to read the bible in its original language? Have you ever wondered about the context, culture and worldview of the Old Testament and how its language contributes to this? Have you wanted to see how a great story telling language works? The study of Old Testament (OT) Hebrew will provide you with these insights. OT Hebrew 1 presents you with the foundational tools, vocabulary and grammar to not only understand OT Hebrew, but also enable you to translate simple OT Hebrew texts into English. Further, by having these tools, you will gain foundational knowledge of the richness, light and shade, and wonder of the story-telling nature of the Hebrew language (which can be hidden in our English translations).


Quick Info

  • Currently offered by Alphacrucis: Yes
  • Course code: ANL101
  • Credit points: 10
  • Subject coordinator: Emma Austin

Awards offering Old Testament Hebrew 1

This unit is offered as a part of the following awards:

Unit Content

Curriculum Objective

This course unit enables the student to begin confidently to read/exegete the Masoretic Text, by working through an introductory grammar and examining illustrative texts or textual units.

Outcomes

Students should be able to:

  1. Demonstrate an elementary working knowledge of biblical Hebrew
  2. Display a knowledge of basic language learning techniques;
  3. Reflect on the benefit of learning biblical Hebrew for the study of the Hebrew Bible;
  4. Read and translate simple portions of the MT, demonstrating working knowledge of sentence structure and basic aspects of syntax.

Subject Content

  1. Hebrew Alphabet; Hebrew Vowels
  2. Syllabification and Pronunciation
  3. Hebrew Nouns; Definite Article and Conjunction Waw
  4. Hebrew Prepositions; Hebrew Adjectives
  5. Hebrew Pronouns; Hebrew Pronominal Suffixes
  6. Hebrew Construct Chain; Hebrew Numbers
  7. Qal Perfect and Qal Imperfect
  8. Waw Consecutive
  9. Qal Imperative, Cohortative and Jussive;
  10. Pronominal Suffixes on Verbs
  11. Qal Infinitive and Qal Participle;
  12. Issues of Sentence Syntax

This course may be offered in the following formats

  • Face to Face (on site)
  • Distance/E-learning (online)

Please consult your course prospectus or enquire about how and when this course will be offered next at Alphacrucis University College.

Assessment Methods

  • Quizzes (Cumalative) (30%)
  • Translation Assessment (30%)
  • Final Exam (40%)

Prescribed Text

  • Fuller, Russell T. and Kyoungwon Choi. Invitation to Biblical Hebrew: A Beginning Grammar. Invitation to Theological Studies Series. Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Publications, 2006.

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