Courses by instructor: Jehon Grist
Jehon Grist, Ph.D., is Executive Director of Lehrhaus Judaica. He earned his doctorate in Near Eastern Studies from UC Berkeley, where he was a Regents' Fellow. He has conducted field research in Israel, the Gaza Strip, and the Valley of the Queens in southern Egypt.
Advanced Biblical Hebrew 3: The Mysterious Micah (Spring)
L315-CBI Instructors: Grist Starting: 05/12/2013 Location: Congregation Beth Israel
Of all the minor prophets, Micah is among the earliest, most impressive, and most mysterious. He was a partial contemporary of Isaiah, confronting the gloomy years of the fall of Samaria (722-21 BCE) and the ...
Intermediate Prayerbook/Biblical Hebrew 2A (Spring)
L200A-CBI Instructors: Grist Starting: 05/12/2013 Location: Congregation Beth Israel
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 ...
Lehrhaus Spring Retreat
X850-MC Instructors: Aranoff Starting: 05/17/2013 Location: Marconi Conference Center
Join us for Lehrhaus’ first retreat at the Marconi Conference Center on beautiful Tomales Bay, and study a range of intriguing topics with master faculty. The price includes two nights lodging, all meals, classes, and ...
Prayerbook/Biblical Hebrew Ulpan
L100U-LJ Instructors: Grist Starting: 06/17/2013 Location: Lehrhaus Judaica
Want to 'read' the Hebrew prayers at High Holiday services? Want to start exploring the Bible in the original Hebrew? Then this course is your first step. Starting with the aleph-bet and vowels, you'll learn ...
Witness to the World of Jesus: The Life and Times of Flavius Josephus
H210-PSR Instructors: Grist Starting: 07/15/2013 Location: Pacific School of Religion at GTU
Flavius Josephus stands as a towering figure who reported the first century world of Roman and Jewish cataclysm with passion and some accuracy. He also stands as a traitor to his own people, a claim ...