Product Description Jerusalem, around 735 BC. Two armies threaten the Holy City to overthrow the dynasty of David. Ahaz, king of Judah, is consumed by fear and worry. Then the prophet Isaiah delivers his message: the ‘almâ is pregnant, she bears a son, and gives him the name Emmanuel. What is the meaning of the word ‘almâ? Without doubt more has been written on the interpretation of this term than on any other verse in the Old Testament. Is it a question of a virgin, as claimed by the fathers of the church, or of a young woman, as asserted by the majority of modern scholars? Review "Since the RSV translation (1952) there has been growing consensus that the term 'almâ in Isaiah 7:14 should be translated 'young woman' instead of 'virgin.' Now the linguist Christophe Rico has presented an incisive analysis of this term from a modern linguistic perspective. The Septuagint scholar Peter Gentry has added further linguistic insights, all pointing to the result that the consensus view should be reversed and that 'virgin' is the correct translation! Groundbreaking!" --Steve Kempf, Bible Translation Consultant, Wycliffe Bible Translators "In the case of the Hebrew 'almâ, what more can be said? Its usage in Isaiah 7:14 represents perhaps the single most discussed word in the history of biblical interpretation. While modern lexicography treats the meaning as settled, Rico and Gentry reopen this semantic cold case. The Mother of the Infant King, Isaiah 7:14 leads the reader on a linguistically-informed and philologically-cogent search for answers to the meaning of 'almâ. This expansive study refreshes the state of the question, outlining the issues involved in this ancient quandary and framing a way forward through the complicated morass." --Chip Hardy, Associate Professor of Old Testament and Semitic Languages, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary About the Author Linguist Christophe Rico has a doctorate in ancient Greek and holds the French official accreditation to direct PhD research. Member of the Faculty of the University of Strasbourg, he is Professor of Greek Philology at the Ecole Biblique of Jerusalem. Since 2011, he directs the Polis Institute at Jerusalem where ancient languages (Greek, Latin, biblical Hebrew, Syriac, Coptic, classical Arabic) are taught through full immersion as living languages according to the "Polis method."Peter J. Gentry received his PhD from the University of Toronto in Septuagint and the ancient Near East in 1994; since 1999 he is Professor of Old Testament at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He has edited Ecclesiastes for the Göttingen Septuaginta, co-authored Kingdom Through Covenant, and provides leadership for the Hexapla Institute.

The Mother of the Infant King, Isaiah 7:14: alma and parthenos in the World of the Bible: a Linguistic Perspective

Religion & Spirituality

Rico, Christophe

Christian Books & Bibles

Wipf and Stock

Jerusalem, around 735 BC. Two armies threaten the Holy City to overthrow the dynasty of David. Ahaz, king of Judah, is consumed by fear and worry. Then the prophet Isaiah delivers his message: the 'alma is pregnant, she bears a son, and gives him the name Emmanuel.What is the meaning of the word 'alma? Without doubt more has been written on the interpretation of this term than on any other verse in the Old Testament. Is it a question of a virgin, as claimed by the fathers of the church, or of a young woman, as asserted by the majority of modern scholars?

The Mother of the Infant King, Isaiah 7: 14

Wipf & Stock Publishers

Rendre capable de lire le grec sans dictionnaire ni traduction, aussi bien qu'on lit l'anglais ou l'espagnol : tel est le but de cet ouvrage. Faisant du grec une langue vivante, " Polis " applique les méthodes qui prévalent aujourd'hui dans l'enseignement des langues modernes : approche orale, dialogues simples, variété d'exercices, progression graduée. Pratiquée seul ou sous la conduite d'un professeur, la méthode immerge l'étudiant dans la langue. Le CD favorise la mémorisation des formes et du vocabulaire. On n'entend que du grec et l'on finit par le parler. Au bout de deux ans, on devient capable de lire un texte narratif simple sans le secours du dictionnaire. " Polis " est une initiation au grec koinè, ce dialecte qui a produit l'immense majorité des œuvres de l'hellénisme, depuis les conquêtes d'Alexandre jusqu'à la fin de l'Antiquité. -- The aim of this book is to make readers capable of reading ancient Greek without a dictionary or a translation, just as they might read English or Spanish. To make Greek a living language, 'Polis' applies those methods used today in modern language teaching: an oral approach, simple dialogues, varied exercises and gradual progression. Whether working alone or under the guidance of a teacher, the student is immersed in the language. The CD helps memorize forms and vocabulary. You hear only Greek, and in the end, you speak it too. After two years, readers will be able to read a simple narrative text without the help of a dictionary. 'Polis' is an initiation to Koine Greek, the dialect in which the vast majority of Hellenist works were produced, from Alexander's conquests to the end of Antiquity.

