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Postgraduate Study

Teaching

Teaching is delivered in small group classes, seminars and supervisions.

One to one supervision

One hour per teaching week.

Small group teaching

Five hours per week.

Taught/Research Balance
Entirely Taught

Feedback

Feedback will be provided through the supervisions for the papers.

Assessment

Thesis / Dissertation

This course is not assessed by dissertation.

Written examination

The assessment would be by written examination and oral examination (for Modern Hebrew) during the examination period in June:

Module 1 — 1 written examination paper, including translation and grammatical parsing questions.

Module 2 — 1 written examination paper, including translation and grammatical parsing questions, plus an oral examination to assess speaking and aural understanding.

Module 3 — 1 written examination paper. This would be divided into two parts, A and B. Part A would be answered by students opting for option (i) (the history of Hebrew) and this would take the form of essay questions. Part B would be answered by students opting for option (ii) (preliminary Aramaic) and this would be assessed by translation and grammatical parsing questions.

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Key Information


Michaelmas 2026
Applications open
Sep. 3, 2025
Application deadline
May. 14, 2026
Course starts
Oct. 1, 2026
Some courses can close early. See the Deadlines page for guidance on when to apply.
Funding Deadlines
Course Funding Deadline
Dec. 3, 2025
Gates Cambridge US round only
Oct. 15, 2025

These deadlines apply to applications for courses starting in Michaelmas 2026, Lent 2027 and Easter 2027.

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