Hebraicum: Biblical Hebrew

Charles University

Dates of the course

Application submission:
1. 5. 2026 – 31. 8. 2026
Start:
31.08.2026
End:
24.09.2027
Venue:
ETF UK, Černá 9, 110 00 Praha 1
Course fee:
4000.00 CZK

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Overview:

Charles University

Protestant Theological Faculty

Field of study:
Literature and linguistics
Number of credits:
6
Course length:
150 hours
Assessment type:
Examination
Teaching language:
Czech

Course description:

A course in Biblical Hebrew, after which the student is able to read and understand the text of the Hebrew Bible on his/her own. It consists of a four-week introductory workshop and two semesters of study of Biblical Hebrew. During the course, the student becomes familiar with the grammatical and syntactical system of Biblical Hebrew and acquires the necessary vocabulary.

Course content:

The introductory part of the course in the month of September concentrates in the form of a four-week workshop on the Hebrew script, the functioning of the nominal forms and the regular verb.
The second part of the course, conducted in the winter term, is devoted to irregular verbs.
The third part of the course in the summer term is devoted to syntax, the problem of tenses in Biblical Hebrew, the syntax of the imperative, infinitive, negation, question, wish, and sentence types in narrative and non-narrative types of Biblical text.

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