Courses

Instructor: Thomas Nass

Description:
The Hebrew Institute is an upper-level course in biblical Hebrew for pastors with a strong interest and ability in Hebrew.

Each year the Institute reads different texts with the hope that some students may enjoy returning year after year.

The Institute is offered every summer at Martin Luther College and every other (even) year at WLS.

The 2026 course will focus on the rapid reading of Judges 1-9 in Hebrew. In these chapters, we will see how the dark period of the Judges started—a period when “everyone did as they saw fit” (Judg 21:25). We will rejoice to see how God graciously sent deliverers, and in Judges 1-9 we will especially focus on Deborah and Gideon. (

For an extra project, each participant will spend some time with an upper-level Hebrew research tool or teaching tool with which he was previously unacquainted.

The Concordia Commentary on Judges 1-9 by Mark Braun is scheduled to be published in spring 2026. Participants will presumably have the chance to work through Braun’s commentary in connection with the course

In summer 2026 this course will run June 22-26 from 8:00-9:45 am and 1:30-3:15 pm.

Advanced Degree Program(s): STM
Area of Study: Old Testament
Language Requirement(s): Hebrew Required
Summer Quarter Credits: 2
Tuition: $800
Course Number: OT5166
Course Credits: 2.0