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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 …

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RESPONSE TO CORONA: SUCCESSFUL PAST & EXCITING FUTURE

Dear friends, alumni and colleagues, “This is the day the Lord has made, we will rejoice and be glad in it”. Psa. 118:24. HOMECOMINGS Finally, we here at JCBT are in a position to share the news that all the national students of 2020 have reached home. The last 5 had to wait for flights home for one whole month …

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JCBT Online Proverbs Course

The Book of Proverbs: Third in the Series… “TEXT IN CONTEXT: ONE BOOK AT A TIME” Online classes: November 2-20, 2020 Instructor: Murray Salisbury This series is designed to equip consultants and translators, focusing on a given book of the Bible – its text, context and message – during an intensive time period. Following the huge success of the first …

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Open Consultant Course now open for registration!

Course Dates: Lord willing the Open Consultant Course 2021 will be held from 1 to 14 September 2021. This exceptional 14-day course includes 12 days of study-tours relating Scripture text to its historical, archaeological, cultural, linguistic and geographical context.  The following topics will be covered: History, geography and archeology of the Land of the Bible Agricultural practices from the time of …

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THE GRADUATION CLASS OF 2020

THE WINNERS! In the featured image above: Corona Year: 13 Graduates from 9 countries with the directors and Hebrew instructors. (Several faces blurred for security reasons.) Dear friends,  ” This is the day the Lord has made – let us exult and rejoice in it”. Ps. 118:24 Indeed,  this is the group that came out victorious from a semester during which three …

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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. …

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RISING FROM CORONA: work goes on

Is. 40:6 A voice says, “Cry!”All flesh is grass,and all its goodlinessis like the flower of the field. Is. 40:7 The grass withers, the flower fadeswhen the breath of the LORD blows on it;surely the people are grass. Is. 40:8 The grass withers, the flower fades,but the word of our God will stand forever.   Dear friends, The Corona virus …

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JCBT 2020 Easter Message

The following is the message that was sent to JCBT friends during the season of 2020 Easter and Passover. Dear friends, Greetings from the Jerusalem Center for Bible Translators! We want to wish you joy and peace in the midst of worldwide anxiety and gloom. The reality of the Risen Lord, who overcame death and offers everlasting life for the …