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2021 SPECIAL SEMESTER PROGRAM

For CONSULTANTS, CONSULTANTS-IN-TRAINING& Advanced MTTsAccredited by the Hebrew University- Rothberg International School. Advanced studies in Biblical Hebrew translation led by experienced translation consultants. Five-month study program at JCBT in Israel Dates: Monday Jan. 25th – Wednesday, June 30th, 2021. This is a semester program which is taught as a whole. The courses are taught in sequence in modules of ca. …

Wartime images and the need for Guardians who cry out to God (Isaiah 62:6-7)

Dear friends, co-workers and supporters, We would like to supplement the newsletter sent recently by now sending two video clips – each some 5-6 minutes. 1.   In the first clip we share wartime images from Gaza and from the Judean Hills where we are located. You will stand with me at the top of the hills in the Biblical Gardens …

Shavuot 2021 and Situation in Israel

Dear friends, colleagues and supporters of JCBT! Thank you for your many prayers and messages. So many of you have been asking about ‘our peace’, the Hebrew expression for ‘how are you?’. JCBT is doing well, by the grace of God. JCBT work goes on. The 2021 JCBT/ Rothberg School Heb. Univ study program for consultants is delivered by zoom to 7 different …

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JCBT English Newsletter January 2021

(The zeros here are a model of the COVID 19 virus located in a New York glass museum) Jerusalem Center: 2020 to 2021! Dear friends and co-workers! Let us welcome the new year boldly with a New Song. Let us put the focus on the NEW, so beautifully expressed in Psalm 33:3-4: “Sing unto Him a new song, play skillfully with a …

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JCBT Newsletter March 2021

  From Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday! Dear beloved friends and co-workers, Greetings from the Jerusalem Center for Translators! Let us walk through the events of this significant week together in our thoughts and spirits. The week includes the Passover night celebration about the joy of gaining freedom from slavery in Egypt to the joyful celebration of gaining Eternal Life through repentance and forgiveness …

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JCBT English Newsletter February 2021

NEWS of NEW BEGINNINGS: overcoming Corona by Zoom teaching! Teaching sent from Hebrew University, Mt. Scopus, to the countries of the students of 2021. “For Instruction will come out of Zion and the Word of the  Lord from Jerusalem”. Isaiah 2:3 Dear friends and co-workers! Greetings from Jerusalem on Feb. 21st, the INTERNATIONAL DAY OF MOTHER-TONGUE TRANSLATIONS OF THE BIBLE. Greetings …

Finnish Newsletter January 2021

Uutiskirje 1/2021 Rakkaat ystävät Jerusalemin Raamattukodin uutiset 1/2021 on postitettu ja saapuu tällä viikolla paperisen ystäväkirjeen tilaajille. Uutiskirje löytyy kokonaisuudessaan alla olevasta linkistä, ja se avautuu internet-selaimessa. Saakoon tämä kirje olla siunaukseksi myös sinulle. Lue tästä Jerusalemin Raamattukodin uutiset 1/2021 2021 kevään oppilaat zoom-opetuksessa. Viimeisimmät uutiset Uutiskirjeen mennessä painoon kevään 2021 kymmenen oppilasta kahdeksasta eri maasta ja kuudesta eri aikavyöhykkeestä ovat aloittaneet …

Fall 2021 French Program

Two birds with one stone In 2018 and 2019, Dr Ernst Wendland and I, with the help of Chris Lovelace, led two successful one-book workshops (Psalms and Micah) at Jerusalem Center for Bible Translation. In these intensive 3-week courses, our highly qualified students (all with MA or PhDs) were challenged to study a single biblical book from the Hebrew, concentrating …

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COURS INTENSIF SUR LA NARRATION ET LA POESIE EN HEBREU BIBLIQUE

COURS INTENSIF SUR LA NARRATION ET LA POESIE EN HEBREU BIBLIQUE   JERUSALEM CENTER FOR BIBLE TRANSLATION  MARS 1 – 31, 2022 Ce cours intensif de cinq semaines se focalisera sur: des études de DISCOURS de deux genres littéraires dans la Bible hébraïque : les textes narratifs et les textes poétiques.  Les textes de référence seront le livre de Jonas et …