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Spring 2023 Course Offering
Introduction to Biblical Hebrew – Starting Thursday, March 23, 2023 at 7:30 PM, EST.
This is a 12-week online course. (Open to students and non-students.) Each class runs for 90 minutes.

Dr. Lucille Alstine, Instructor
Course Description: This is a basic Biblical Hebrew course. It covers the Hebrew alphabet and parts of speech. Students will learn to read (and write) and pronounce simple words, names, phrases, Bible verses, and prayers in Hebrew utilizing both Hebrew script and transliterated examples. They will also learn Hebrew words and phrases frequently used in Jewish culture in the US and Israel today.
Materials: Getting Started in Hebrew Combination Pack (Purchase through Fruits of Zion). Numerous resources, handouts, and homework exercises will be given to the students during the course.
Additional Resources (Optional):
First Steps in Hebrew Prayer by Dr. Danny Ben-GiGi (1998). Hebrew World and Menorah Research Group Publication
Prayerbook Hebrew The Easy Way (3rd ed.) by Joseph Anderson, Linda Motzkin, Jonathan Rubenstein, and Laurence Wiseman (2015). Eks Publishing
Tuition Cost: $110.00
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Winter 2023 – Part 2 of our Special Course on Biblical Archaeology/Apologetics
Starts Thursday, February 2nd, 2023 at 7:00 PM EST
Instructor: Ted Wright from Epic Archaeology
Click Here to Watch a Short Video on the Course
Course Description: This six-week online course picks up where Part One left off. It will look at the major and minor archaeological discoveries to date as they relate to and support the Hebrew Bible & New Testament, beginning with the monarcy of ancient Israel in the Old Testament and going through the findings that support the New Testament.
Cost: $79.00 (open to students and non-students)
Texts/Materials: No required text; however, suggested readings will be shared during the course. Students will be sent a Zoom link to attend the class.
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Winter 2022 online classes begin in February. More information to come!
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Fall 2021 Online Classes
Special Course Offering (Open to students and non-students) – Starting Wednesday, October 6th, 2021 at 7:00 PM EST – Four-Week Course (Online)
Spiritual, Physical, and Emotional Health – Food for the Triune Body (A Biblical Perspective)
Course Description: What we eat does matter–it matters to our physical and mental health. Our immune system and every system in our body depend on you putting healthy, vitamin and mineral-packed food into your mouth. This class will show you the nutrition your body needs to be healthy; how sugar compromises your immune system, and how your mental and spiritual health affects your physical body. This course also looks at what the Scriptures say about taking care of your Triune body.
Instructor: Rev. Stephanie Pavlantos
Textbook: Free PDF Book – Vitamins and Minerals Demystified by Steve Blake.
Cost of Class: $89.00
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Special Course Offering (Open to students and non-students) – Starting Tuesday, October 12, 2021 at 7:00 PM EST Six-Week Course (Online)
The Scriptures Testify of Me
Course Description: In John 5: 39, Yeshua (Jesus) tells the Jewish leaders that the Scriptures they search, study, and learn from testify of Him. This applies to the entirety of Scripture. In this course, we will study the types and shadows in the Torah that pre-figure Messiah. These are found in mediators between God and man, the Law given through Moses concerning blood atonement, the Feasts known as the Appointed Times, and many of the experiences of the People in the Wilderness. When these are seen as pre-figuring Yeshua (Jesus), we obtain a much deeper understanding of the Plan of Redemption and the power and awe of grace.
Instructor: Dr. Philip Gigliotti (One in Messiah and The Gift of Grace radio show)
Recommended Textbooks:
Sobel, J. (2021). Mysteries of the Messiah, W Publishing Group, Nashville, TN.
Zimmerman, M. (2004). Celebrating Biblical Feasts, Bethany House, Minneapolis, MN.
Richards, L. (1998). Every Covenant and Promise in the Bible, Thomas Nelson, Nashville, TN.
Cost of Class: $89.00 (Books not included in tuition.)
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**Rescheduled for February 2022** More information to come!
Special Offering – Four-Week Minicourse
Sunday afternoons from 4:00 – 5:00 PM EST starting August 1st (Note: This class will meet August 1, 22, 29, and Sept. 5th)
Guest Instructor: Dr. Barri Cae Seif
Cost – $99.00 (Open to students and non-students)
Dr. Seif will be lecturing on Romans 10: 4.
Textbook: Is Christ Really the End of the Law? Another look at Telos in Romans 10: 4 by Drs. Jeffrey and Barri Cae Seif (2019). Published by Lederer Books/Messianic Jewish Publishers.
“For the goal at which the Torah aims is the Messiah, who offers righteousness to everyone who trusts” (Romans 10: 4 CJB).
Upcoming 2021 Online Summer Classes Will Start in June.
Biblical Hebrew 1 Study Group (LM 103/MJCS 203 credit) – Starts Wednesday, June 9th at 7:00 PM EST. This course is 12 weeks long.
Dr. Deborah Burd, Facilitator
This is a basic Biblical Hebrew course. It covers the Hebrew alphabet and parts of speech. Students will learn to read and pronounce simple words, names, phrases, Bible verses, and prayers in Hebrew utilizing both Hebrew script and transliterated examples. They will also learn Hebrew words and phrases frequently used in Jewish culture in the US and Israel today.
Required Materials: Getting Started in Hebrew Combination Pack (Purchase through Fruits of Zion)
A list of additional resources is included in the course syllabus.
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Student Tuition for Certificate Classes: $110.00 per regular course. Books are in addition to tuition and need to be purchased by the student.
Most Textbooks available through Amazon and the Christian Book Distributors
Registering for Classes: New Students must make application to the Institute and be accepted before signing up for courses. (Applications posted under “Programs.”) Click here for more information.
For questions, registering for classes, or applying to become a student at Besorah contact:
Dr. Deborah Burd, President
Besorah Institute for Judaic-Christian Studies & Biblical Research
P.O. Box 278
Twinsburg, Ohio 44087
(330) 622-0481 or contact@besorahinstitute.org