2023–2024: 1 Kings 22:41–2 Kings
Led by Bernard Bell
Date: Oct 5, 2023 – May 2, 2024 [Thursdays]. Now ended: will resume in September.
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 |
| Oct 5 | 1 Kgs 22:41-51 | Jan 4 | 2 Kgs 4:1-7 |
| Oct 12 | no class | Jan 11 | 4:8-20 |
| Oct 19 | no class | Jan 18 | 4:21-31 |
| Oct 26 | no class | Jan 25 | no class |
| Nov 2 | 22:52–2K 1:10 | Feb 1 | 4:32-44 |
| Nov 9 | 2K 1:11–2:3 | Feb 8 | 5:1-12 |
| Nov 16 | 2:4-18 | Feb 15 | 5:13-22 |
| Nov 23 | Thanksgiving | Feb 22 | no class |
| Nov 30 | 2:19–3:5 | Feb 29 | 5:23–6:7 |
| Dec 7 | 3:6-19 | Mar 7 | 6:8-23 |
| Dec 14 | 3:20-27 | Mar 14 | 6:24–7:2 |
| Dec 21 | Christmas break | Mar 21 | 7:3-13 |
| Dec 28 | Christmas break | Mar 28 | 7:14-20 |
| Apr 4 | no class | ||
| Apr 11 | 8:1-9a | ||
| Apr 28 | 8:9b-15 | ||
| Apr 25 | no class | ||
| May 2 | 8:16-29 |
Text files (pdf): 1 Kings: Hebrew | NET Bible. 2 Kings: Hebrew | NET Bible.
Hebrew Bible is BHS, triple-spaced. NET Bible is 1st ed. (2003).
Audio files (mp3): 1 Kings 22. 2 Kings 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
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.