The department of Hebrew, Biblical and Jewish Studies at the University of Sydney. HBJS is a department within @usydslc at @sydney_uni.
Sydney, New South Wales
Joined January 2019
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All the best to Heath! Heath Sloane majored in Modern Hebrew with us at #hbjsatusyd, and we look forward to seeing more of his accomplishments in the future!
👏🏼 Congrats to our alumnus Heath Sloane who's been selected as a Yenching Scholar! Heath graduated in 2017 with three (!) language majors in Chinese, French and Modern Hebrew, and will begin his Master's in International Relations at @PKUYCA this August. All the best, Heath!
Today's #funfactfriday fact is that yesterday was the 71st Birthday of Israel!
While Israel was born on May 14th, 1948, it's birthday is marked according to the Hebrew Calender. May 14th in 1948 corresponded with the 5th day of the Hebrew Month of Iyar
Yom Huledet Sameach!
A few weeks ago, professor Gary Rendsberg (Rutgers University) gave a terrific lecture on his upcoming book "How the Bible is Written". You can now catch this lecture on our YouTube channel - "Usyd - Hebrew, Biblical… instagram.com/p/Bw8bHqjBCFO/…
Enjoying our Curiosity Bites so far? Remember to check out our YouTube and Facebook pages for more in the coming weeks! We've just uploaded a little teaser of what to expect ;) here's a picture of our video editing… instagram.com/p/Bw55z29hNOK/…
For today's #funfactfriday, we'll be sharing the April 26th entry from Cecil Roth's "Jewish Book of Days", published in 1931, which we introduced in a post last week:
"Settlement in New Amsterdam (now New York)… instagram.com/p/BwtNBL4BGkL/…
The second video in our #curiositybites series is live on our YouTube channel: Usyd - Hebrew, Biblical and Jewish Studies. Enjoy Dr. Michael Abrahams-Sprod presenting "A Short History of… instagram.com/p/Bwq0D-5BtKf/…
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In case you missed it a couple of weeks ago, you can now catch Professor Gary Rendsburg's second lecture in his "All Things Ancient Israel" series on our YouTube page. Prof Rendsberg… instagram.com/p/BwoSr4kByH2/…
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Last week a team of Israeli scientists accomplished a world first: "3D-printing" a heart with a patents own cells. The heart is replete with cells, blood vessels, ventricles and chambers.… instagram.com/p/Bwlaa1ABEzz/…
To mark the start of Pesach, our #funfactfriday today will answer an important question: What happened to Moses in the Passover Haggadah?
The well-known story in the Hebrew Bible tells… instagram.com/p/BwbMhEnhIYZ/…
In 1931 a young Cecil Roth published in London #AJewishBookofDays chronicling important events for Jews ranging from the religious to the historical; from the political to the… instagram.com/p/BwYkAQGhT3i/…
In 1931 a young Cecil Roth published in London #AJewishBookofDays chronicling important events for Jews ranging from the religious to the historical; from the political to the… instagram.com/p/BwYj7T1BCtV/…
The first time the Americans walked on the moon one of the things they left there was a small silicon disk (about the size of a fifty cent piece) with goodwill messages from 4 presidents… instagram.com/p/BwJEhdwh2nX/…
Today we at #hbjsatusyd are beginning a new series called #curiositybites. Tune in each Wednesday for a short video featuring one of our accomplished academics, each giving a short… instagram.com/p/BwD5JRbhB9u/…
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Tune in now to Prof @grendsburg at Moore Theological College! facebook.com/HBJSdepartment/…
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Today's #FunFactFriday is a bit special. We'll be treating you to a bonus lecture by Prof Gary Rendsburg (Rutgers University, USA). Today Prof Rendsburg will be presenting on his upcoming… instagram.com/p/Bv25jYahZnR/…
In just one hour Prof Gary Rendsburg (Rutgers University, USA) will be presenting his second lecture in his 'All Things Ancient Israel' series at Mandelbaum House. He'll be speaking on… instagram.com/p/Bv0fP-aBIzK/…
Did you know that student commendations were set up as a way of supporting and recognising the efforts of teachers in the faculty? Individual students in the Faculty of Arts and Social… instagram.com/p/BvxvYbkhyaE/…
For today's #funfactfriday - did you know the song Rivers of Babylon by Boney M. Is based on Psalms 137 and 19 and spent 5 weeks at #1 in the UK… instagram.com/p/Bvk8u1wBB2u/…
Tune in live to the The 12th Alan Crown Lecture – The First Diasporas: Egypt and Babylonia with Professor Gary Rendsburg (Rutgers University, USA)
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The Alan Crown lecture with Rutgers Professor Gary Rendsburg is on this afternoon at Mandelbaum house. Admission is free! If you are unable to make it we will be livestreaming the lecture… instagram.com/p/BviUwbWB60a/…
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