Biblical Hebrew I: First Steps

Admin bar avatar
Pinchas Shir
LOGINLOGIN

COURSE PREVIEW

This foundational self-paced course focuses on the first steps of reading Biblical Hebrew. It is designed especially for beginners. This course of study prepares you to be able to read any passage in the Hebrew Bible on your own.  Naturally, translating and understanding what you read requires further study, mastery of vocabulary and grammar, but these training sessions are first crucial steps that you must take as you learn to read Biblical Hebrew.

Last chance to join our 2020 Jewish Context and Culture Online program.

If you apply yourself and follow the course instructions you will learn how to read Biblical Hebrew in no time. This simple skill will put you on the path of reading the Bible on an entirely different level. If being able to delve into the depth of God’s words is one of the greatest joys of your life enroll now and learn how to read the Hebrew Bible for yourself. Delay no longer!

Course Features

  • Sessions 13
  • Duration 4 hours
  • Language English
    • Lecture1.1
      Hebrew Letters
    • Lecture1.2
      More About Letters
    • Lecture1.3
      Reading Confusing Letters
    • Lecture1.4
      Reading Simple Words
    • Lecture2.5
      Hebrew Vowels
    • Lecture2.6
      Reading the Shva
    • Lecture2.7
      Two Kinds of Dagesh
    • Lecture3.8
      Reading Short Words
    • Lecture3.9
      Reading in Syllables
    • Lecture3.10
      Reading Phrases and Sentences
    • Lecture3.11
      Reading God's Name
    • Lecture3.12
      Reading and Punctuation
    • Lecture3.13
      When AH Breaks the Rules
Admin bar avatar
Pinchas Shir

Associate Professor of Ancient Cultures

Pinchas Shir, Israel Bible Center’s Associate Professor of Ancient Cultures, is nearing the completion of his Ph.D. studies in the Department of Religion at Groningen University in the Netherlands. His academic interests focus on ancient dining culture, culinary contexts of the Second Temple period, and particularly on the table interactions between Jews and Gentiles in antiquity. In addition, Pinchas is keenly interested in the archaeology of Ancient Israel and the Mediterranean.

Currently residing in North America, Assoc. Professor Shir lectures internationally and maintains a strong online presence where all can hear his teachings.

    • Lecture1.1
      Hebrew Letters
    • Lecture1.2
      More About Letters
    • Lecture1.3
      Reading Confusing Letters
    • Lecture1.4
      Reading Simple Words
    • Lecture2.5
      Hebrew Vowels
    • Lecture2.6
      Reading the Shva
    • Lecture2.7
      Two Kinds of Dagesh
    • Lecture3.8
      Reading Short Words
    • Lecture3.9
      Reading in Syllables
    • Lecture3.10
      Reading Phrases and Sentences
    • Lecture3.11
      Reading God's Name
    • Lecture3.12
      Reading and Punctuation
    • Lecture3.13
      When AH Breaks the Rules

This is a place where our students and faculty converse about course content.

Last chance to join our 2020 Jewish Context and Culture Online program.
Last chance to join our 2020 Jewish Context and Culture Online program.

BASIC

$39 / Month

BASIC ACCESS
  • Weekly Magazine
  • 1 Mini-Course per month
  •  
  •  
  •  
  •  
GET STARTED

DELUXE

$699$399 / Year

EVERYTHING IS INCLUDED AND YOU SAVE $69
  • Full Access to Weekly Magazine
  • Full Access to Mini-Courses
  • Full Access to RoundTableTalks
  • Downloadable slides for sharing
  • Certificates of Completion
  • Interaction with Faculty
GET STARTED
SIGN UP EXP
Jul. 14

REAL STUDENTS. REAL OPINIONS.

Join them on their journey of discovery now

pamela

Pamela Stuemke

Thank you for providing such a fresh and thought provoking lesson on the Gospel of John! I have always said that it would be awesome to find a teacher who is able to provide this information in clear, simple to understand ways.

wendy300

Wendy Broyles

“Your passion for the word of God is not only engaging but also contagious! I am grateful for this opportunity to study along with you and the other students and professors and I share what I am learning at every opportunity. The Bible is richer than I ever thought possible and I thought I loved it before!”

Barbara

Barbara Thomas

“I look forward every week to my classes. Really appreciate the Jewish background that provides the assumed knowledge of 1st century readership!”

annhume300

Mark & Ann Hume

“Thank you for the awesome lessons! Thank you for the powerful teaching that gives us tools to grow!”

nico

Nico

I would like to thank you and your Centre for the teachings everyday. It is very uplifting or inspirational and I use it to teach others.

david

David Pease

I really appreciate the insights presented in these lessons and it helps me to see concepts I had never had explained to me before in the Jewish context.

Elena

Elena

I feel like I’ve been born again. Receiving new insights... It is clearly history repeating itself! Thank you for giving me this opportunity to study again!

darlene

Darlene Sealy

Great teaching! This has probably been my favorite yet. I wear a talit for Shabbat each week. We honor all of GODs WORD! I so love the excitement in you!

shadreck

Shadreck

I am so glad I am with Israel Bible Center, the substance, the profundity… now it adds up. 

David

David

Great introduction, it helped me understand the importance and relationship between the Torah and the Gospels. Thanks!

timothy

Timothy

These courses is an eyes opener as you never see them like this before! I am so thankful for Israel Bible Center.

John

John

Following your teachings in this course makes me realize how blind I seem to have been in the interpretation of the Scriptures. Thank you deeply from my heart!

In collaboration with scholars from:

BEGIN YOUR JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY HERE