Current courses by topic: Prayerbook/Biblical Hebrew
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Advanced Biblical Hebrew 3: Faith in the Face of Despair - Lamentations (Winter)
L310-NS Instructors: Grist Starting: 02/05/2012 Location: Congregation Netivot Shalom
Lamentations marks the dividing line between the end of Israelite religion and the beginning of Judaism: the destruction of Solomon’s Jerusalem Temple in 586 BCE. Filled with eloquent despair, it also affirms an enduring belief ...
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Advanced Biblical Hebrew 3: The Song and Story of Deborah (Spring)
L315-CBE Instructors: Grist Starting: 04/08/2012 Location: Congregation Beth El
Imagine traveling back in time to Israel's birth moment, somewhere between the late 13th-12th centuries BCE. That's what we'll do as we translate and analyze passages from Judges 4-5. Judges 4 offers a prose account ...
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Beginning Hebrew Part 2
L100B-TS Instructors: Druch Starting: 01/11/2012 Location: Temple Sinai
This is a continuation of our introductory Prayerbook Hebrew course, designed for those who can sight-read Hebrew texts with vowels. We will focus on developing the foundation for reading comprehension and a basic Hebrew vocabulary. ...
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Beginning Prayerbook/Biblical Hebrew 1A-B (Winter)
L100AB-NS Instructors: Grist Starting: 02/05/2012 Location: Congregation Netivot Shalom
This class introduces students to all the basic elements of Prayerbook Hebrew: the alphabet, vowels, vocabulary, sight-reading skills, and basic grammar. You'll learn some of the key prayerbook melodies and discuss the meaning of the ...
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Beginning Prayerbook/Biblical Hebrew 1B
L100B-BA Instructors: Morad Starting: 01/11/2012 Location: Congregation Beth Am
Continue to learn basic Prayerbook vocabulary.
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Beginning Prayerbook/Biblical Hebrew 1C (summer)
L100C-BA Instructors: Morad Starting: 05/30/2012 Location: Congregation Beth Am
Continue to learn basic Prayerbook vocabulary.
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Intermediate Prayerbook/Biblical Hebrew 2A (Spring)
L200A-CBE Instructors: Grist Starting: 04/08/2012 Location: Congregation Beth El
The third semester of the introductory sequence of Biblical Hebrew grammar, this course covers the more complex features of the language commonly found in Biblical and Siddur (prayerbook) texts. After a brief review of material ...
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Intermediate Prayerbook/Biblical Hebrew 2C (Winter)
L200C-NS Instructors: Grist Starting: 02/05/2012 Location: Congregation Netivot Shalom
This course introduces the more complex verb patterns of classical Hebrew and the irregular verb system, while building Hebrew vocabulary. Students will also translate passages from the Hebrew Bible and learn to use Hebrew research ...
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Reading Hebrew Part Two (Prayerbook and Modern)
L100-KS Instructors: Farber Starting: 02/15/2012 Location: Congregation Kol Shofar
Whether you are brand new to Hebrew or a 'continuing beginner' interested in modern or Prayerbook/Biblical study from the source in Hebrew, this class continues from the fall and will work towards reading Hebrew with ...
The Dead Sea Scrolls and Their World
H205-PSR Instructors: Grist Starting: 07/09/2012 Location: Pacific School of Religion at GTU
This course takes a decidedly holistic approach to understanding the scrolls in the context of their times. We'll begin with an overview of the history encompassing the scrolls, ca. 200 BCE-100 CE. From there, we'll ...