Polis - Parler le grec ancien + CD

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The goal of this book is to enable the student to read ancient Greek without the use of a dictionary or translation, and to read as fluently as one could read in French or Spanish. For educational purposes, ancient Greek is treated as a living language in this text. Polis applies teaching methods commonly used for modern language acquisition to ancient Greek: total oral immersion, total physical response (TPR), gradual complexity of dialogs and stories, and gradual grammatical progression. Whether used by a self-taught individual or by an instructor with a group of students, this first level book submerges the student within the language. The audio files that are available to download from the Polis website will help the student internalize grammatical forms and vocabulary. As only Greek is heard by students, they are unable to rely on an intermediary language and are compelled to employ the new skills they have acquired through this text. Polis teaches Koine Greek, the dialect of Hellenistic literature from Alexander the Great till the end of Antiquity and in which most ancient Greek texts were written. The first edition of the Polis method has been published in French (Editions du Cerf, 2009), Italian (Edizioni San Paolo, 2010) and German (Helmut Buske, 2011). The English edition of Polis fully revises the first edition and expands its original twelve chapters to twenty. This first volume comprises the introduction, the foreword and the 20 chapters of the method.

Polis: Speaking Ancient Greek as a Living Language, Level One, Student's Volume

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Polis Institute Press

The goal of this book is to enable the student to read ancient Greek without the use of a dictionary or translation, and to read as fluently as one could read in French or Spanish. For educational purposes, ancient Greek is treated as a living language in this text. Polis applies teaching methods commonly used for modern language acquisition to ancient Greek: total oral immersion, total physical response (TPR), gradual complexity of dialogs and stories, and gradual grammatical progression. Whether used by a self-taught individual or by an instructor with a group of students, this first level book submerges the student within the language. The audio files that are available to download from the Polis website will help the student internalize grammatical forms and vocabulary. As only Greek is heard by students, they are unable to rely on an intermediary language and are compelled to employ the new skills they have acquired through this text. Polis teaches Koine Greek, the dialect of Hellenistic literature from Alexander the Great till the end of Antiquity and in which most ancient Greek texts were written. The first edition of the Polis method has been published in French (Editions du Cerf, 2009), Italian (Edizioni San Paolo, 2010) and German (Helmut Buske, 2011). The English edition of Polis fully revises the first edition and expands its original twelve chapters to twenty. This volume is intended for self-taught readers. It comprises a handbook of grammar with the grammatical lexicon, declensions and conjugations studied in the first volume, the keys to all the exercises, a list of differences between Attic and Koine dialects, and all text translations.

Polis: Speaking Ancient Greek As A Living Language, Level One, Teacher's Volume.

This book is an ancient Greek adaptation of the classic fairy tale Hansel and Gretel by the Brothers Grimm and was designed to help beginner level students acquire new vocabulary easily without having to rely on a translation or a dictionary. By using a familiar story with illustrations that depict common objects and actions, the reader can infer the meaning of new words and therefore expand their knowledge of ancient Greek as a living language.\nWe are confident that the story of Hansel and Gretel now made available in ancient Greek for the first time will inspire students to broaden their vocabulary while increasing their reading proficiency.\nThis book is the result of the authors' years of experience teaching ancient languages at Polis - The Jerusalem Institute of Languages and Humanities, an academic institution founded in 2011 by an international group of scholars. The goal of the Polis Institute is the renewal of the Humanities -especially literature, philosophy, history, and geography of the Mediterranean basin and the Middle East- through the study of different cultural aspects and in particular the revival of the languages that are at the foundation of Western civilization.

