Hebrew in Beirut…

Students taking my Semitics class in Beirut have been enjoying our study of Hebrew–even more so than Syriac. In fact, a number of them have chosen to do their final projects on topics related to Hebrew, such as the Cairo Geniza, the Dead Sea scrolls, Maimonides, and Judeo-Arabic. I’m looking forward to them sharing their scholarly adventures in Hebrew when they present their research in the final weeks of class…