Format: Paperback Page Count: 112 Publisher: Zondervan Publication Date: March 23, 2010 Language: English ISBN-10: 0310318319 ISBN-13: 978-0310318316 List Price: $12.99 Rating: 5 Stars! Purchase Options: Direct from publisher, Amazon The average person has a certain level of familiarity with the process of learning a foreign language through studies that may have occurred during either [...]

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Peter Flint will be in Minnesota this July for Biblical Archaeology Review’s St. Olaf Summer Vacation seminar.  As it turns out, he will also be speaking on the Dead Sea scrolls July 15, 2010 at First Evangelical Free Church in Maplewood, MN.  The event begins at 7:00 PM.   You can find directions to First Evangelical [...]

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If you’re a Bible language Geek, you should take a few minutes to watch this video about Zondervan’s lineup of 75+ Biblical Greek & Hebrew resources. I was excited to learn in the video that they’re working on some intermediate Hebrew resources as well as some Aramaic resources. Daniel B. Wallace, Constantine Campbell, Miles V. [...]

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Any day that the UPS truck stops by and the driver brings “gifts” to your door is definitely a good day.  We’ve had below zero temperatures and snow already this week and it’s only Tuesday.  After multiple 2 hour commutes, I definitely was looking for something to brighten up my Tuesday evening.  Fortunately, the UPS [...]

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Time to jump off-line for a couple of hours, so I can complete my Hebrew homework before class tomorrow night.  You can listen to Duane A. Garrett read our vocabulary words here:  LINK.

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I made it to the sixth week of the Hebrew class I’m taking through The Bethlehem Institute.  It’s been a slightly different experience when compared to the Hebrew I class I took during my undergraduate days at Concordia University in St. Paul, MN.  The biggest difference is the grammar we’re using.  My first Hebrew grammar [...]

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I’ve made it to week 5 of the Hebrew class I’m taking through The Bethlehem Institute.  This week we’re on chapter 5 (Gender and Number in Nouns) in A Modern Grammar for Biblical Hebrew.  There are a few less vocabulary words this week.  You can hear Duane A. Garrett pronounce the week 5 vocabulary words [...]

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Aleppo Codex in the news.  Read more here:  LINK.

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We’re now 3 chapters deep in A Modern Grammar for Biblical Hebrew by Duane A. Garrett & Jason S. DeRouchie.  I’ve come to appreciate the accompanying workbook, which has had us doing translation since chapter 1.  Fortunately, our vocabulary grew quite a bit in chapter 3.  The sentence translation from chapter 2 was a bit [...]

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It’s been quite awhile since I’ve actually made any flashcards. This brings back memories from about 12 years ago when I was at Concordia University in St. Paul. I’m glad my Hebrew class isn’t at 7 Am this time around.

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