Summer Hebrew 18

Just a quick update and example of our classtime activities. Today we were working on the hardest part of Jonah, the prayer in chapter 2. The prayer is actually a poem and this type of writing in the Hebrew Bible contains unique challenges - most notably is the vocabulary, sometimes these words are only used once in the whole Bible!

So, to help us grasp the meaning and give us confidence, our teachers prepared a storyboard and walked us through the poem. We did this all in Hebrew, no translation. Yeah, some things are still a little fuzzy - but this afternoon I was able to read through the poem multiple times in Hebrew and answer both comprehension questions and analytical questions about the poetic structure. Thank the Lord for this gift.

I remember back in my Bible-school days when I took a Psalms class, the professor said that there was a unique delight to reading the Psalms in Hebrew. At the time that seemed an impossibility to me but today was one huge step in that direction. I am grateful to God for this opportunity and for your prayers - may it bear much Kingdom fruit.