Includes 14 days of field trips throughout the land. The student will learn how words and thought patterns are arranged in Biblical Hebrew. The aim is to help the translator determine which are the relevant devices in the target language that best convey the equivalent emphasis and nuance of meaning. A continuation of the Hebrew University Winter Ulpan. The aim of the course is to further the knowledge of Modern Hebrew, so that Hebrew becomes an integrated part of the student s mindset.
Emphasis is placed on oral and reading comprehension.
Grammar is taught, and language learning is enhanced by language laboratory facilities with audio and video cassettes. The capstone of the study program is this hands-on seminar in which all relevant material from the other courses is applied to the actual task of exegeting and translating selected texts. An experienced translator guides the student into the very work that the student will be doing later in the field. Instructor team that will include Biblical Hebrew exegetists, linguists and translation consultants. Each student will have to submit an independent translation project of an Old Testament text.