I’ve taken the A and B levels of the Classical Hebrew course. Classical Hebrew is the Hebrew of the Bible. While they discuss protoHebrew and the evolution of vowels, it is to motivate an understanding of the Nikkud (vowel pointing). The goal of the courses is to be able to get you to a point where you can read the Hebrew texts without the aid of a dictionary or lexicon. At the end of the A level you’ll have a reasonable grasp of the basic grammar – enough to muddle your way thru the text with a good lexicon/dictionary at hand. By the end of the B level, you should be able to read, albeit haltingly, most of the text without external aid. However, I’ve been at this for 5 years now and taken other courses following the two ClassicalHebrew courses mentioned above and I never, ever approach serious exegesis of the text without a number of resources at hand.
They also offer modern Hebrew, but I have no idea what that course entails. The course is, to my mind, quite expensive ($880 dollars American as I recall). Nevertheless, I found it very worthwhile and, if you’re really serious about studying the language of the Bible, its evolution, grammar, semantics, and meaning this is a great place to start. Hope this helps, Michael _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of bet_khumri Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2010 12:13 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [ancient_hebrew] Classical Hebrew Anyone know anything about the classicalhebrew.com courses. I cant seem to find how much they cost.
