SREL 406-Old Testament Texts in Hebrew

This is an Advanced Hebrew Course in which the student  will be required to exhibit a mastery over grammar, vocabulary and syntax of Biblical Hebrew as a foundation for proficient reading  and translation, and interpretation of Assigned Old Testament Texts in prose and poetry. The Course will entail the commitment of the student to employ all the seven stems (verbal forms) of the Hebrew language:  Qal, Niphal, Hiphil, Hophal, Piel, Pual, Hithpael, including their specific conjugations, participles infinitives etc., and other morphological, grammatical and syntactic nuances as they are presented in the texts.  The nature and techniques of Old Testament narrative and Old Testament poetry including metrics, line and strophic structure as they are exhibited in the texts will further be explored.