2022–2023: 1 Kings 14–
Led by Bernard Bell
Date: Sept 15, 2022 – April 27, 2023 [Thursdays]
Time: 7:30-9:00 am
Venue: PBCC Library & Zoom (hybrid class)
If you have any questions please contact Bernard Bell.
Schedule
| Fall | 2022 | Winter | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Text | Date | Text |
| Sep 15 | 1 Kgs 14:1-11 | Jan 5 | break |
| Sep 22 | 14:12-20 | Jan 12 | 1 Kgs 17:1-16 |
| Sep 29 | 14:21-31 | Jan 19 | 17:17–18:8 |
| Oct 6 | 15:1-18 | Jan 26 | 18:9-24 |
| Oct 13 | no class | Feb 2 | 18:25-40 |
| Oct 20 | no class | Feb 9 | 18:41–19:7 |
| Oct 27 | 15:19-32 | Feb 16 | 19:8-21 |
| Nov 3 | 15:33–16:16 | Feb 23 | no class |
| Nov 10 | 16:17-31 | Mar 2 | 20:1-14 |
| Nov 17 | 16:32-34; Isa 9:1-7 | Mar 9 | 20:15-30 |
| Nov 24 | Thanksgiving | Mar 16 | canceled |
| Dec 1 | Isaiah 6 | Mar 23 | 20:31-43 |
| Dec 8 | Isaiah 7:1-16 | Mar 30 | 21:1-16 |
| Dec 15 | Isaiah 11:1-10 | Apr 6 | 21:17-29 |
| Dec 22 | Christmas break | Apr 13 | 22:1- |
| Dec 29 | Christmas break | Apr 20 | |
| Apr 27 |
Text files (pdf): 1 Kings: Hebrew | NET Bible.
Audio files (mp3): 1 Kings 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22.
Other Handouts
Hebrew Verb Charts – a pdf document containing four charts: The Strong Verb, The Stem System, Verb Forms, Mechanical Parsing.
Hebrew 101: The first-year Hebrew class at PBCC 2008-09.
Helpful Internet Resources
NET Bible, fonts for NET Bible.
Audio files – the Hebrew Bible, read in Sephardic pronunciation by Fr. Abraham Schmuelof (1913-1994): one mp3 file per chapter (formerly hosted by Audio Scriptures International, then by Academy of Ancient Languages, now by Mechon Mamre).
Orthodox Jewish Bible (pdf) – translated by Dr. Phillip Goble of Artists for Israel International. All significant Hebrew words (or in the NT the Hebrew words lying behind the Greek ones) are transliterated rather than translated into English, so as to enhance recognition of significant words, themes and ideas.
Online bar/bat mitvah tutor – here you can hear the Hebrew text sung. Offered by World ORT, a Jewish educational site.
Unicode Texts: from Tyndale House (MT, LXX, GNT).
Unicode Fonts:
- Tyndale House, Cambridge: Unicode Font Kit (uses Cardo).
- SIL (Summer Institute of Linguistics): SIL Ezra (Hebrew); Charis, Doulos, Gentium (3 fonts using multilingual Latin-based alphabets, useful for transliteration); I generally use Gentium Plus.
- SBL (Society of Biblical Literature): SBL fonts: SBL Hebrew, SBL Greek, SBL BibLit.