Hi everyone...Last day of Semester One is today! Congratulations to getting this far in the year...it's all downhill now
- sort of!
If you're off for a break, enjoy the days doing things other than study and we look forward to seeing you on 21 July when Semester Two starts (or perhaps earlier if you're on a block course). If you're finishing with us, thanks for being part of this community whether from afar or onsite. We wish you all the very best as you move on to other things.
A couple of things to be aware of during the next few weeks:
a) For those people enrolled in distance courses in Semester Two, we are aiming to send the course books to you by around 18 July, in time for Semester Two starting. Please note: it is important that you have paid your fees before the course books will be sent out.
b) We have been given the opportunity to be part of a free (yes free!) course through an organisation called Cultureflow. This course will cover Maori values and customs, Treaty of Waitangi principles, protocol on Marae etc. and basic Te Reo pronunciation.
Wednesday evenings 13 August - 17 September from 6-7:30pm at Carey
If you are keen to enrol in this, please email or phone Rachel (rachel.murray@carey.ac.nz) or 09 526 6598 by 25 July. This will be well worth it!
c) A seminar at Auckland University...
New light on the exodus from Egypt and recent excavations in North Sinai
8 July 2008 - 6:30pm
Venue: Lecture Theatre B15, Library Building, 5 Alfred Street
James Hoffmeier is Professor of Old Testament and Ancient Near Eastern History and Archaeology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. His present work which is in the threatened areas of northern Sinai (North Sinai Archaeological Project) grew out of an appeal by the Egyptian Antiquities Organization. He is involved in theological education internationally and has been active locally as a church planter, elder, teacher and preacher.
In recent years, some biblical scholars and archaeologists have questioned the historicity of the Israelite exodus from Egypt. The absence of direct archaeologist evidence and the belief that the biblical narratives are not historiographic in nature. This lecture will concentrate on some of the geographical aspects of the book of Exodus and recent research and archaeological excavations from North Sinai which has shed light on Egypt's east frontier defense network that the Bible refers to. Special emphasis will be placed on the excavations at Tell el-Borg from 2000-2007 which the lecturer directed.