The best of both deductive and inductive approaches introducing students to the basics of Biblical Hebrew.
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"An absolutely superb textbook introducing Biblical Hebrew grammar. The grammar is crystal clear, paradoxically concise and copious, and most helpfully creative."-Bruce Waltke, Regent College
"The clear, simple presentation in each chapter, the consistent and early use of biblical examples in the exercises, and an approach that combines the best in modern linguistics with older philological traditions reveals a pedagogical art seldom seen. Ross provides copious helps to jump-start the student in reading narrative and offers intermediate level information for the keen learner. I have used earlier versions of Ross's grammar over the past sixteen years with great success and highly recommend this text to others."-Peter J. Gentry, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
"Introducing Biblical Hebrew more than satisfies a one-year curriculum and may function especially well as a preparatory step for advanced studies. It is the best introductory volume available."-Ken Mathews, Beeson Divinity School, Samford University
"Tested for years in the classroom, this is a welcome addition to our resources for teaching and learning Biblical Hebrew."-Richard E. Averbeck, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
Allen P. Ross (Ph.D., University of Cambridge) is the director of the Christian Leadership Center in Tallahassee, Florida, and the author of several books. He taught Hebrew at Dallas Theological Seminary and Trinity Episcopal School of Ministry for more than thirty years.
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Allen P. Ross (Ph.D., University of Cambridge) is professor of Old Testament at Beeson Divinity School and has taught Hebrew grammar to seminary students for over thirty years. His publications include Creation and Blessing: A Guide to the Study and Exposition of the Book of Genesis and Holiness to the LORD: A Guide to the Exposition of the Book of Leviticus.
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By N Suen
Format:Hardcover
This is an excellent grammar if you are after conciseness but enough depth to have a good grasp of the language.
The weakness is not enough exercises and no answer key (not in back of the book and no one has published one as yet). Edit (Sep 2010): an answer key is available online ([...]).
A good compromise for those learning Hebrew on their own is to supplement with Page Kelley's Biblical Hebrew which has plenty of exercises and is very verbose.
If you intend to use this book for self-learning, it is best to have some previous experience in some other anicent language (e.g. Greek); this will reduce the steepness of the learning curve especially in dealing with grammatical terminology. If you have no previous experience there are books which are more 'user friendly' like Mansoor or Pratico. But of course you sacrifice depth for user-friendliness.
The weakness is not enough exercises and no answer key (not in back of the book and no one has published one as yet). Edit (Sep 2010): an answer key is available online ([...]).
A good compromise for those learning Hebrew on their own is to supplement with Page Kelley's Biblical Hebrew which has plenty of exercises and is very verbose.
If you intend to use this book for self-learning, it is best to have some previous experience in some other anicent language (e.g. Greek); this will reduce the steepness of the learning curve especially in dealing with grammatical terminology. If you have no previous experience there are books which are more 'user friendly' like Mansoor or Pratico. But of course you sacrifice depth for user-friendliness.
By A Customer
Format:Hardcover
I am a second-year, first-time-with-Hebrew MDiv student with an A average overall, and one seminary instructor chose this book to teach us Hebrew, rather than the book our seminary traditionally usually uses. Here is why I think that a Hebrew first-timer and MDiv-er shouldn't buy this book -- and why, as a committed student who wants to master the material in it, I would ask profs to use different textbooks to teach other students like myself.
1. Most U.S. M.Div. people need to learn to translate from Hebrew into English, not the other way around. Far too many of Ross's exercises (in fact, the majority of them for the first 30 or so chapters) are about translating from English to Hebrew -- something we do not need facility in to do good jobs as pastors/preachers/exegetes. Better to see lots of Hebrew and translate it into English -- the skill to be mastered, after all.
2. Each of the first 40 or so chapter/lessons has a maximum of 10 phrases for the student to translate from Hebrew to English. This is insufficient to acquire mastery of any of the concepts, grammar, or vocabulary covered in any one of the chapters, especially without an answer key available, let alone to continually reinforce and build upon one's mastery of previous vocab/grammar. Also, one does not get to see what specific forms of verbs, constructs, etc. actually look like "in vivo" often enough to facilitate future translation.
3. In each chapter, the author introduces vocabulary that he does not then use in translation exercises until tens of chapters later. As the old saying goes, "Use it or lose it."
In short, I would never recommend this book as a textbook or study aid to students new to Hebrew. I have found it helpful to reference and use the abundant exercises and explanations in Kelley's "An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew," as well as the "Basics of Biblical Hebrew" book and workbook to gain mastery of the material.
Format:Hardcover
The book is clearly written and seems to contain all of the information necessary for a first-year grammar. My only complaint is that, to the best of my knowledge, there is no answer key for the book. So if you are planning on self-study, this would not be a good choice.
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I've read all the reviewsl.......
and I've done seaches for books by the Jewish Publication Society, and I have to agree with Amazon, PUBLISHERS, LET US SEE INSIDE THE BOOK. Read more
Published on May 30 2004
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Bravo! Five well-deserved stars!
Oh, to be learning Hebrew for the first time! I wish this book had been around when I first learned my aleph, beth, gimel's. Read more
Published on Mar 20 2002
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An excellent introductory grammar
This introductory grammar is one of the best yet written for Biblical Hebrew. It is more of traditional textbook in the sense of size and layout than most Hebrew Grammars. Read more
Published on Nov 11 2001 by Stephen Marler
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