Jacob's Dream

Hebrew Reading Group

2008–2009

Genesis 1-11

Led by Bernard Bell:

Date: September 11 – December 11; January 8 – May 28 [Thursdays]
Time: 7:00 – 8:30 am
Venue: Room 205, PBCC

Schedule

Date Text   Date Text
Sep 11 Gen 3:1-8 Jan 1 no meeting
Sep 18 Gen 3:9-15 Jan 8
Sep 25 Gen 3:16-19 Jan 15
Oct 2 Gen 3:20-22 Jan 22
Oct 9 Gen 3:22–4:2a Jan 29
Oct 16 Gen 4:2b-8 Feb 5
Oct 23 Gen 4:9-16 Feb 12
Oct 30 Gen 4:17-22 Feb 19
Nov 6 no meeting Feb 26
Nov 13 no meeting Mar 5
Nov 20 Gen 4:23–5:24 Mar 12
Nov 27 Thanksgiving: no meeting Mar 19
Dec 4 Gen 5:22- Mar 26
Dec 11 Apr 2
Dec 18 CHRISTMAS BREAK Apr 9
Dec 25 CHRISTMAS BREAK Apr 16
  Apr 23
    Apr 30
    May 7
    May 14
    May 21
    May 28

Readings: we'll continue reading Genesis 1-11 which we started in April.

Hebrew text (pdf): not yet available.
Audio files (mp3): Gen 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. NET Bible translation with footnotes (pdf): Primeval History.

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 - mp3 files of the Hebrew text: the files that used to be hosted by Audio Scriptures International.

Orthodox Jewish Bible - 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. The entire Bible (both Tanakh and Brit Chadasha = New Testament) is available by individual chapter. In addition the Brit Chadasha (New Testament) is also available as a single pdf file.

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:

iTanakh - a gateway to Internet resources for the study of the Tanakh, the Hebrew Bible.