Biblical Hebrew I-II

1. Lectures Listen to the lectures in order. Those marked supplementary are optional.

   • The Importance of the Original Languages (Christ the Center) Miles Van Pelt (Reformed Theological Seminary, Jackson) Open source Doctrinal Reformed Forum Their doctrinal role rests on their seminaries' faculty subscription requirements (RTS, WTS, GPTS). The RTS and GPTS pages loaded this session give titles and books but not the teacher's denomination; the WTS faculty page did not render for the fetcher. Clowney, Gaffin and Young are historic OPC ministers;...
   • Hebrew Discourse Analysis (Christ the Center) Matthew Patton (pastor, Covenant Presbyterian Church, OPC, Vandalia, Ohio) Open source Supplementary Reformed Forum
   • Hebreo Biblico (16 lessons with practice exams; video album) Mario Porras (course author); hosted by Seminario Reformado Guadalajara 16 lessons (PDF) and 8 short exams; video album linked from the page Open source Supplementary Seminario Reformado Guadalajara Instructors are not named on the course pages (the site belongs to Dr. Larry Trotter, Florida Coast Church / Knox Theological Seminary adjunct); the Hebrew and Greek courses are by Mario Porras and Pablo Armero (MINTS), whose church standing is unconfirmed. The site also hosts PDFs of in-copyright textbooks...

2. Reading Read in the order given. Public-domain and free texts are linked; purchases are optional and never required.

   • A Grammar of the Hebrew Language William Henry Green (Princeton Theological Seminary) Open source Primary text 1871. Public domain
   • Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar Wilhelm Gesenius; as catalogued on Internet Archive Open source Supplementary 1898. Public domain
   • Introductory Hebrew Grammar: Hebrew Syntax A. B. Davidson (New College, Edinburgh; Free Church of Scotland) Open source Supplementary 1896. Public domain Not Reformed confessional teachers; none teaches doctrine in these volumes. Kept as supplementary look-up grammars only, as the raw file already had them; Green (Princeton) and Machen remain the required grammars.
   • Curso de Hebreo: lecciones 1 a 16 (PDF) con diccionario y Biblia Hebraica Mario Porras 16 lessons Open source Supplementary Free online

3. Assignment Write a research paper of 10-20 pages on a topic drawn from the lectures and readings of this course. Argue from Scripture, the Westminster Standards (1647 text) and the Three Forms of Unity, cite the primary sources you read, and state the points on which the sources differ.

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4. In Spanish (supplementary) Spanish-language lectures and readings, supplementary. The English lectures above remain the core; strong English lectures are translated rather than replaced by weaker Spanish ones.

   • Hebreo biblico (16 lessons with practice exams; Vimeo album 1858235) Mario Porras (text); Larry Trotter (instructor of record) 16 lesson PDFs, 8 'examencitos'; Vimeo showcase 1858235 (HTTP 200) Open source Supplementary Seminario Reformado Guadalajara
   • Curso de hebreo biblico: descripcion (PDF), 16 lesson PDFs, Biblia Hebraica and Diccionario hebreo PDFs Mario Porras 16 lessons Open source Supplementary Free

Every lecture and reading carries its role. "Under review" means the teacher's subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms of Unity is not yet established; "Read as comparison" means the material teaches the 1788 American text of WCF 20.4, 23 or 31 or of Larger Catechism Q.109, which the school reads beside the 1647 text. Nothing has been removed.