Hebrew for the Rest of Us: Using Hebrew Tools without Mastering Biblical Hebrew
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This book is a guide for English-only readers to understand the language of the Old Testament just enough to work with the Old Testament in more detail and to understand the secondary literature on the Bible that uses Hebrew directly.
Contents Preface....................viiiAbbreviations....................xivWeek 1: "Getting to Know You": Consonants and the History of Hebrew 1 It Doesn't Look Like Greek to Me - The Hebrew Alphabet....................12 Whose Language is Dead? - The History of Hebrew....................12Week 2: "Getting to Know All About You": Vowels and How We Got the OT 3 Get the Point? - The Hebrew Vowels....................174 Canon, Text, and Versions....................32Week 3: Roots, Clauses, and Function Words 5 Getting to the Root of the Matter - Hebrew Word Roots....................496 "Yes, Virginia, There Are ... Clauses"....................657 Wow! - The Conjunction Waw and Friends....................768 Prepositions Come Before....................88Week 4: Nominals 9 What's in a Name? - Overview of Nominals....................9910 Be Sure You Read This! - The Article....................10611 A Tale of Two States - Case Functions....................11212 An Apt Description - Adjectives....................133Week 5: Verbals 13 Where the Action Is - Overview of Verbs....................14714 When the Perfect Comes - Perfect Forms....................16915 There's Nothing Wrong with ... Imperfect Forms....................18116 Where There's a Will, There are ... Volitional Forms....................19117 To Infinitives and Beyond! - Infinitives & Participles....................200Week 6: A Method to Our Madness 18 What Do You Mean? - Hebrew Word Studies....................22119 Tools of the Trade - Books in Paper and Electronic Form....................23420 If It's NotPoetry, It's ... Hebrew Prose....................24721 It May Not Rhyme, But It's Still ... Hebrew Poetry....................258Appendices 1 Hebrew Songs....................2732 Word Study Guide....................2773 Action Figures....................280
