Israel Bible Center faculty suggest 3 convenient paths of study:

CERTIFICATE IN HEBREW BIBLE

7 Courses 

  1. The Story of Our Hebrew Fathers: Abraham and Isaac
  2. The Story of Our Hebrew Fathers: Isaac and Jacob
  3. The Story of Our Hebrew Fathers: Joseph’s Story
  4. The Psalms of David: Hebrew Approach to God
  5. Exploring Jewish Interpretation
  6. Biblical Hebrew I: First Steps
  7. The Name of God

7 Roundtable Talks

  1. Dr. Walter Brueggemann, “Prophetic Imagination in the Hebrew Bible and Society”
  2. Dr. Robert Alter, “The Rhythm and Emotion of the Hebrew Bible”
  3. Dr. Emanuel Tov, “Biblical Textual Criticism”
  4. Dr. Jack Levison, “Spirit and Man in Ancient Judaism”
  5. Dr. Gary Rendsburg, “The Bible and Language of Ancient Israel”
  6. Dr. Ian Young, “Textual Fluidity in Daniel and Samuel”
  7. IBC faculty, “Can Bible Translations Be Trusted?”

 

CERTIFICATE IN JEWISH NEW TESTAMENT

7 Courses

  1. The Stories of Jewish Christ: First Century Diversity
  2. The Stories of Jewish Christ: Jewish Gospels
  3. The Stories of Jewish Christ: Among the Rabbis
  4. Jewish Apostle Paul I: His World
  5. Jewish Apostle Paul II: Gospel and Torah
  6. Revelation in A Jewish Context I
  7. Revelation in A Jewish Context II

7 Roundtable Talks

  1. Dr. Paula Fredriksen, “The First-Century Roman-Jewish World”
  2. Dr. Israel Knohl, “Messiahs in Judaism and Christianity”
  3. Dr. Jodi Magness, “Archaeology on Life in the First Century”
  4. Dr. Amy-Jill Levine, “Jesus and His Jewish Stories”
  5. Dr. Joan Taylor, “The Essenes and the Gospels”
  6. Dr. David Instone-Brewer, “Rabbinic Sources and the New Testament”
  7. Dr. Mark Nanos, “Paul Within Judaism”

CERTIFICATE IN JEWISH CONTEXT AND CULTURE

24 Courses

  1. Jewish Insights into Scriptures I
  2. Jewish Insights into Scriptures II
  3. The Psalms of David: Hebrew Approach to God
  4. The First Commandment: Deut. and the Gospels
  5. The Stories of Jewish Church I
  6. Jewish Apostle Paul I: His World
  7. Women and Gender in the Bible
  8. The Name of God
  9. Exploring Jewish Interpretation
  10. Biblical Hebrew I: First Steps
  11. Reading Hebrew Scriptures, Scrolls, and Prayers I
  12. Reading Hebrew Scriptures, Scrolls, and Prayers II
  13. Exodus and the New Testament
  14. Numbers and the New Testament
  15. Leviticus and the New Testament
  16. The Shadows of Essenes in the New Testament
  17. A Journey through Jewish Prayer I: Amidah
  18. Partings of Ways: Origins of Judaism and Christianity
  19. The Jewish Gospel of Matthew
  20. The Jewish Gospel of Mark
  21. The Roman Military in Israel
  22. Revelation in A Jewish Context I
  23. Revelation in A Jewish Context II
  24. The Timeline of Revelation’s Visions

14 Roundtable Talks

  1. Dr. Walter Brueggemann, “Prophetic Imagination in the Hebrew Bible and Society”
  2. Dr. Robert Alter, “The Rhythm and Emotion of the Hebrew Bible”
  3. Dr. Emanuel Tov, “Biblical Textual Criticism”
  4. Dr. Jack Levison, “Spirit and Man in Ancient Judaism”
  5. Dr. Gary Rendsburg, “The Bible and Language of Ancient Israel”
  6. Dr. Ian Young, “Textual Fluidity in Daniel and Samuel”
  7. IBC faculty, “Can Bible Translations Be Trusted?”
  8. Dr. Paula Fredriksen, “The First-Century Roman-Jewish World”
  9. Dr. Israel Knohl, “Messiahs in Judaism and Christianity”
  10. Dr. Jodi Magness, “Archaeology on Life in the First Century”
  11. Dr. Amy-Jill Levine, “Jesus and His Jewish Stories”
  12. Dr. Joan Taylor, “The Essenes and the Gospels”
  13. Dr. David Instone-Brewer, “Rabbinic Sources and the New Testament”
  14. Dr. Mark Nanos, “Paul Within Judaism”
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