Polis The Jerusalem Institute of languages and humanities

Cultural sources of the West

Judaeo-christian source Greco-latin source > Christian synthesis Languages for the transmission : Greek, Latin, Hebrew, Siriac and Arabic

Unacessible inheritage
Medical treaties of Galen: 20 000 pages mostly untranslated

Alcuinus : most of the text untranslated 70 per cent of ancient and mediaeval sources untranslated

Risks and challenges

The Dan Brown syndrom 21st century man unable to understand or assimilate his own spiritual inheritage Ancient languages: key to enter the library which is the foundation of western culture

Jerusalem
1. Craddle of Europe (Bible, alphabet, week) 2. Holy city for Judaism, Christendom and Islam 3. Meeting point between East and West 4. Spoken languages : sources of Western culture today : Arabic and Hebrew in the past : Greek, Aramaic, Latin

Jerusalem potential
We do not find in Jerusalem an institution where it would be possible to study, in an international, non confessional, and relaxed atmosphere, Western cultural sources.

International projection
1. Formation of ancient languages teachers: Latin, Greek, Biblical Hebrew, Syriac, Aramaic 2. Development of educational tools to study those languages (textbooks, films, songs, etc.) 3. Contributing to the revival of the languages that are linked to our culture

Polis. The Jerusalem Institute of languages and humanities

1. Ancient languages courses (Greek, Latin, Biblical Hebrew, Syriac, Aramaic) 2. Modern languages courses (standard and dialectal Arabic, modern Hebrew) 3. Master programs (ancient languages, semitic languages, mediaeval philosophy, Middle East Studies)

The Polis Method Total physical response

Ka,qison vAna,sthqi Ka,qison evpi. th.n kaqe,dran Ka,qison evpi. th.n tra,pezan Peripa,tei brade,wj Peripa,tei tace,wj Peripa,tei ovli,gon Peripa,tei polu, Tre,ce Sth/qi Poreu,qhti evkei/ vElqe. pro.j th.n qu,ran

Elements of the Polis Method

1. Total physical repsonse
2. Story telling

3. Story building
4. Use of images / accesories

5. Talking groups

Ti,j ei= su, *

CRISTOFOROS \ Cai,rete) vEgw. Cristo,foro,j eivmi) Ti,nej evste u`mei/j * MARQA \ `Hmei/j evsmen Ti,mwn kai. Ma,rqa) `Hmei/j evsmen oi` gonei/j tou/ Nikola,ou) Kai. ti,j ei= su, * =Ara su. ei= o` dida,skaloj tou/ Nikola,ou * CRISTOFOROS \ Nai,( evgw, eivmi) TIMWN \ =Ara fro,nimo,j evstin o` Niko,laoj * MARQA \ Si,ga( Ti,mwn) `H e`llhnikh. glw/ssa kalh, evstin)

`Umei/j

`Hmei/j

Mele,thma A ,
1) Ti,nej evste. )))))))) * )))))))) evsmen oi` gonei/j tou/ vAlexa,ndrou) 2) Ti,nej evste. ))))))))) * 3) ))))))))) evsmen Fi,lippoj kai. Nika,nwr) -4) =Ara fi,loi evsme.n )))))) * 5) Nai,( ))))))) fi,loi evste. sfo,dra) 6) =Ara ))))))) evste oi` gonei/j tou/ Fili,ppou * 7) Nai,( ))))))))) evsmen oi` gonei/j tou/ Fili,ppou) 8) =Ara fro,nimoi, evsmen )))))) * 9) Nai,( ))))))))) fro,nimoi, evste)

Songs
;Alfa( bh/ta( ga,mma( de,lta( e' yilo,n) Zh/ta( h=ta( qh/ta( ivw/ta) Ka,ppa( la,mbda( mu/( nu/( xi/( o' mikro,n) Pi/( r`w/( si/gma( tau/( u- yilo,n) Fi/( ci/( yi/( w= me,ga)

Tau/ta, evstin ta. stoicei/a th/j e`llhnikh/j glw,sshj( ta. gra,mmata Tau/ta, evstin ta. stoicei/a th/j e`llhnikh/j glw,sshj( ta. gra,mmata)

Polis 1 editions
French Polis. Parler le grec ancien comme une langue vivante, Cerf, 2009 Italian Polis. Parlare il greco antico come una lingua viva, Edizioni San Paolo, 2010 German Polis, Altgriechische lernen wie eine lebende Sprache, Helmut Buske, 2011

Next textbooks
Polis 1, 2nd edition 20 / 120 h. Polis 2 20 / 120 h. Polis 3 20 / 120 h.

Less.

Cont.

1st /2nd decl. Present Part aorist Imperatives

Simplified Text 2014

Level Pub.

3rd decl. Part aorist Imperfect Subjunctive Simple narrative Text 2015

Future Perfect Optative

Koine Texts 2017?

Other textbooks
Latin (2014) : Forum (Daniel Blanchard, Eduardo Engelsing)

Biblical Hebrew (2014) : Salem (Jan Joosten, Eran Shuali, Eyyal Nahum)

Dialectal Arabic (2015) : No name (Christy Bandak, Hiba abu Rammoz)

Master in ancient philology I Languages

Greek: 310 hours / 3 levels

Biblical Hebrew: 310 hours / 3 levels Optional: Latin / Modern Hebrew / Aramaic / Arabic / Syriac

Master in ancient philology II Other subjects

General linguistics Greek philology Semitic philology Paleography and textual criticism Theory of translation History of the alphabet and of the book History of the Middle East Topography and toponymy of the Holy Land

Agreements
Any university may establish an agreement with Polis According to the agreement students would get the first year of Master in Polis and the second one in their former university The title of the Maste rwould be given by the former university

Intensive summer courses Polis Method

Rome, Universidad Santa Croce, July 2013 Languages: Griego I, II and III : 70 hours Biblical Hebrew I and II: 70 horas Latin I, II, III and IV: 70 hours Methodology course: 15 hours

Last courses
Piura University, Lima Agosto January 2013 Avemaria University, Florida June 2013 Polis, Jerusalem July-September 2013 Al Muwafaqa, Rabat October 2013- January 2014

Talking ancient Greek

Understanding it directly

Reading it without translating