Hebrew Courses Spring 2012

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The University of California at Berkeley offers unparalleled training in Hebrew studies. For specific details on each course, please consult the online UC Berkeley course catalog. Language sequences normally begin in the Fall semester.

Hebrew1B, Chava Boyarin
Elementary Hebrew
MTWTF 10-11A, 252 BARROWS
Five hours of recitation and one hour of laboratory per week.

HEBREW 20B, Rutie Adler
Intermediate Hebrew
M 11-1P, TWT 11-12 275 BARROWS
Intermediate Hebrew.

HEBREW 100B (3 units)
Advanced Hebrew, R Adler
T 2-5, 275 Barrows
Prerequisites: 20A&B or equivalent.
Description: 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.

Hebrew 104, R Adler
Modern Hebrew Literature and Culture
M 3-6, 275 Barrows
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.

Hebrew 107B, C Boyarin
Biblical Hebrew Texts
TuTh 11-1230P, 8B BARROWS
The tools and procedure of biblical exegesis applied to simple narrative texts. Prerequisite: Hebrew 20a-b