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This Latin language textbook is based on a new technique developed at the Polis Institute, Living Sequential Expression (LSE), which makes learning a new language easier and more enjoyable.  LSE is inspired by two ideas of François Gouin: the importance of sequence in the learning process, and the need to express basic human experience through the […]

The Polis Interdisciplinary Colloquium: Souls and Sounds of the City Presents a Free Lecture by Dr. Merav Mack Since antiquity Jerusalem has served as a center for writers, theologians, poets, and thinkers. However, it has also endured a great number of wars that relinquished its libraries and manuscripts. Against all odds, hundreds of manuscripts have […]

On Thursday March 24, the Polis Institute played host to the Musrara Winter Music Festival.  This month long event is organized by the Center for Middle Eastern Classical Music and consists of five free concerts that are hosted by various institutions in the Musrara neighborhood.  As the lights were dimmed we were treated to the […]

We are now taking registration for our Summer Intensive Language Courses, in which students have the opportunity to advance one level in Ancient Greek, Latin, Biblical Hebrew, Modern Hebrew, or Spoken Arabic.  This year, courses will be taught at three locations: Christendom College in Virginia USAUniversita della Sant Croce in Rome ItalyPolis Institute in Jerusalem Israel.   At Polis we bring ancient languages to […]

Jerusalem’s newest hiking trail visits a site from the Gospels and more Henri Gourinard, a licensed tour guide in Israel and also a lecturer in historical geography and ancient Near Eastern history at the Polis Institute, describes the competing views on the location of Emmaus, where the resurrected Jesus broke bread with Cleopas, and a […]

The Polis Interdisciplinary Colloquium: Souls and Sounds of the City Presents a Free Lecture by Professor Mary Keys Professor Keys will give an overview of her forthcoming book Pride, Politics, and Humility in Augustine’s City of God (Cambridge; expected in June 2022). Augustine reveres Jerusalem as an image of the perfection of the City of […]

The Polis Interdisciplinary Colloquium: Souls and Sounds of the City Presents a Free Lecture by Dr. Aharon (Ari) Eitan Every fifth child in Israel goes to a Haredi (Jewish Ultra-Orthodox) school. Given its rapid growth, the Haredi sector has an increasing impact not only on Israel, but also on the entire Jewish world. How do […]

Registration is Now Open for Spring Semester - 40-100 ACADEMIC HOURS (February 15, 2022 - June 16, 2022)  בואו ללמוד שפות במכון פוליס בלב ירושלים تعالوا تعلموا معنا لغات في القدس  Modern Hebrew (لغة عبرية)Biblical HebrewSpoken Arabic (ערבית מדוברת)Modern Standard Arabic (ערבית ספרותית מודרנית)Ancient GreekCopticLatinClassical Syriac Online CoursesJerusalem Campus Courses Begin learning a new language or advance […]

The latest publication from the Polis Institute Press is an ancient Greek version of the classic Brothers Grimm fairytale Hansel and Gretel, co-authored by our Dean, Christophe Rico, and Polis instructor Stephen Hill.  The book is designed as a teaching aid for students who have completed beginner levels in ancient Greek.  This story was chosen […]

Dr. Tania Notarius and Lecturer Henri Gourinard are preparing the program for the new Interdisciplinary Colloquium, Souls and Sounds of the City, which aims to be a shared ground for researchers, writers, and students, interested in different aspects of the Jerusalem cultural heritage in its Near Eastern context (archaeology, anthropology, epigraphy and paleography, history, languages, […]