Dr. Eliyahu Lizorkin-Eyzenberg
Professor of Ancient Cultures and Head of School
A Taste of Hebrew: The Alphabet
Dr. Eliyahu Lizorkin-Eyzenberg, Professor of Ancient Cultures and Head of School
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Imagine being able to pronounce the very words Messiah Jesus himself read from the ancient scrolls 2000 years ago in Hebrew! This course offers a taste of reading Biblical Hebrew, focusing on how to vocalize Hebrew consonants and vowels. It demonstrates how Hebrew works without going into detailed explanations or rules.
This mini-course was designed to give you a feel for studying Hebrew online. It is recommended you follow it up with the Biblical Hebrew: First Steps course. If you apply yourself to learning how to read Biblical Hebrew it will be one of the greatest joys of your life. Begin reading the Hebrew Bible for yourself today!
About Author
Dr. Eli Lizorkin-Eyzenberg, Professor of Ancient Cultures at Israel Bible Center, is an expert Israeli scholar in Biblical Studies and early Christianity, with copious Jewish and Christian religious and secular education. In addition to his expertise in ancient languages (Biblical Hebrew, Koine Greek, Syriac, and Old Church Slavonic), Dr. Lizorkin-Eyzenberg is fluent in the modern languages of English, Russian, and Hebrew.
Dr. Eli Lizorkin-Eyzenberg has a great passion for building bridges of trust, respect, and understanding between Christians and Jews to overcome centuries of difficult but fully entwined history. He strongly believes that the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament has much to teach to both communities of faith, which he works to promote while residing in Israel with his wife and children.
Dr. Lizorkin-Eyzenberg has earned the following academic credentials, in addition to continuing his research through extended study:
- M.Div, Christian Theology: Reformed Theological Seminary (2000)
- M. Phil, Biblical Interpretation (2008)
- Ph.D., Ancient Cultures: Stellenbosch University (2011)
Extended doctoral and postdoctoral studies:
- University of Pennsylvania
- Leiden University
- Princeton Theological Seminary
- Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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- 01. Reading Shema (Step by Step) 00:22
- 02. Hebrew Alphabet 02:24
- 03. Hebrew Vowels 00:53
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Janter Sibarani
Posted 7 months agoGood! -
Emeline Thermidor
Posted 7 months agoI suggest adding more examples of sentences, besides the Sh'ma (which is great, Praise Adonai!) , even adding songs, because music improves retention of text for beginners). And I heard Hebrew prayers are mostly sung. Thank you! -
Violeta Dumitrascu
Posted 7 months agoI think I will be able to write and read Hebrew language in a while with this detailed course that include writing and the relative pronunciation. -
Theodora Iatropoulou
Posted 8 months agoI want to learn to read this verse. I would like to learn the Alphabet so that I can read Deuterronomy. Thank you -
Rachel Hamilton
Posted 8 months agoThe pronounciation is great!
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