'Hope on a Rope': Unique Hebrew Language Program Lends Understanding to Biblical Roots

Julie Stahl
11-28-2025

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JERUSALEM, Israel – It should not come as a surprise to most that the Bible was not written in the English language. 

Melissa Briggs has studied biblical Hebrew in Israel, and she recently joined us in our Jerusalem studios to explain why Christians might want to learn some Hebrew. She started a program called Explore Hebrew, which focuses on "understanding the original, beautiful meaning of five or ten or fifteen biblical words that are central to our faith."

She is offering a discount on the course on her website, explorehebrewthinkific.com

Watch our interview with Melissa Briggs by clicking on the video above.

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Julie Stahl
Julie
Stahl

Julie Stahl is a correspondent for CBN News in the Middle East. A Hebrew speaker, she has been covering news in Israel fulltime for more than 20 years. Julie’s life as a journalist has been intertwined with CBN – first as a graduate student in Journalism; then as a journalist with Middle East Television (METV) when it was owned by CBN from 1989-91; and now with the Middle East Bureau of CBN News in Jerusalem since 2009. As a correspondent for CBN News, Julie has covered Israel’s wars with Gaza, rocket attacks on Israeli communities, stories on the Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria and