COURSE: Beginning Biblical Hebrew - SOLD OUT



Beginning Biblical Hebrew
6th-9th September
Book through 01244 532 350. Places are fully booked. Please email [email protected] to be informed of any cancellations 


Do you hold an interest in Hebrew? One of the oldest language still spoken today, its written form dates back to at least 10th century BCE.

Join us for a weekend course of 12 sessions covering the entire text of the Book of Jonah. This immersive course offers an opportunity to explore both the language and key ideas of a major Book of the Hebrew Bible, with grammatical explanations as required as the course progresses.

The group size will be limited to 10 people to ensure that this is a positive teaching and learning experience.

The course is led by Gordon McPhate, a respected academic with a background in medicine. He studied Hebrew and Greek at Cambridge in preparation for ministry as an Anglican priest in London. He later became Dean of Chester for 15 years, concurrently teaching Theology at the University of Chester, until retirement to Llandudno in 2017.


All taught sessions are held in the Glynne Room. All mid-session refreshments served in the foyer. Breakfast (residents only), Lunch and Dinner served in Food for Thought.

Day 1 (Friday 6th September)
Check in at 2pm followed by refreshments
2.45pm:     Session 1 -  Hebrew consonants and vowels
4pm:        Refreshments break
4.30pm:     Session 2 - Hebrew consonants and vowels continued
6pm:        Dinner (two courses with tea or filter coffee)

Day 2 (Saturday 7th September)
9.30am:     Session 3: Jonah chapter 1 part 1
11am:       Refreshments break
11.30am:    Lesson 4: Jonah chapter 1 part 2
1pm:         Lunch (two courses with tea or filter coffee)
2pm          Session 5: Jonah chapter 1 part 3
3.30pm       Afternoon refreshments break
4.30pm:      Session 6: Jonah chapter 1 part 3 (continued)
6pm:         Dinner (two courses with tea or filter coffee)

Day 3 (Sunday 8th September)
9.30am:      Session 7: Jonah chapter 2 part 1
11am:        Refreshments break
11.30am:     Session 8: Jonah chapter 2 part 2
1pm:         Lunch (two courses with tea or filter coffee)
2pm:         Sessions 9: Jonah chapter 3 part 1
3.30pm:      Refreshments break
4pm:         Jonah chapter 3 part 2
6pm:         Dinner (two courses with tea or filter coffee)

Day 4 (Monday 9th September)
9.30am:      Session 11: Jonah chapter 4 part 1
11am:        Refreshment break
11.30am:     Session 12: Jonah chapter 4 part 2
1pm:          Lunch (two courses with tea or filter coffee) followed by departure

 

Rates

One delegate in a single ensuite: £490 (or £405 with a student, clergy or Society of Authors discount)
One delegate in a double or twin occupancy: £580 (or £468 with discount)
One delegate and one non-delegate guest in a twin or double: £715 (or £603 with discount)
Two delegates in a twin or double: £785 (or £673 with discounts)

Non-residential rate: £325 (£289 with discount) (includes breaktime refreshments, lunches and dinners but not breakfast)

Cover picture: A C13 Hebrew psalter held by the Jewish Museum. Released under Creative Commons license.