A Graded Reader of Biblical Hebrew

by Gary D. Pratico; Miles Van Pelt

Publisher:

Zondervan

, 2006

Overview

A Graded Reader of Biblical Hebrew is the ideal next-step resource for the student who has completed a year of elementary Hebrew, or it can be used as a refresher for the pastor or scholar whose language skills have diminished due to lack of use. Immersion in the language is the best way to reinforce what you have already learned and to gain greater proficiency in using the language for exegesis and preaching. A Graded Reader of Biblical Hebrew is a structured introduction to the reading of biblical Hebrew texts.

Through these readings, you will be able to review basic Hebrew grammar, become familiar with issues of intermediate grammar, and gain confidence in handling the Hebrew text. The readings chosen for inclusion, which are arranged generally in order of increasing difficulty, span the whole of the Old Testament and represent some of the most important Old Testament texts from the standpoint of biblical history, theology, and exegesis.

The many notes that accompany the text include information on grammar, exegetically significant constructions, vocabulary words, idioms, bibliographic information, and more. Parsing exercises are included with each reading, and there is room for you to write your own English translation.

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Key Features

• Provides extensive practice and helps to review basic Hebrew grammar
• Contains engaging exercises ensuring mastery of the content
• Offers exercises in increasing difficulty that span the entirety of the Old Testament
• Includes 30 different translation exercises

Contents

Top Highlights

“Recall that III-ה Infinitive Construct forms will always end in וֹת or ֹת” (Page 9)

“וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלַי בֶּן־אָדָם הֲתִחְיֶינָה הָעֲצָמוֹת” (Page 176)

“שָׁמַרְתָּ לְעַבְדְּךָ דָּוִד אָבִי אֵת אֲשֶׁר־דִּבַּרְתָּ לֹו וַתְּדַבֵּר בְּפִיךָ וּבְיָדְךָ מִלֵּאתָ” (Page 148)

“וּכְתַבְתָּם עַל־מְזוּזֹת ⁷בֵּיתֶךָ וּבִשְׁעָרֶיךָ 10 וְהָיָה כִּי יְבִיאֲךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֶל” (Page 72)

“וַיְנִיחֵנִי בְּתוֹךְ הַבִּקְעָה ¹וְהִיא מְלֵאָה עֲצָמוֹת 2 וְהֶעֱבִירַנִי עֲלֵיהֶם” (Page 176)

Product Details

• Title: Graded Reader of Biblical Hebrew: A Guide to Reading the Hebrew Bible
• Authors: Gary D. Pratico, Miles Van Pelt
• Publisher: Zondervan
• Print Publication Date: 2006
• Logos Release Date: 2013
• Pages: 256
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Hebrew language › Readers--Bible; Hebrew language › Grammar--Textbooks; Hebrew language › Textbooks for foreign speakers--English
• ISBNs: 9780310287957, 0310287952
• Resource ID: LLS:GRADREADBBCLHEB
• Resource Type: Grammar
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T00:20:57Z

About the Authors

Gary D. Pratico (ThD, Harvard Divinity School) is professor of Old Testament and director of the Hebrew language program at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He has been teaching Hebrew for nearly 30 years. He is coauthor with Miles Van Pelt of Basics of Biblical Hebrew and The Vocabulary Guide to Biblical Hebrew.

Miles Van Pelt (PhD, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is the Alan Belcher Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Languages at Reformed Theological Seminary in Jackson, Mississippi, where he also serves as the director of the Summer Institute for Biblical Languages and academic dean.