Earn a Graduate Certificate in Biblical History and Geography
Spend a year taking graduate level classes at JUC. Learn about the land, language, and people of Bible through rigorous study and in-the-field excursions.
GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN
HEBREW AND COGNATE LANGUAGES
The Graduate Certificate in Hebrew and Cognate Languages provides students with a core understanding of biblical Hebrew and its cognate languages, including their grammar, syntax, and literatures.
If you’re seeking a graduate-level program but can’t commit to a full two-year M.A., this one-year, 24-credit-hour certificate provides a focused and flexible alternative. Drawing from the core courses of our M.A. program, it allows you to build a strong academic foundation while maintaining the option to transfer approved graduate credits from another institution.
Below is a sample course schedule for the one-year certificate program in Hebrew and Cognate Languages.
Graduate students may substitute in other classes as they are available.
Fall Semester
Geography: 4 hours
Physical Settings of the Bible (4)
History OR Archaeology: 3 hours
History of Ancient Israel (3) OR
Biblical Archaeology I: Old Testament Period (3) OR
Archaeology of Jerusalem I (3)
Biblical Languages: 6 hours
Readings in Biblical Hebrew Narrative (3) OR Readings in Historical and Geographical Texts (3)
Introduction to Aramaic (3) OR Northwest Semitic Dialects (3)
Spring Semester
History OR Archaeology: 6 hours
History of the Second Temple Period (3) OR
Cultural Backgrounds of the Bible (3) OR
The Parables of Jesus and the Rabbinic Meshalim (3) OR
Biblical Archaeology II (3) OR
Archaeology of Jerusalem II (3)
Biblical Languages: 6 hours
Readings in Poetic Texts (3) OR Post-biblical Hebrew: Second Temple Period (3)
Introduction to Aramaic Dialects (3) OR Comparative Semitics (3)
Graduate Certificate
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