Hebrew Minor

Hebrew is one of the world's oldest languages with a continuous history that remains spoken today. It allows students to read the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament in the original and opens a window into the literary and religious creativity of ancient Israel, as well as the exciting developments of the Dead Sea Scrolls and rabbinic Judaism. This vital tradition of Hebrew continues into the modern world, where it was reborn in the late nineteenth century in Europe and eventually became the living language of Israel, helping to unify a nation with many cultural and ethnic backgrounds. It has a tradition of beautiful poetry and literature (including a Nobel prize laureate). The Hebrew minor, which spans both the ancient and the modern languages, develops students' command of reading, writing, speaking, and comprehension, and provides an excellent complement to many fields of major study.