THE HATIKVAH SCHOOL OF JEWISH STUDIES

A practical programme of learning for Christians who want to discover what the apostle Paul meant when he wrote, "To the Jews I became a Jew".

This is not a correspondence course

The Course

Questions about Hatikvah

What the Students Say

Hatikvah, Hebrew for "the Hope", is New Zealand’s only Christian school of Jewish studies. Hatikvah was established in 1983 to help Christians whose "heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they might be saved". The programme is conducted under the auspices of the New Zealand branch of Christian Witness to Israel, a nondenominational and international mission established in 1842. CWI is a registered charitable trust.

Students attend lectures, read set books and related Scripture passages, prepare assignments and sit an examination at the end of each semester. Age or lack of academic qualifications are no barrier to studying at Hatikvah. The atmosphere at the lectures is friendly and warm and students may enrol for the course for one, two or three years.

For further details email school@hatikvah.net or write to PO Box 6455 Wellesley St Auckland 1141.

Textbooks are available from the Hatikvah Bookroom and from the school library.

THE COURSE

Semester One commences the first Monday in March. Consideration is given to some of the following topics:

	A short history of Judaism
	The doctrines and principles of Judaism
	Jewish customs and practices
	Hebrew (optional)
	The Biblical basis of Hebrew Christianity
	Why Jewish people need the Gospel
	How to witness to Jewish people

QUESTIONS ABOUT HATIKVAH

"I haven’t done any study since I was at school. Would that stop me from being accepted at Hatikvah?"

No. Academic achievement, or lack of it, is not an important factor in studying with us.

"I don’t mind study, but I don’t think I could manage Hebrew."

Don’t worry. Hebrew is optional.

"I’m retired. Am I too old for Hatikvah?"

No.

"I’m a Christian minister. How could Hatikvah be helpful to me?"

Learning to read the Bible in its original language is invaluable to a minister. Discovering the culture, customs and beliefs of the Jewish people will shed fresh light on both Old and New Testaments. Sunday School teachers and other Christian workers will also benefit from the Hatikvah course.

"I’ve only just become a Christian. Can I enrol for Hatikvah?"

Yes.

WHAT THE STUDENTS SAY

"We have a real learning place here." Sarah

"I have found Hatikvah to be informative and challenging, both in Christian education generally, and specifically in missionary outreach to the Jewish people." John

"I have really enjoyed Hatikvah and am looking forward to sensitively sharing the Good News of Messiah with my Jewish friends, using the skills and Biblical basis I have learnt on the course." Joanne

"God continues to enlarge my heart and open my understanding of Jewish thinking. My wrong thought patterns are slow and painful to change - but go they must!" Andrew

"I am a pastor of a small church ... One of our ministries is going door-to-door and throughout my work I have come across a few Jews and I found it very difficult to witness to them and I heard about Hatikvah and so I came along. I am learning a lot of things here as well as the Hebrew language." Wayne

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