May 09, 2025  
Xavier University Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 2024-2025 
  
Xavier University Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 2024-2025

THEO 273 - Intro to Biblical Hebrew


3 Credit Hours
The goal of the course is to provide the student with a working knowledge of biblical Hebrew. At the end of the semester, the student will have acquired the skills needed to read independently passages directly from the Hebrew Bible, with the aid of a good grammar and lexicon. The initial teaching method is deductive; focusing on rules of grammar and syntax, forms of expression, vocabulary, and meaning. After that, the student will work from selections out of the book of Genesis, preparing annotated translations.

Prerequisites: THEO111 or CORE105

Course Attributes: Jewish Studies Minor, Theology Perspectives, Theology - Scripture

Levels: Graduate Undergraduate


College of Arts & Sciences Theology