1ASSEMBLIES OF GOD THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY BHE 530 HEBREW-1A W.E. Nunnally, Ph.D.*****Please do not sign up for this course if you have already made plans to miss class due to weddings, work, revivals, etc. Missing class time in a language-based accelerated course places too great a strain on all involved and the student is placed in a disadvantaged position for the remainder of the course.COURSE DESCRIPTION AND OBJECTIVES This course is constructed to provide the student with a working knowledge of the basics of biblical Hebrew grammar and vocabulary, and to begin developing the ability to read and translate passages in the Old Testament.TEXTBOOKS Required Text:Seow, C.L. A Grammar for Biblical Hebrew. Nashville: Abingdon, 1995.BASIC OUTLINE WEEK 1Mon 6/2 Introduction to course. Chapter 1. Seow, chapter 1Tues 6/3 Quiz on chapter 1. Chapter 2. Seow, chapter 2Wed 6/4 Quiz on chapter 2. Chapter 3. Seow, chapter 3Thur 6/5 Quiz on chapter 3. Chapter 4. Seow, chapter 4Fri 6/6 Quiz on chapter 4. Chapter 5. Seow, chapter 5WEEK 2Mon 6/9 Quiz on chapter 5. Chapter 6. Seow, chapter 6Tues 6/10 Quiz on chapter 6. Chapter 7. Seow, chapter 7Wed 6/11 Quiz on chapter 7. Chapter 8. Chapel. Seow, chapter 8Thurs 6/12 Chapter 8 continued.2Fri 6/13 Quiz on chapter 8. Review.Take-home Mid-Term Test on chapters 1-8. Due at the beginningof class on 6/16.WEEK 3Mon 6/16 Chapter 9. Seow, chapter 9Tues 6/17 Quiz on chapter 9. Chapter 10. Seow, chapter 10Wed 6/18 Quiz on chapter 10. Chapter 11. Seow, chapter 11Thurs 6/19 Quiz on chapter 11. Chapter 12. Seow, chapter 12Fri 6/20 Chapter 12 continued. Quiz on chapter 12.WEEK 4Mon 6/23 Chapter 13. Seow, chapter 13Tues 6/24 Quiz on chapter 13. Chapter 14. Seow, chapter 14Wed 6/25 Chapter 14 continued. Quiz on Seow, chapter 15chapter 14. Thur 6/26 Chapter 15.Fri 6/27 Chapter 15 continued. Quiz on chapter 15. Review for Final Exam. Take-home Final Exam.Due at the beginning of class on 6/30.METHODOLOGY Class time will rotate between brief grammatical/contextual explanations, oral drilling, translation and analysis exercises, and theological/practical reflection.COURSE REQUIREMENTS See “BASIC OUTLINE” above and “GRADING PROCEDURE” below.GRADING PROCEDURE There will be 15 quizzes throughout the course of the semester. These quizzes will be worth 45%3of your semester grade, i.e., 3 percentage points each. A perfect score on a quiz will net you 3 percentage points toward your semester grade. 50% correct will net you 1.5 points, and so on. Quizzes missed for any reason cannot be made up.Written homework will be assigned for each of the 15 chapters covered (15% of final grade). These exercises will be handed in and graded on the basis of completeness, effort, and clarity. Each of these assignments is worth one point. Homework assignments not handed in when it is due cannot be made up.The mid-term will be worth 20% and the final exam will be worth 20% of the final grade.Late submission of mid-term and/or final will result in the subtraction of a letter-grade's worth of points.Class participation, attendance, punctuality, and attitude will be taken into consideration when the number grade lies on the border between 2 letter-grades.Grade Scale: A, 100-94; A-, 93-90; B+, 89-87; B, 86-84; B-, 83-80; C+, 79-77; C, 76-74; C-, 73-70; D+, 69-67; D, 66-64; D-, 63-60; F, 59 or below.SPECIFIC DATA Syllabus prepared by W.E. Nunnally, Ph.D. on Feb 19,