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75 GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN BIBLICAL HEBREW AND SEMITIC LANGUAGES The Graduate Certificate in Biblical Hebrew and Semitic Languages is for students who have strong language skills and wish to get a good foundation in the literature and cultures of the biblical world (especially the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible). Students who complete this Graduate Certificate will have a solid grasp of the context in which the Israelites lived and will appreciate Israel's neighbors and their literature. Graduates will have established a good foundation for further studies at the Master's level and will serve as preparation for doctoral studies in Old Testament/Hebrew Bible and Comparative Semitics. All courses in this Graduate Certificate are transferable into the MA Old Testament degree. This graduate certificate requires the following courses: Curriculum Course # Sem. Hrs. Learning Hebrew and Its Tools (Hebrew I) OT 501 3 Learning Hebrew and Its Grammar (Hebrew II) OT 502 3 Choose three courses from the following: Hebrew Exegesis of Old Testament Text OT 701 3 Aramaic OT 742 3 Northwest Semitic Inscriptions OT 743 3 Ugaritic OT 744 3 Advanced Hebrew Exegesis OT 745 3 Akkadian I OT 746 3 Akkadian II OT 747 3 Total required hours for degree: 15 GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN BIBLICAL LANGUAGES The Graduate Certificate in Biblical Languages is for students who wish to learn Biblical Hebrew and Koine Greek for preaching, teaching, and exegesis. This Graduate Certificate will allow students to access the Old and New Testaments in their original languages through study of the grammar, syntax, and rhetoric of Hebrew and Greek. All courses in this Graduate Certificate are transferable into the Master of Arts Old Testament, Master of Arts New Testament, and Master of Divinity programs. This graduate certificate requires the following courses: Curriculum Course # Sem. Hrs. New Testament Greek I NT 501 3 New Testament Greek II NT 502 3 Learning Hebrew and Its Tools (Hebrew I) OT 501 3 Learning Hebrew and Its Grammar (Hebrew II) OT 502 3 Choose one course from the following: Using Greek in New Testament Exegesis NT 611 3 Hebrew Exegesis of Old Testament Text OT 701 3 Septuagint OT 741 3 Northwest Semitic Inscriptions OT 743 3 Total required hours for degree: 15