Learn Biblical Hebrew - Softcover

Dobson, John H.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0801097428 ISBN 13: 9780801097423

Publisher: Baker Academic, Div of Baker Publishing Group, 2014

Synopsis

With this book, readers can learn Hebrew on their own and will find themselves reading meaningful verses from the Hebrew Bible after just two hours of study. The book provides the basics of a standard grammar but also includes insights into Hebrew narrative and poetry not usually found in introductory textbooks. Audio files for the book are available through Baker Academic's Textbook eSources. Now in paper.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Through his teaching experiences, John Dobson developed a method that enables students to read and understand passages of the Hebrew Bible from an early stage. Students from around the world have experienced the effectiveness of his method. Learn Biblical Hebrew provides the basics of a standard grammar but also includes insights into Hebrew narrative and poetry not usually found in introductory textbooks. In addition to the lessons, the book includes a glossary of grammatical terms, a short reference grammar, and helpful indexes.

The material can be used with equal ease in:

- an intensive six-week course
- a part-time extension module
- a regular academic language program
- self study, possibly with a mentor

"[A] welcomed addition to the burgeoning publications of Hebrew grammars. . . . Nothing substitutes for constant drill and frequent reading, and more reading, as students attempt to master the biblical languages. [This text] will help the instructor and the serious student to do just that."
--Mark D. Vander Hart, Mid-America Journal of Theology

"Introductions to each section of the grammar provide a clear view of lesson content and goals. . . . One of the strengths of this grammar is the focus on narrative and its characteristics. . . . Throughout the grammar [Dobson] preserves a focus on context as the ultimate determining factor for translation and meaning. Listing helpful translation guidelines, he gives the student clear direction for translating biblical Hebrew. . . . The treatment of Hebrew poetry . . . is quite understandable and practical."
--William D. Barrick, Master's Seminary Journal

Synopsis:

"This is how we want to learn Hebrew!" John Dobson has travelled to many countries as a teacher of biblical Hebrew. This course is based on his experience teaching groups ranging in size from a few people to over one hundred students, language students as well as those who have never studied a foreign language before, English speakers as well as those for whom English is a second language. The material can be used with equal ease in: *an intensive six-week course *a regular academic language programme *a part-time extension module *self-study, possibly with a mentor To develop his highly effective teaching method, John Dobson has applied the latest research findings on how people learn. This second edition of Learn Biblical Hebrew has been updated and revised. It is a complete student textbook as well as a comprehensive resource for teachers. The Rev John Dobson (M.A. Oxon, B.D. London) is known around the world for his infectious enthusiasm in encouraging the learning of New Testament Greek with meaningful understanding and enjoyment.

Thousands of students have benerfitted from his teaching, in colleges and universities in the USA and the UK and countries as far afield as Uganda and Pakistan. He is also the author of Learn Biblical Hebrew.

About this edition

• Publisher: Baker Academic, Div of Baker Publishing Group
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0801097428
• ISBN 13: 9780801097423
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 408