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Overview
What you will study
The Biblical Hebrew - Beginners course offered by University of Oxford intends to offer some solid reading and grammar skills, along with historical and cultural perspectives. It will provide the students with a foundation for careful and informed reading, exegesis, and analysis of the biblical text. The course is designed as a thorough introduction to Biblical Hebrew with an emphasis on grammar and vocabulary, which will also help students identify and develop reading tools and exegetical methods for biblical and theological study.
Course objectives:
- To formulate a broad understanding of the fundamentals of the Hebrew language.
- To acquire an appreciation of the specificity of the language of the Old Testament, and a clear evaluation of the cultural and religious background of the text.
- To handle a basic vocabulary and the main grammatical structures to translate passages from the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS).
- To assess modern computer-based Hebrew language tools.
Programme Structure
The program focuses on:
- Hebrew Language: its Story, Context, and Development
- Alphabet – Let’s Start Reading Biblical Hebrew
- Consonants & Vowels
- Nouns
- Definite Article, Conjunction Waw, and Prepositions
- Adjectives
- Pronouns
- Pronominal Suffixes
- Hebrew Construct Chain
- Hebrew Verbs
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 3 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- Starting
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Language
English
Delivered
Online
Disciplines
Theology and Religious Studies View 6 other Short Courses in Theology and Religious Studies in United KingdomAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
- No prior knowledge is required.
Tuition Fee
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International
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National
251 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 251 GBP for the full programme during 3 months.
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