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:

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

Subject Content

Hebrew Alphabet; Hebrew Vowels
Syllabification and Pronunciation
Hebrew Nouns; Definite Article and Conjunction Waw
Hebrew Prepositions; Hebrew Adjectives
Hebrew Pronouns; Hebrew Pronominal Suffixes
Hebrew Construct Chain; Hebrew Numbers
Qal Perfect and Qal Imperfect
Waw Consecutive
Qal Imperative, Cohortative and Jussive;
Pronominal Suffixes on Verbs
Qal Infinitive and Qal Participle;
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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