Read the Old Testament book of Ruth in Hebrew. No Experience Required. This new class starts June 22nd, 2010. Pastors: Please consider setting aside some time on Tuesday nights to prepare a sermon series on Ruth. This course is for pastors, but it is also for anyone who loves Christ and his Word. This is …
Category Archives: Archaeology
Memory Maps for Mastering Biblical Hebrew Verbs
With three specially crafted picture-maps, you can become a living Hebrew verb parsing machine. With these three pages of instruction and only two hours of time, you will quickly master the strong form of the Hebrew Imperfect, Infinitive, Imperative and Participle. Best of all, this is free — everything you need is in the downloadable …
Translating Merneptah’s Egyptian Victory Hymn
You may not know about Merneptah, but he was king of Egypt during an important time of great upheaval in Canaan — a time when Israel was settling in and taking land. Merneptah’s reign overlaps the Biblical record of Israel in Canaan; best of all, he is the first one (outside of the Bible) to …
New Discovery: Ancient Hebrew Text about Widows and Orphans
A piece of pottery with ancient Hebrew writing was recently found. When I say ancient, I mean from around the time of King David (1000 BC). It was found at an archaeological dig in Israel (read page 1 and page 2 of the official Qeiyafa Ostracon Chronicle). From the picture below, you can see that …
Hebrew, Kline and Redemptive History
Come learn Biblical Hebrew at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City. Covenant theology and Biblical Hebrew merge as we study redemptive-history through various passages with an emphasis on Genesis and its vocabulary. Listen to this MP3 recording of why Pastors need the Biblical languages! Classes meet from 8:00am to 9:15am on Tuesdays and Thursdays. …
2nd Temple Judaism and the New Perspective
In an effort to help visitors understand the theology of Eastside Church of the Cross, it is helpful to expound upon the meaning of what is written on our church sign (the marquee near the main road). Often, our sign communicates something of our identity which requires elaboration. Today, I want to explain the phrase:
Wingreen English-to-Hebrew Answer Key and Software
I have been working on Hebrew software that lets a student type in English and Hebrew and build their own English-to-Hebrew database. The reason for this is a way for them to quickly complete the English to Hebrew exercises in Weingreen’s Practical Grammar for Biblical Hebrew. It lets the student build on previous work and …
Download Sofware for the Greek Old Testament
How do New Testament passages quote Old Testament passages? Is it possible that a New Testament author made his own immediate translation of the Hebrew (i.e., not quoting from a Greek manuscript, but translating on the fly)? If that is the case, is is possible that some Old Testament allusions have been missed by readers …
Download Ugaritic Software
I have been working on the Ugaritic language, and I wrote a software interface that lets me access nearly 1400 tablets. You can be a beta-tester of the software if you have a copy of Cyrus Gordon’s Ugaritic dictionary. If you want to use the tool and help test, download the program and email me …
Hebrew Grammar: Sheva-Glue and Moving Accents
The sheva of Hebrew is a great little marker. If you are learning Biblical Hebrew, I want to pass along a basic observation that may be helpful in your study of the language. There is a pattern of sheva usage which I call sheva-glue. When endings are attached to words, the sheva (simple or complex) …