Hebrew
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HEBREW 1A Elementary Hebrew 5 Units
Department: Hebrew
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 5 hours of Recitation and 1 hour of Laboratory per week for 15 weeks.
HEBREW 1B Elementary Hebrew 5 Units
Department: Hebrew
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 5 hours of Recitation and 1 hour of Laboratory per week for 15 weeks.
HEBREW 10 Intensive Elementary Hebrew 10 Units
Department: Hebrew
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 20 hours of Lecture and 5 hours of Laboratory per week for 8 weeks.
An intensive course in modern Israeli Hebrew. The course covers the basic syntactic and morphological patterns of modern Hebrew through the teaching and practice of communicative and interactive language skills in the four areas of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. The course is equivalent to two semesters of Hebrew in the regular academic year.
HEBREW 20A Intermediate Hebrew 5 Units
Department: Hebrew
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 5 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 1A-1B.
HEBREW 20B Intermediate Hebrew 5 Units
Department: Hebrew
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 5 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 1A-1B.
HEBREW 30 Intermediate Hebrew 10 Units
Department: Hebrew
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 20 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks.
Prerequisites: One year of college level Hebrew.
This course is equivalent to a full year of intermediate Hebrew. It will deepen skills in speaking, understanding, reading, and writing modern Israeli Hebrew.
Students will receive no credit for 30 after taking 20A-20B.
HEBREW 100A Advanced Hebrew 3 Units
Department: Hebrew
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 20A-20B or equivalent.
Advanced Hebrew, especially designed for those going on to the study of modern Hebrew literature. Vocabulary building, grammar review, and literary analysis of a sampling of modern texts.
Instructor: 20A-20B-20C.
HEBREW 100B Advanced Hebrew 3 Units
Department: Hebrew
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 20A-20B or equivalent.
Advanced Hebrew, especially designed for those going on to the study of modern Hebrew literature. Vocabulary building, grammar review, and literary analysis of a sampling of modern texts.
Instructor: 20A-20B-20C.
HEBREW 102A Postbiblical Hebrew Texts 3 Units
Department: Hebrew
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 20A-20B or equivalent.
Texts from the rabbinic period (Mishnah, Tosefta, Talmud, and Midrash) and an introduction to the languages of rabbinic texts.
Course may be repeated for credit with consent of instructor. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
HEBREW 102B Postbiblical Hebrew Texts 3 Units
Department: Hebrew
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 20A-20B or equivalent.
Texts from the rabbinic period (Mishnah, Tosefta, Talmud, and Midrash) and an introduction to the languages of rabbinic texts.
Course may be repeated for credit with consent of instructor. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
HEBREW 104A Modern Hebrew Literature and Culture 3 Units
Department: Hebrew
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 100A-100B or equivalent.
A close reading of selected works of modern Hebrew fiction, poetry, and drama in their cultural and historical contexts. Topics vary from year to year and include literature and politics, eros and gender, memory and nationalism, Middle-Eastern and European aspects of Israeli literature and culture.
Course may be repeated for credit with different topic and consent of instructor. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
HEBREW 104B Modern Hebrew Literature and Culture 3 Units
Department: Hebrew
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 100A-100B or equivalent.
A close reading of selected works of modern Hebrew fiction, poetry, and drama in their cultural and historical contexts. Topics vary from year to year and include literature and politics, eros and gender, memory and nationalism, Middle-Eastern and European aspects of Israeli literature and culture.
Course may be repeated for credit with different topic and consent of instructor. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
HEBREW 105B The Structure of Modern Hebrew 3 Units
Department: Hebrew
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
An analysis of Hebrew grammar, syntax, semantics, morphology, history of the language, fixed expressions, discourse analysis, contrastive features of Hebrew and English in the context of contemporary linguistic theories.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
HEBREW 106A Elementary Biblical Hebrew 3 Units
Department: Hebrew
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
An introduction to the language of the Hebrew Bible.
Formerly known as 2A-2B.
HEBREW 106B Elementary Biblical Hebrew 3 Units
Department: Hebrew
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
An introduction to the language of the Hebrew Bible.
Formerly known as 2B.
HEBREW N106 Elementary Biblical Hebrew 6 Units
Department: Hebrew
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 15 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
An introduction to the language of the Hebrew bible.
Students will receive no credit for N106 after taking 106A-106B.
HEBREW 107A Biblical Hebrew Texts 3 Units
Department: Hebrew
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 20A-20B.
The tools and procedure of biblical exegesis applied to simple narrative texts.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Formerly known as 101A-101B.
HEBREW 107B Biblical Hebrew Texts 3 Units
Department: Hebrew
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 20A-20B.
The tools and procedure of biblical exegesis applied to simple narrative texts.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Formerly known as 101B.
HEBREW 148A The Art and Culture of the Talmud: Advanced Textual Analysis 3 Units
Department: Hebrew
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 102A-102B or consent of instructor.
