Basics of Biblical Hebrew Video Lectures

by Miles Van Pelt

Publisher:

Zondervan Academic

, 2019

Overview

Basics of Biblical Hebrew, Video Lectures provides 36 easy-to-follow lessons introducing the grammar and language of the Hebrew Bible. Integrated for use with latest third edition of the bestselling biblical Hebrew grammar, it is an ideal resource for traditional students in need of additional instruction; for professors, who can now utilize precious classroom time for discussion and exercises—and have students watch lectures at home; and for self-learners and homeschoolers with an interest in learning Hebrew on their own.

Each lesson is short and is taught by experienced teacher Miles V. Van Pelt using a logical and simple method of learning biblical Hebrew, an approach he’s refined over more than 20 years of studying and instructing students in biblical languages. Focused on the structural pattern of biblical Hebrew instead of tedious memorization, each video session will give students in formal language classes and self-learners alike the basic understanding they need to begin studying the Hebrew Scriptures.

Key Features

• Focuses on the structural pattern of biblical Hebrew
• Provides an ideal resource for traditional students in need of additional instruction
• Utilizes a logical and simple method of learning biblical Hebrew

Contents

• The Hebrew Alphabet (32 min)
• Hebrew Vowels (19 min)
• Syllabification (38 min)
• Hebrew Nouns (37 min)
• Definite Article and Conjunction Waw (24 min)
• Hebrew Prepositions (24 min)
• Hebrew Adjectives (20 min)
• Hebrew Pronouns (21 min)
• Hebrew Pronominal Suffixes (25 min)
• Hebrew Construct Chain (28 min)
• Hebrew Numbers (14 min)
• Introduction to Hebrew Verbs (19 min)
• Qal Perfect Strong Verbs (24 min)
• Qal Perfect Weak Verbs (21 min)
• Qal Imperfect Strong Verbs (13 min)
• Qal Imperfect Weak Verbs (20 min)
• Waw Consecutive (22 min)
• Qal Imperative (19 min)
• Pronominal Suffixes on Verbs (16 min)
• Qal Infinitive Construct (24 min)
• Qal Infinitive Absolute (11 min)
• Qal Participle (25 min)
• Sentence Syntax (25 min)
• The Niphal Stem Strong Verbs (14 min)
• The Niphal Stem Weak Verbs (13 min)
• The Hiphil Stem Strong Verbs (12 min)
• The Hiphil Stem Weak Verbs (11 min)
• The Hophal Stem Strong Verbs (7 min)
• The Hophal Stem Weak Verbs (7 min)
• The Piel Stem Strong Verbs (14 min)
• The Piel Stem Weak Verbs (11 min)
• The Pual Stem Strong Verbs (6 min)
• The Pual Stem Weak Verbs (8 min)
• The Hithpael Stem Strong Verbs (16 min)
• The Hithpael Stem Weak Verbs (7 min)
• Introduction to the Hebrew Bible (18 min)

Product Details

• Title: Basics of Biblical Hebrew Video Lectures
• Author: Miles Van Pelt
• Publisher: Zondervan
• Publication Date: 2019
• Resource Type: Video
• Topic: Hebrew

About Miles Van Pelt

Dr. Miles Van Pelt is Alan Belcher Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Languages and academic dean for the Jackson campus of Reformed Theological Seminary. He has taught at Gordon College in Wenham, Massachusetts and at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in South Hamilton, Massachusetts.

He has a deep commitment to and passion for teaching students the Bible in its original languages. To that end, Miles is the coauthor of Basics of Biblical Hebrew: Grammar, Basics of Biblical Hebrew: Workbook, The Vocabulary Guide to Biblical Hebrew, Graded Reader of Biblical Hebrew, and Charts of Biblical Hebrew.

Van Pelt has also contributed to The New International Dictionary of Old Testament Theology and Exegesis and to the Eerdman’s Bible Dictionary and served as the Old Testament editor for Zondervan’s expository dictionary of biblical words, Mounce’s Complete Expository Dictionary of Old & New Testament Words. At the RTS campus in Jackson, he teaches Hebrew, historical books, prophetic literature, Old Testament biblical theology, and even Greek. He and his wife, Laurie, have four children.