Rachel’s Hebrew Class 2018-19

Joseph and Mrs Potiphar, so it seems

Rachel Montagu is again running an Advanced Biblical Hebrew course as detailed below.

These classes work in the time-honoured fashion: each student in turn reads a verse aloud and then translates it, with input from the teacher as necessary. She also provides some background and interpretation from traditional Jewish teaching.

The emphasis is certainly on understanding the text rather than grammar as such. In my experience, there have been perhaps an average of seven or so students coming to lessons. The level things are taken at tends to depend on who the students are, while the fee per term might be something around £110-£130, depending on circumstances.  At about £ 10 per 2-hour session this certainly looks like good value!

In principle, students should have covered the material in the First Hebrew Primer from Eks before starting this class. If you know the qal conjugation (perfect and imperfect) pretty well for verbs with three strong roots (the ‘regular’ ones if you like) and have some idea about hiphil and niphal and verbs with weak roots, that will probably do.

If you want to know more, you can email Rachel.  I’ve also shared just about everything I know about studying Biblical Hebrew with the world here.

Wednesdays 6.30-8.30 p.m., at Liberal Judaism, 21 Maple Street, London, W1T 4BE

Autumn Term

 Abraham’s journeys (and Hagar’s)

26 September             Gen. 11:26-32, 12:1-20

3rd October                 Gen.13:1-18, 14:1-7

10^th October                Gen. 14:8-24, 16:1-8

17^th October                Gen. 16:9-16, 17:1-2, 18:16-33

[24^rd October   half term]

31^st October                Gen.20:1-18, 21:1-7

7^th November             Gen. 21:8-34

14^th November             Gen. 22:1-19, 23:1-3, 17-20

Jonah, the Unforgiving Prophet

21^st November            Jonah 1:1-16, 2:1-10

28^th November            Jonah 3:1-10, 4:1-10

Nahum and Obadiah, Servants of God

5^th  December             Nahum 2:6-14, 3:1-14

12^th  December           Nahum 3:14-19, Obadiah

Spring Term

 All is Futile (Except The Soul….)

14^th January                (Obadiah 1:3-21) Ecclesiastes 1:1-6

21^th January                Ecclesiastes 1:7-2:14

28^th  January               Eccl. 2:15-3:13

4^th February                Eccl. 3:14-4:17

11^th  February             Eccl. 5:1-19, 6:1-6

[18^th February – half term]

25^th February              Eccl. 6:7-7:22

4^th March                     Eccl. 7:23-8:17

[11^th March – extra break week]

18^th March                   Eccl. 9:1-18, 10:1-7

25^th March                   Eccl. 10:8-11:10

Brothers in Genesis – In The End, Things Improve

1st April                       (Eccl. 12:1-15) Genesis 37:1-10

8^th April                        Genesis 37:11-36

 Summer Term

29^th April                      Genesis 39:1-23

[6^th May           no class – Spring Bank Holiday]

13^th  May                     Genesis 40:1-23

20^th  May                     Genesis 41:1-24

[27^th May         no class – Half term]

3^rd June                       Genesis 41:25-57

[10^th  June       no class – 2^nd day Shavuot]

17^th  June                    Genesis 42:1-38

24^th June                     Genesis 43:1-34

1^st  July                       Genesis 44:1-34

8^th July                         Genesis 45:1-28

15^th July                      Genesis 47:1-31

 

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