The Hebrew Bible is one of the world’s greatest pieces of literature and refers to the common portions of the Jewish and Christian biblical canon. Although many modern translations of the Hebrew Bible exist today, there are also many reasons to learn Hebrew, for example, to help the student understand the original author’s words and to enjoy the skill of the Bible’s Hebrew poets. The Biblical Hebrew 1course is designed to help the student acquire basic skills in reading biblical Hebrew through vocabulary building, the study of grammar and the reading of selected texts from the Hebrew Bible.