Changes for Unit III: Optional Honors Track: Hebrew Quest Study Passages

  • Honors Track: Hebrew Quest Study Passages are OPTIONAL activities designed for those who seek more opportunities for additional Hebrew Bible reading and translating activity
  • They also offer a method to simultaneously complete Hebrew Quest and Hebrew GRAMMAR Quest
  • Why is this “optional?”
    • Completion of this activity may require a significant time investment to complete
    • For this reason, completing the Hebrew Quest Study Passages are not required to earn any Hebrew GRAMMAR Quest Badges, Certificates, or the Graduation Diploma
    • We call it our Honors track, because when you DO complete all of the the Study Passage activities, you will “graduate with honors” and receive special recognition!
      • But your greatest reward will be the knowledge and insights you gain from the Bible!
  • Whether you have already completed Hebrew Quest or not, this activity is sure to significantly expand your Hebrew reading skills
  • We will start off slowly with the verses from the Proverbs study
  • Then we will go in Hebrew Quest order, beginning with Genesis 1 (Hebrew Quest Lesson 17) through 1 Kings 18 (Hebrew Quest Lesson 40)
  • Here is what we want you to do in these Study Passages activities:
    1. Download the applicable study passage document
    2. Read and listen the passage straight through to gain an overview
    3. Read again, but this time, compose a translation
      1. First, see how much you can do without a reference
      2. Then, look up any words you don’t know in a lexicon
      3. Parts of this are meant for students who have finished the course but you may wish to review Dr. Beckman’s lecture on How to prepare a passage
    4. Watch the Hebrew Quest video where Izzy reads and breaks down the passage, often with spiritual insights89.
      • As you are watching, compare your translation with Izzy’s explanation
      • How did you do? Can you see how much you are learning?
      • For Tanach passages, this website has information on parts of speech and PGN information when you hover over a word90
    5. Ask what the Spirit of Holiness, the Ruach HaKodesh, is teaching you
    6. As desired, complete Hebrew Quest Memrise(https://app.memrise.com/course/5406435/hebrew-quest-lessons-1-to-40/){target="_blank"} - this is entirely optional

  1. Note: Izzy intentionally speaks very slowly, so as you advance in Hebrew, you may wish to increase the speed of the YouTube video↩︎

  2. As Hebrew is not the official original language of the Apostolic Writings (or is it?, there is no equivalent for the Gospel or Revelation passages.)↩︎