by Willem van Peursen | Dec 3, 2019 | Bible, Hebrew Classroom, Hebrew Learning, linguistics, news, Open Science, Translation
A new project We are excited to announce the start of a new project for the development of an Amharic version of the Bible Online Learner that will be a unique cooperation between the Eep Talstra Centre for Bible and Computer (ETCBC), the Ethiopian Graduate School of...
by Daniel Semler | May 17, 2019 | Bible, Hebrew Bible, Hebrew Classroom, Hebrew Learning
When I was young I used to do wordsearch puzzles all the time. They were of course in my native language, English. But they helped me learn to recognise many words very quickly and to pick them out of a page. In learning the languages of the bible one thing that is...
by Camil Staps | Nov 5, 2018 | Bible, Hebrew Bible, Hebrew Classroom, Hebrew Learning
Having more and more texts available digitally enables us to create simple but effective study tools. While the value of traditional learning techniques and a great deal of practice must not be underestimated, some digital tools can reinforce such a learning style. As...
by Willem van Peursen | Jul 10, 2018 | Bible, Hebrew Classroom, Hebrew Learning, news, Uncategorized
By Janet Dyk Several years ago, after deciding that what I missed here in Holland was white water and after being unable to book a suitable rafting expedition in Belgium (in the summer the water in the rivers is too low for rafting and in the fall when there is enough...
by Jeremy Bullard | Nov 28, 2017 | Hebrew Classroom, Hebrew Learning
I’m a recent addition to the group of researchers working with the ETCBC database. Here at the VU, I only recently discovered that I was part of the first round of classes designed to train theologians and bible scholars how to code and use the ETCBC database. I...