David Bivin's 2006 Workshops

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David Bivin's 2006 Workshops

For twenty-six years David and Josa Bivin have conducted workshops and seminars for fellow disciples of Jesus. This year's tour will feature workshops in England and the United States. An intensive educational program, each workshop will focus on difficult-to-understand (and apply) sayings of Jesus. Plan now to attend and be personally challenged by Jesus' life-giving words.

Workshop instructor: David Bivin. Fluent in Hebrew, Bivin, a specialist in the Semitic and Jewish background of the Gospels, has lived in Israel for more than 40 years. He distills his years of study of Jesus' instruction into two days (fourteen hours) of interactive study. No previous preparation is required. The workshop is designed for ordinary followers of Jesus.

Workshop theme: "Exploring the Jewish and Hebraic Background to Twenty-five Difficult Sayings of Jesus."

Last fall's workshops greatly blessed those who attended. Read workshop participant Nancy Johnsen's words.

The 1992 workshop theme was "New Light on the Words of Jesus: Twenty-five Difficult Sayings Explored from the Perspective of the Hebrew Language Background." In the 2006 workshop we will explore twenty-five more sayings of Jesus. This will be an in-depth study of twenty-five of Jesus' most enigmatic sayings.

Among the passages to be covered in the two-day workshop:

• "When you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing" (Matt 6:3).
  
  

• "And whoever will speak a word against the Son of Man it will be forgiven him, but it will not be forgiven to the one who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit" (Luke 12:10).
  
  

• "Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you" (Matt 7:6).
  
  

• "He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me scatters." (Matt 12:30; Luke 11:23).
  
  

• "Let the dead bury their own dead" (Luke 9:60).
  
  

• "If someone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother...he cannot be my disciple" (Luke 14:26).
  

  For the full list of sayings, see the Calendar of Events. Click on the location nearest you.

  Tuition: $300 (£175) for the two-day, fourteen-hour workshop. Until 28 days before the beginning of the workshop, participants may register for only $200 (£120). Participants may ensure a place in the workshop by payment of a $50 (£30) deposit (non-refundable), which will be applied to the tuition fee when full payment is made.

  Textbook: Participants are required to bring with them to the workshop a copy of Burton H. Throckmorton, Jr., Gospel Parallels: A Comparison of the Synoptic Gospels (Thomas Nelson). The list price is $34.99, but the book can be purchased on line from Amazon.com for $23.09. Earlier editions of this tool also will be fine, and are even preferable.

  Please register directly with the local contact person(s). For contact information, see the Calendar of Events. Upon a participant's registration and full payment of the tuition fee, he or she will receive a free 6-month subscription to Jerusalem Perspective Online's Premium Content membership. The membership of a registrant who is already a PC member will be extended by 6 months. Friends of Jerusalem Perspective will receive a 40% discount on tuition.

  Register now so that you can participate in this unique learning experience. Find the location and dates of the workshop nearest you in the Calendar of Events. To reserve a place in one of the workshops, be sure to register early. Space is limited.

  Reminder: "Jerusalem Perspective 2006: The Continuing Quest for Insights into Jesus of Nazareth: His Words, His Wisdom, His World," the exciting three-day conference in Jerusalem, is just around the corner! Register now to attend this historic conference.

  Posted by David Bivin at March 24, 2006 10:41 AM