Hebrew: Language, Literature, Culture (including courses in English)

• CAS LH 111: First-Semester Hebrew
  Introduction to modern Hebrew, including a balanced treatment of the basic language skills: reading, writing, listening, and speaking.
• CAS LH 112: Second-Semester Hebrew
  A continuation of CAS LH 111 with more conversation and higher-level skills development. Conducted largely in Hebrew.
• CAS LH 117: Biblical Hebrew 1
  Introduction to Biblical Hebrew, including balanced treatment of vocabulary, grammar, and vocalization. No prior study of Modern or Biblical Hebrew presumed. Does not count towards CAS language requirement.
• CAS LH 139: Intensive First-Year Hebrew
  Covers all material in CAS LH 111 and 112. Main patterns of grammar, conversation, and written exercises. If you have taken LH 111, 112, or a more advanced college-level course, you cannot take this course for credit.
• CAS LH 211: Third-Semester Hebrew
  Reinforces and extends skills in reading, conversation, writing, and grammar. Conducted in Hebrew.
• CAS LH 212: Fourth-Semester Hebrew
  Stresses expanding conversation, grammar, and literary skills, enabling students to deal with most Hebrew material, ancient as well as contemporary. Conducted in Hebrew. Satisfactory completion of CAS LH 212 fulfills the CAS language requirement.
• CAS LH 250: Masterpieces of Modern Hebrew Literature (in English translation)
  Narrative prose and poetry of major writers from the revival of Hebrew culture in nineteenth-century Eastern Europe to present-day Israel, including works of Bialik, Agnon, Amichai, and Yehoshua. Special focus on the struggle for modern identity in the domains of family, nation, and religion. Carries humanities divisional credit in CAS.
• CAS LH 282: Agnon and Oz: In Search of Modernity (in English translation)
  The one emerging from the old world of premodern Europe, the other raised in modern Israel, S.Y. Agnon and A. Oz represent the extremes of modern Hebrew fiction. Yet both seek the meaning of being modern in a Jewish context.
• CAS LH 305: Adv Oral Exp
  
• CAS LH 311: Fifth-Semester Hebrew
  Reading in selected literary and non-literary materials. Includes short stories, news media and drama, and discussion and analysis of issues in Hebrew to acquire a mastery of modern Hebrew language.
• CAS LH 312: Sixth-Semester Hebrew
  Readings in selected modern and classical texts, including short stories, drama, journals, poetry, and selections from biblical and medieval works to acquire mastery of the full range of Hebrew language usages and styles. Conducted in Hebrew.
• CAS LH 350: Hebrew Narrative: Biblical and Modern
  Narrative techniques in the Bible and in modern Hebrew texts. Selections from Genesis II, Samuel, and the book of Jonah, as well as short stories by Agnon, Appelfeld, Yehoshua, and others. Carries humanities divisional credit in CAS.
• CAS LH 351: Styles and Meaning of Hebrew Poetry: Modern Hebrew Poetry
  An introduction to contemporary Hebrew poetry and its roots, concentrating on both style and message. Readings include Bialik, Tshernichovski, Rahel, Greenberg, Shlonsky, Alterman, Goldberg, Ratosh, Pagis, Gilboa, Amihai and Zach.
• CAS LH 491: Directed Study: Hebrew
  Application form available in department.
• CAS LH 492: Directed Study: Hebrew
  Application form available in department.

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