A-level Hebrew (Biblical)₇₆₇₇

Students will study two prose texts and two poetry texts, as detailed in Works .

Students should be able to:

• demonstrate detailed knowledge and understanding of the set texts studied
• understand and appreciate the literary context from which the set texts have been taken by reading an appropriate selection of ancient literature in English translation
• understand and appreciate, as appropriate, the social, cultural and historical contexts for the set texts.
• identify, analyse and evaluate literary techniques, characterisation, strength of argument and literary meaning in the set texts
• use appropriate technical terms in English to describe the literary techniques and features of the set texts
• demonstrate appropriate historical and/or cultural knowledge when necessary for the understanding or evaluation of a given phrase, clause, sentence or passage
• appropriately select relevant information from the material studied to support their argument and analyse and summarise their findings
• present relevant information in a clear, concise and coherent manner whilst writing at length, using appropriate terminology in English.

Students will be required to:

• understand and respond to passage(s) from a set text
• demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the wider context of a set text
• translate passages of each set text into English
• critically analyse the literary style, characterisation, argument and literary meaning of a passage from a set text
• develop judgement and independence in their in-depth study of a range of literary texts and their contexts
• demonstrate an increased level of critical appreciation by writing at sustained length on passages and topics from the set texts as well as material studied in translation.

As well as all the grammatical forms defined in Grammar , students should study:

• more complex grammatical forms where they appear in the set text
• up to two explanations of the meaning of any complex, ambiguous or uncommon word or phrase, supported by contextual and/or grammatical justification
• derivations of nouns which are derived from verbal forms, and of proper nouns (names of people and places)
• background information about incidents, characters, places and people, where relevant for a complete understanding of the storyline
• approximate locations of important places on maps of the region.