Course Description

Film, literature, and scholarship in Hebrew, with an emphasis on participation and cultural analysis and opportunities for composition.

Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Graduate students will write up a short research paper based on treatments of a subject in Hebrew-language periodicals.

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Athena Title

Advanced Hebrew

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Prerequisite

HEBR 2003 or permission of department

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Semester Course Offered

Offered spring

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Grading System

A - F (Traditional)

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Course Objectives

To cultivate fluency in written and spoken Hebrew, introduce students to technical discussion in Hebrew of the language itself. Exercises for evaluation include written and spoken presentations, response to presentations, discussion of literature, and film and academic work in the language.

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Topical Outline

Example: I. A History of Writing (from its origins to the Hellenistic era) II. Revelation, Wisdom, and Priority III. Messianism in Jewish Tradition sample study: Shabbetai Tzvi IV. Scribes and Rabbis V. The Evolution of Theology VI. Spinoza and the Embrace of Science Sample readings: He`rat Shulayim (The Footnote) Sholem Asch, The Boy Saint Zvi Werblowski, Moshe Idel on Shabbetai Tzvi Te`alat Blaumilch Maoz Azaryahu on Israeli monuments Ushpizin War Scroll from Qumran V. Messianism and Monuments

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