Biblical Hebrew - Short Course

This course will be taught over 8 Mondays:

6th, 13th*, 27th January

3rd, 24th* February

3rd, 10th, 17th March.

*Please note 13th Jan and 24th Feb will be taught on Zoom).

Lunch is served at 12.30pm and you'd be welcome to join staff and students for lunch, followed by Prayer in the Day at 1.20pm, with teaching starting at 1.45pm and finishing at 4.30pm (with a coffee break).

Topics include: the benefits of studying Hebrew, the Hebrew alphabet, nouns, adjectives, verbs

· Development of competency in elements of the Hebrew language

· Translation of relatively simple Old Testament texts.

· Introduction of the Old Testament text in Hebrew, in addition to the study of Hebrew vocabulary, morphology and syntax.

· A study of the accuracy and significance of published English translations of the Hebrew text.

Please note that this course is intensive, with a high expectation of students doing preparatory and follow-up work between sessions.

The course is taught by Dan Christian.

Dan read undergraduate theology at St John’s college, Durham University. Whilst training for ordination, he completed a Masters and Doctorate at University of Oxford in Old Testament Studies. He was supervised by Prof. John Day and wrote on a sacrificial understanding of Herem and Satire in the Old Testament. He served his curacy at St Mary and St Cuthbert’s, Chester le Street before moving to Sheffield in 2016 to be Associate Vicar at All Saints, Ecclesall. Currently he is Director of Vocations/DDO for the Diocese of Sheffield. Alongside ministry he has taught Old Testament theology and Biblical Hebrew at both Lindisfarne Training Partnership and St Hild College. He has a particular interest in bridging academic theology with the ongoing practice of church ministry.

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