In this course, we will read and analyze closely talmudic texts in the original languages--Hebrew and Aramaic--together with selected medieval commentaries. The primary focus of the course will be on the acquisition of facility in reading the Talmud, comprehension of philological and historical-cultural issues and methods of study, as well as understanding the formative relation of the Talmud to the structures and practices of traditional Jewish cultures.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
HEBREW 190B Special Topics in Hebrew 3 Units
Department: Hebrew
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 5 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks.
Prerequisites: 20A-20B or equivalent.
Topics explore special themes and problems in Hebrew language and literature. They often reflect the research interests of the instructor and supplement regular curricular offerings. Specific descriptions of current offerings are available through the department.
Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
HEBREW H195 Senior Honors 2 - 4 Units
Department: Hebrew
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Offered for pass/not pass grade only.
Hours and format: Zero hours of Independent study per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Limited to senior honors candidates.
Directed study centered upon preparation of an honors thesis.
Course may be repeated for a maximum of 4 units.
HEBREW 198 Directed Group Study for Upper Division Students 1 - 4 Units
Department: Hebrew
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Offered for pass/not pass grade only.
Hours and format: 1 to 4 hour of Directed group study per week for 15 weeks.
Instruction in areas not covered by regularly scheduled courses.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
HEBREW 199 Supervised Independent Study and Research 1 - 4 Units
Department: Hebrew
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Offered for pass/not pass grade only.
Hours and format: Zero hours of Independent study per week for 15 weeks. 1.5 to 7.5 hours of Independent study per week for 8 weeks.
Enrollment is restricted by regulations shown in the .
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
HEBREW 201A Advanced Biblical Hebrew Texts 3 Units
Department: Hebrew
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 101A-101B.
The exegesis of a biblical book in the light of its ancient Near Eastern background.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
HEBREW 202A Advanced Late Antique Hebrew Texts 3 Units
Department: Hebrew
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 102A-102B or consent of instructor.
Historical and literary study of Hebrew and Aramaic Judaic texts (e.g., Talmud and Midrash).
Course may be repeated for credit as texts vary. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
HEBREW 202B Advanced Late Antique Hebrew Texts 3 Units
Department: Hebrew
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 102A-102B or consent of instructor.
Historical and literary study of Hebrew and Aramaic Judaic texts (e.g., Talmud and Midrash).
Course may be repeated for credit as texts vary. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
HEBREW 203A Advanced Medieval Hebrew Texts 3 Units
Department: Hebrew
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 103A-103B and 105A-105B.
Literary analysis of belletristic Hebrew texts, either prose or poetry, chiefly from the Iberian medieval period.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
HEBREW 203B Advanced Medieval Hebrew Texts 3 Units
Department: Hebrew
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 103A-103B and 105A-105B.
Literary analysis of belletristic Hebrew texts, either prose or poetry, chiefly from the Iberian medieval period.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
HEBREW 204A Advanced Modern Hebrew Literature and Culture 3 Units
Department: Hebrew
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Two semesters of 104A-104B or 105A, or equivalent.
Critical approaches to the history and textual practices of modern Hebrew poetry and fiction. Alternating focus between period, genre, and author, seminar topics include stylistic developments in Hebrew poetry and fiction from the Enlightenment to the present, modernism, and modernity, the creation of the modern Hebrew novel, women writers and the Hebrew canon, and single-author seminars.
Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
HEBREW 204B Advanced Modern Hebrew Literature and Culture 3 Units
Department: Hebrew
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Two semesters of 104A-104B or 105A, or equivalent.
Critical approaches to the history and textual practices of modern Hebrew poetry and fiction. Alternating focus between period, genre, and author, seminar topics include stylistic developments in Hebrew poetry and fiction from the Enlightenment to the present, modernism, and modernity, the creation of the modern Hebrew novel, women writers and the Hebrew canon, and single-author seminars.
Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
HEBREW 206 Ancient and Modern Hebrew Literary Texts 3 Units
Department: Hebrew
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 100A-100B or consent of instructor.
Focus on biblical texts seen from a literary point of view, attempting to establish connections with later Hebrew literature.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
HEBREW 298 Seminar 1 - 4 Units
Department: Hebrew
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: Zero hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
Special topics in Hebrew. Topics vary and are announced at the beginning of each semester.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
HEBREW 301A Teaching Hebrew in College 3 Units
Department: Hebrew
Course level: Professional course for teachers or prospective teachers
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Hours and format: 1 hour of lecture per week plus participation in demonstration classes and colloquia.
Prerequisites: Graduate Standing.
The methodology of teaching Hebrew as a foreign language at the college level. Lectures on contrastive analysis of English and Hebrew, classroom strategies, and the development of instructional materials. Required of all new Graduate Student Instructors in Hebrew.
HEBREW 301B Teaching Hebrew in College 3 Units
Department: Hebrew
Course level: Professional course for teachers or prospective teachers
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Hours and format: 1 hour of lecture per week plus particapation in demonstration classes and colloquia.
Prerequisites: Graduate Standing.
The methodology of teaching Hebrew as a foreign language at the college level. Lectures on contrastive analysis of English and Hebrew, classroom strategies, and the development of instructional materials. Required of all new Graduate Student Instructors in Hebrew.
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