CBI Resources

New Opportunities:

For Advent, Dr. Peter Williamson, Adam Cardinal Maida Chair in Sacred Scripture at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit, explores the writings of the prophet Isaiah in the Light of Christ. Learn More Here.

New online programs in New Evangelization from Sacred Heart of Mary Seminary Detroit. this link features an online Scripture Study, Introduction to Sacred Scripture, taught by Dr. Mary Healy, professor of Scripture at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit. Learn More Here.

Resources:

Lectio Divina – St. Andrew’s Abbey

Bible and Lectionary Resources – Built and maintained by CBI professor, Fr. Felix Just, S.J.

Augustine Institute Short Courses – Many excellent courses taught by CBI professors Michael Barber and Mark Giszczek, among others.

Threshold Bible Study by Stephen Binz – “Cross the threshold to enter this dynamic, informative, inspiring, and life-changing series that helps you learn in an enticing new way. Each Threshold book contains thirty lessons, which you can use on your own for daily study over the course of a month or which can be divided into six lessons per week, providing a group study of six weekly sessions. Through the spiritual disciplines of Scripture reading, study, reflection, conversation, and prayer, you will experience God’s grace more abundantly and root your life more deeply in Christ.”

Catholic Biblical Association: Addressing Representations of Jews and Judaism – Catholic and Jewish Biblical Scholars offer commentaries on the Sunday Scriptures. In addition, there are fact sheets to help navigate deeper questions of our relationship to our Jewish cousins.

Summer Bible Week 2023 – Eucharist and the Bible was a powerful experience of Jesus in the Eucharist! Over the course of five days we traveled along the Camino Real through each of the Archdiocese regions on a mission to satisfy the hunger we have for Eucharist. 

Biblical Hebrew

American Jewish University, www.aju.edu offers online classes in Biblical Hebrew. Introductory classes in “Prayer Book Hebrew” are designed for beginning students using the textbook by Joseph Anderson, Linda Motzkin, Jonathan Rubenstein, and Laurence Wiseman, Prayerbook Hebrew The Easy Way, Hebrew | Online Jewish Learning | AJU Maven

Two-minute translations of a verse of the Hebrew Scriptures are available free on Daily Dose of Hebrew – Free Hebrew Video Lessons.

Free Hebrew lessons using Mark Furtato, Beginning Biblical Hebrew, are available on  Learn | Daily Dose of Hebrew.

Koine Greek

Two-minute daily videos translating a verse from the Greek New Testament are available free on Daily Dose of Greek – Daily Dose of Greek.

Professor Robert L. Plummer, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, on the same website offers free  Learn Greek video lessons using his textbook Beginning with New Testament Greek, Learn Biblical Greek | Daily Dose of Greek.

Biblical Hebrew and Koine Greek

Fuller Theological Seminary, www.fuller.edu, offers academic programs for credit in Hebrew and Greek to those studying for a graduate degree. Application may also be made to Fuller for admission as a limited enrollment student.

Biblingo, Biblingo | Become a fluent reader of the biblical languages, offers online programs in Biblical Hebrew and koine Greek.

Archdiocese of Los Angeles – Departments

• Office of Religious Education
  • Catechist Formation
  • Young Adult Ministry
  • Youth Ministry
  • Regional Congress
  • Religious Education Congress
• Office for New Evangelization and Parish Life
• Office for Divine Worship

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