CLAS-HEB 130AR / HDS 1625 – Rapid Reading Classical Hebrew I: Pentateuch

CLAS-HEB 130AR / HDS 1625 – Rapid Reading Classical Hebrew I: Pentateuch

Semester: Fall
Offered: 2025
Instructor: Vladimir Olivero
Meeting Time: Th 12:00pm – 2:00pm

This course is designed to help students increase their reading fluency with Classical Hebrew (in the Tiberian tradition), deepen their knowledge of Hebrew morphosyntax, and expand their Hebrew vocabulary by covering large areas of biblical Hebrew narrative from the Pentateuch  (selections from Genesis through Deuteronomy). In the process, students will be exposed to Hebrew prose materials that are key to understanding the history of ancient Israel and Judah and the formation of the Hebrew Bible. 

Prerequisites: Classical Hebrew AA/AB sequence, CH 120a, and 120b, or equivalent to two years of academic study of Classical Hebrew.

Jointly offered with: Harvard Divinity School as HDS 1625

For more details please visit the Harvard Course Catalog.