Mondays, Jan. 6–March 10, 2025, 5–6 p.m. Pacific Time
Passing the first part of the course or instructor approval is required.
This class incorporates a wide range of teaching tools to give the student a good grasp of the Hebrew language and handle the biblical texts. Students will be able to go through the textbook (available as a PDF download) then take their knowledge to live online classes every week with instructor Rob Vanhoff, M.A.
During the live classes, students will be able to ask questions and will read through various texts of the Bible asking questions and getting a better understanding of the text while reading.
Note: Live classes will take place on Mondays, 5–6 p.m. Pacific Time. Although classes will be recorded for those who are not able to attend, students are required to attend a minimum of 6 live classes in order to pass the course.
Pricing options
- Paid all at once: $300 ($280 early bird)
- Payment plan: $110 a month ($330 total)
Alternative: ‘Natural approach’ course
Aleph With Beth is a YouTube channel devoted to teaching biblical Hebrew in a method parallel to the “natural approach” to language learning “developed by Stephen Krashen and Tracy Terrell in the late 1970s and early 1980s.”1
The natural approach is total immersion, meaning there will be little to no translation of what’s going on and scant explanation of how Hebrew works. The idea is that the learner figures out what is going on along the way, similar to how children learn. Yet the God-given ability to absorb languages wanes after the first few years of life, making the process of learning a new tongue more challenging for adults.
Here’s how Beth explains it:
Here are the first 50 lessons:
- Wikipedia contributors. “Natural approach.” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. May 19, 2024, 08:16 UTC. Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Natural_approach&oldid=1224592345. Accessed September 21, 2024. ↩︎