Description: This course will teach you enough about Biblical Hebrew to enable you to study the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) scriptures without an English Bible. Ironically, once you take this course you will learn just how your newly acquired skill will take your reading you favorite English Bible to the next level.
The course is not designed to help you read, write, or speak Biblical Hebrew. Instead, the course focuses on learning enough of the language to take advantage of the many on-line and free resources available to those who want to dig deeper into Holy Scripture.
Prerequisites
None
Syllabus:
- History of Biblical Hebrew and why Abraham and the Patriarchs did not speak Hebrew.
- Concrete languages and the necessity for symbolism.
- The importance of pronunciation as in the difference between slough and slough.
- Recognizing Biblical Hebrew Letters – the Aleph-Bet.
- Verse structure: subject-verb-object, conjunctions.
- Some important verb tenses (the past-perfect, causative, and narrative tenses)
Schedule: 1 hour weekly. Saturday mornings, 10 AM, Samish Island Chapel.