Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Randall Buth <randallbuth AT gmail.com>]

Israeli Universities tend to take a long time because the
incoming students usually need several years of work to
get to the appropriate levels.

One former student of mine is finishing up a PhD, writing on
the language of Yermiyahu. He's doing a good job and having
fun. I believe that he has spent seven years total in the
program, not counting two preparatory years.
But he knows his material.

blessings
Randall



On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 10:03 PM, James Christian <jc.bhebrew AT googlemail.com
> wrote:

> Hi Randall,
>
> where did you do your PhD? Can you give us any insights about Israeli Unis?
> Is Classical Hebrew widely studied? What's the funding situation like?
>
> James Christian
>
> On 28 July 2010 21:54, Randall Buth <randallbuth AT gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> My advice is to learn to speak modern Hebrew fluently
>> before doing a PhD program, wherever.
>>
>> PhD programs outside of Israel do not require the
>> Hebrew learning, but students rarely find time to fit it
>> in, --
>> until they are out, have a degree, maybe a job,
>> and no time to learn to speak the language.
>>
>> Then they rationalize.
>>
>> I've known many who have taken the above advice
>> and all have thanked me for it. No regrets.
>>
>> blessings
>> Randall Buth
>>
>>
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