Classes

Turn People into Bible Nerds with the Ancient Language and Hebrew Idioms

Act I/II

Do you want to write Bible studies that turn people into Bible nerds? Do you want to write studies they can’t put down? That’s been my goal ever since I discovered the Bible was not written in English. I mean, I knew the Bible I read was a translation, but I had no idea what I was missing. Let me give you an example from Matthew 6:
“The eye is the light of the body. If your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light. If your eye is bad, your whole body will be dark. If the light in you is dark, how dark it will be! No one can have two bosses. He will hate the one and love the other. Or he will listen to the one and work against the other. You cannot have both God and riches as your boss at the same time.” (Matt. 6:22-23 NLT)

Have you wondered why Jesus referred to a good eye and a bad eye smack dab in the middle of a teaching on money? It seems out of context, but it’s a Hebrew idiom. A “good eye” refers to generosity while a “bad eye” denotes a stingy heart. If your eye is good, you give freely, but if your eye is bad, you do not give as you could. Jesus explained, you can’t serve both God and money.
Isn’t that amazing?
Knowing Hebrew idioms is crucial to our Bible studies we write.
In this workshop, Andy Lee will:
• Bring new life to three familiar scriptures containing Hebrew words and idioms whose meanings have been lost in translation.
• Demonstrate how to incorporate word and idiom studies into your Bible studies in a simplistic way for your readers.
• Give a list of trustworthy resources.
• Make you want to study your Bible all. day. long.