Hebrew: The forthcoming trial

Next week’s test will carry 40% of the total module mark, so please make careful preparation. We will be working from the MT of Exodus 3: 1-22 and you will be expected to translate, and make grammatical, textual, and exegetical comments. Please email any queries ( and no, you are not permitted to bring Bibles [...]

Biblical Hebrew: Post

There is an interesting article up over at the SBL Forum this month. The article, by Rahel Halabe, covers a variety of issues surrounding teaching Biblical languages, namely Hebrew, to students in an academic setting. There are some really excellent points made, not least of which is the need to teach what is needed at [...]

Hebrew: Beginners’ Book list (and the skip story)

Further to today’s discussion in the Hebrew 2 Class: Here’s a few of the priceless gems that adorn my library: Beall, T.S., W.A. Banks & C. Smith. Old Testament Parsing Guide. Nashville: B&H Publ. 2000 Cohn-Sherbok, Dan. Biblical Hebrew for Beginners. London: SPCK, 1996 Elliger, K & W. Rudolph, eds., Biblica Hebraica Stuttgartensia. Stuttgart: Deutsche [...]

GETTING TO THE TEXT: The new semester modules

As you know, there have had to be some massive changes in the modules on offer during this year’s second semester due to the last minute withdrawal of two of our Biblical Studies lecturers. So here follows a revised version of the modules that I am supervising, with the textbooks required: HEBREWS II follows HEBREWS [...]