Dr. Ohad Cohen
Testimonials
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That was a very interesting and informative lesson. I really appreciate Ohad's candour when handling some of the very sensitive and difficult questions. Great program. Redd Johnny, Australia
A Few Words About Me
Dr. Ohad Cohen is a linguistics researcher at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Ohad earned an undergraduate and masters degree in Bible and Hebrew Language and wrote his doctoral thesis on the verbal tense system in late Biblical Hebrew prose, all at the Hebrew University. He held a research fellowship at Harvard University’s Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations (NELC). Moreover, he has been awarded various research grants and prizes, among them the Warburg Foundation Award and the Research Center for the Hebrew Language’s Eliezer Ben Yehudah Award. Ohad, who has received several honors for excellence in teaching, lectures on a wide range of topics — Biblical Hebrew, Biblical Aramaic, the verbal tense system of Biblical Hebrew, the Tiberian phonetic tradition, and the history of the Hebrew language, among others — at the Hebrew University as well as the university’s Rothberg International School for overseas students. Ohad’s passion for the Hebrew language is one of the main driving forces behind ClassicalHebrew.com’s commitment to quality programs.
Education
2008-2010
The Eliezer BenYehudah Post-doctoral Fellowship at the Research Centre for the Hebrew Language– The Hebrew University Jerusalem
2008
Post-doctoral Fellowship, The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations (NELC), Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts,
Host: Prof. John Huehnergard.
2002-2007
Ph.D, Dept. of Hebrew Language (PhD Entitled: The Verbal Tense System in Late Biblical Hebrew Prose), The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
1999-2001
M.A magna cum laude. Dept. of Hebrew Language, (M.A thesis Entitled: 'Studies in Verbal Tense System in the Book of Esther'). The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Professional Experience
Teaching at the Hebrew University:
2008-2010
Niqud (The Tiberian Phonetic Tradition) - (Dept. of Hebrew Language)
2008-2010
Biblical Hebrew (Dept. of Hebrew Language)
2008-2009
B.A Seminar: Studies in the Biblical Hebrew Verbal Tense System (Dept. of Hebrew Language)
2007-2008
Academic Composition, (The Faculty of Humanities)
2004-2010
Biblical Hebrew (Rothberg School for Overseas Students [in English])
2002-2004, 2007-2010
Introduction to Biblical Hebrew (Dept. of Bible)
2001-2002
Biblical Aramaic (TheCentral School for Continuing Education for Teachers, Tel-Aviv)
2000-2001, 2005-2007
Biblical Aramaic (Dept. of Bible)
2000-2004
Academic Composition (preparatory Program for Admittance)
Service in other Academic and Research Institutions:
2007-2009
Coordinator for Curriculum and Teacher's Instruction in the Academic Composition Program for Freshman - The Hebrew University – The Faculty of Humanities.
2001-2004
Mandel School for Educational Leadership Academic Composition – Instructor .
2001-2002
Research Assistant in the Institute for Advanced Studies – The Hebrew University: "Biblical Hebrew in Its Northwest Semitic Setting".
Publications and Prizes
Scholarship and Awards
2008-2010
The Eliezer Ben Yehudah Award at the Research Centre for the Hebrew Language – The Hebrew University Jerusalem.
2005-2007
Warburg Foundation Award, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
2003-2004
Introduction to Biblical Hebrew (Dept. of Bible) Awarded honours for Excellence in Teaching.
2000-2004
Academic Composition (Preparatory Program for Admittance) Awarded honours for Excellence in Teaching.
2000
Luxemburg Foundation Award, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
1999-2003
Scholarship, The Institute For Jewish Studies, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
1998
Gerstein Award – Dept. of Bible, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Participation in Scientific Conferences and Lectures
2009
"The Methodological Implications of the Biblical Translations upon the Research of the Hebrew Verbal Tense System" - The 15th World Congress of Jewish Studies.
2008
"Language in Change", Semitic Workshop, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
2008
"How is Time Revealed in Biblical Texts?" Faculty Colloquium at Hebrew College, Newton, Massachusetts.
2008
"'ויאכל וישת ויקם וילך ויבז עשו את הבכורה' – On the Meaning of the Sequential Forms in Biblical Hebrew", Semitic Workshop – New Studies in Semitic Linguistics, Haifa University.
2007
"Studies in the Hebrew Verbal Tense System in Late Biblical Hebrew", Tel-Aviv University.
2005
"The Uses of the Infinitive Absolute 'qātōl' in Biblical Hebrew", The Linguistic Department Symposium, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
2004
"Predicative Uses of the Infinitive Construct 'liqtōl' in Second Temple Hebrew", The Bible Department Symposium, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Selected Publications
Books
Cohen Ohad, The Verbal Tense System in Late Biblical Hebrew Prose, Harvard Semitic Studies, Eisenbrauns, Winona Lake, Indiana, .(Forthcoming).
Articles
Cohen, Ohad, 2006. " Predicative Usages of the Infinitive Construct 'liqtol' in the Hebrew of the Second Temple Period – in the Language of Esther and in the Language of the Dead Sea Scrolls," in:Fassberg S., Maman A. (eds.), Hebrew Studies 10, pp. 75 – 99.
Cohen, Ohad, 2010. "'ויאכל וישת ויקם וילך ויבז עשו את הבכורה' – On the Meaning of the Sequential Forms in Biblical Hebrew", in: Fassberg S., Maman A. (eds.), Hebrew Studies 12, (Forthcoming).
Cohen, Ohad, 2010. "Sequential forms in Biblical Hebrew: An Illustration from the Marginal", Journal of the Ancient Near Eastern Society, Jewish Theological Seminary, NY. (Forthcoming).
Cohen Ohad, "Apophony", in: G. Khan et. al. (Eds.), The Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics, Leiden: Brill. (Forthcoming).
Cohen Ohad,"Elative", in: G. Khan et. al. (Eds.), The Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics, Leiden: Brill. (Forthcoming).
Cohen Ohad, "The Study of theBiblical Hebrew Verbal Tense System from the Perspective of Translations – Translation and Research During the 19th Cenutry and the Beginig of the 20th Century", Textus, (in Hebrew) (Forthcoming)
