Overview

The advanced level Hebrew is intended to prepare Hebrew Studies students at University of Cambridge for two possible pathways after the course:

an MPhil degree with a research component, with a view to advancing thereafter to a PhD or another career requiring high-level language and research skills;

a career in specialist Hebrew language teaching (in, for example, the Secondary Education Sector).

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, students will be expected to

Read Classical Hebrew texts with a good understanding of the grammatical structure of the language and its vocabulary (Module 1),
Read and speak Modern Hebrew with good fluency and understanding (Module 2),
Have a good scholarly knowledge of the history of the language or extend their language skills to include a knowledge of Aramaic up to a preliminary level (Module 3).

Skills and other attributes:

Understanding of scholarly bibliographical tools and digital resources;
Knowledge of the production of medieval Hebrew manuscripts (based on visits to the Cairo Genizah collection in the University Library);
Presentation skills.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

The assessment would be by written examination and oral examination (for Modern Hebrew) during the examination period in June:
Module 1 — 1 written examination paper, including translation and grammatical parsing questions.
Module 2 — 1 written examination paper, including translation and grammatical parsing questions, plus an oral examination to assess speaking and aural understanding.
Module 3 — 1 written examination paper. This would be divided into two parts, A and B. Part A would be answered by students opting for option (i) (the history of Hebrew) and this would take the form of essay questions. Part B would be answered by students opting for option (ii) (preliminary Aramaic) and this would be assessed by translation and grammatical parsing questions.

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 9 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-10-05 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-05-13 00:00:00

More details

Applications are considered as they are received (rolling admissions) by the department within 12 weeks.

Language

English

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110

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Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

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110

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Other requirements

General requirements

Applicants for this course should have achieved a Good II.i Honours Degree.
If your degree is not from the UK, please check International Qualifications to find the equivalent in your country.

Tuition Fees

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41332 GBP / year

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17588 GBP / year

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Living costs

Cambridge

United Kingdom

846 - 1465 GBP / month

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