- Hardcover: 388 pages
- Publisher: Kregel (December 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0825426502
- ISBN-13: 978-0825426506
- Product Dimensions: 28.7 x 19.3 x 2.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 1.1 Kg
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #520,365 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A tested approach to learning biblical Hebrew in an ideal package for the first-year Hebrew student. This clear, accurate, and pedagogically sound textbook emphasizes the basics: Hebrew phonology (sounds) and morphology (forms). This grammar does not use jargon or technical language, but uses terms easily understood and remembered so biblical Hebrew can be used with regularity and authority.
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21 of 23 people found the following review helpful
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The Most Effective Way to Teach Biblical Hebrew, July 7 2006
By Charles Halton "awilum.com" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Invitation to Biblical Hebrew-H: A Beginning Grammar (Hardcover)
I know what you're thinking-not another Hebrew grammar! I feel you. I groan every time I see a new one. I bet there have been at least 4 or 5 new Hebrew grammars published in the last 6 months. So, what makes this one different from all the others gathering dust on the shelves? Fuller approaches teaching biblical Hebrew like Coach Wooden approached teaching championship basketball. If you want to learn a language-you need to know the fundamentals-and you need to know them well. If you get the fundamentals in place, the rest will follow.Fuller's method is the best there is. He combines watching a lecture in which he explains the chapter on a DVD, reading the chapter, and physically doing excercises out of a workbook (or on a whiteboard in a classroom). Furthermore, he reveals the reasons why language structures are the way they are, instead of throwing reams of paper at you to just memorize thousands of word patterns. If you want to learn Hebrew and you don't have access to a school-buy the book, workbook, DVDs and get studying. If you're teaching a class, integrate this into your semester, your students will thank you because they will come way with a deep knowledge of the language. Then, with a little practice, reading the Bible in Hebrew will be relatively easy.
You might ask how I know this works. Well, I was one of Fuller's students and now I'm doing a PhD in Semitic languages so it must have worked for me. (P.S. And no, he hasn't paid me to say these things. I say it because I want to help you learn Hebrew and/or be the best teacher possible.)
22 of 25 people found the following review helpful
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Well... not what i expected, Mar 7 2007
By Stanislao Esposito "Father Stanislao" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Invitation to Biblical Hebrew-H: A Beginning Grammar (Hardcover)
When i saw the combination of textbook, workbook and DVDs I jumped to the opportunity and I got the whole set. The Textbook is very well organized and the layout is very clear. However, it is just a set of rules and the exercises in it barely sustain the lesson. The workbook is organized in a bit more confusing way - drills, exercises and the answer keys.The DVDs are totally disappointing. He reads from the book basically (he actually has the pages of the book on his desk) . He says pretty much whatever he has written in the book. There are a lot of "huhs," and "whatever," or "something like that." Just as with the books, he just goes through one rule after another. Sometimes, especially at the beginning, in phonology (when i was learning to read Hebrew,) he would write the word, give you all you need to know (and more) about silent sheva and vocal sheva and will NOT read the word. I was left wondering about the pronounciation.
I have it 3 stars because the grammar, in itself, is a great reference book to keep on my shelf. The teaching method, well... needs some major editing.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Purely deductive, very thorough, Jan 22 2010
By Samuel M Smith - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Invitation to Biblical Hebrew-H: A Beginning Grammar (Hardcover)
I am a doctoral student in biblical studies who wanted to know Hebrew as well as one of my professors does. His name is Eric Mitchell and his blurb adorns the back of this book, so this was the logical place to start.There are two main schools of thought on how to learn a language. The inductive method argues for immersion in the text; hence you learn enough to read, say Genesis 1 and go for it. Then you pick up what you can as you go. The deductive method, alternatively, argues that the fine details of a foreign language are too significant to be learned in an ad hoc manner. The down side is that it seems to take forever before you can use your skills. I used the inductive approach for Koine Greek, Latin, German and French, but it just wasn't cutting it when it came to Hebrew. I am grateful that Dr. Fuller has provided all three parts of this set (grammar, workbook and DVDs) for people like me who needed the help.
Language acquisition is not a one-size-fits-all phenomenon. This may not be the place to start for you. But if you really are inquisitive and like puzzles and remembering SKNMLVI rules like me, this is a good fit. I cannot wait to complete the course and know everything in it.
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