Hansel and Gretel in Ancient Greek

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Hill, Stephen

Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths

The goal of Forum is to enable students to speak Latin as a living language. Studies have shown that unless one speaks, reading fluency becomes difficult to attain. Because it teaches students to speak Latin, Forum prepares them to read without the use of dictionary or translation, and to read as fluently as one might read in any modern language.
Forum applies to Latin the teaching methods commonly used for modern language acquisition: total oral immersion, total physical response (TPR), role-playing games, gradual complexity of dialogues and stories, and gradual grammatical progression.
Whether used by students on their own or by an instructor with a group, this first-level book submerges the student within the language. The audio files that are available for free download on the Polis Institute website will help the student to internalize grammatical forms and vocabulary. As only the Latin language is heard by the students using these files, they are unable to rely on an intermediary language and are thus compelled to employ the new skills they have acquired through this text.
Forum teaches Classical Latin in the broadest sense. The classical period includes the golden age of Latin literature (1st c. BC – 1st c. AD) as well as the Imperial Latin from the Nerva-Antonine dynasty (96-192 AD) and the Severan dynasty (193-235 AD). This period has the advantage of being an intermediate between pre-Classical Latin and Late Latin (3rd c.-6th c. AD). Even authors from the 4th or 5th centuries AD such as St. Augustine of Hippo or St. Jerome, albeit writing in a slightly different language than the classical one, took the golden age of Latin literature as a reference. Studying Classical Latin (in the broad sense) allows us to easily read the most interesting Latin texts of Antiquity and the Middle Ages.

Forum: Lectiones Latinitatis Vivae: Speaking Latin As A Living Language (Latin Edition)

Morassut, Stéphane

Daniel, Blanchard

How can one's first steps in Latin become easier? How could one learn that language without hurdles? Is it possible to find enjoyment in learning an ancient language? This book attempts to address these questions. It is the result of many long years of research, reflection, workshops, classes, and dialogues with students, language teachers, illustrators, and designers. 
Unus, Duo, Tres draws on a new technique for language acquisition developed at the Polis Institute of Jerusalem, the Living Sequential Expression (LSE), which was inspired by two ideas of François Gouin: The influence of sequentiality into the learning process, and the need to express basic human experience through the language we learn. 
This is why most of the pages of Unus, Duo, Tres show sequences of actions to be heard and seen, to then be enacted and retold by the learner. These sequences respect the inner structure and dynamics of the target language. By doing so, the process of internalizing a language becomes swifter and more efficient as language features are acquired according to an overall natural sequence, given that specific pragmatic features naturally precede others. This is what the pragmatic progression of Unus, Duo, Tres intends to reflect.

Unus, Duo, Tres: Latine loquamur per scaenas et imagines / One, Two, Three: Visual and Sequential Spoken Latin. (Latin Edition)

ⲞⲨⲀⲒ, ⲤⲚⲀⲨ, ϢⲞⲘⲦ: ⲘⲈⲦⲢⲈⲘⲚⲬⲎⲘⲒ ϨⲰⲤ ⲞⲨⲀⲤⲠⲒ ⲈⲤⲞⲚϦ: One, Two, Three: Speaking Coptic as a Living Language

Speransky, Nina

Harel, Haleli

ϯⲃⲁⲕⲓ: ⲧⲙⲉⲧⲣⲉⲙⲛⲭⲏⲙⲓ ϩⲱⲥ ⲟⲩⲁⲥⲡⲓ ⲉⲥⲟⲛϧ. ⲛⲓⲥⲃⲱ ⲁ︦-ⲃ︦: Tibaki: Coptic as a Living Language. Units 1-2

López de Tejada, Teresa

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