Essential Biblical Hebrew: The Language and Life of Ancient Israel - Softcover

Verbruggen, Jan L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1500736155 ISBN 13: 9781500736156

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

Synopsis

In this introductory Hebrew workbook, Jan Verbruggen tries to add the element of the culture of Ancient Israel to the students’ learning process. Through the study of Biblical Hebrew, students often have their first encounter with the culture of the Ancient Near East. This book adds to that experience by way of short introductory paragraphs concerning the life and culture of Ancient Israel placed at the beginning of every lesson. Dr. Verbruggen is also of the opinion that what students learn first they often remember the longest. Since the Hebrew verbal system is crucial to understanding of the language, the verbs are placed at the beginning of the book. The vocabulary in this grammar is listed and learned by frequency, but at the same time, it is presented within context by placing the word in short Hebrew sentences or phrases, most of them coming straight from the Scriptures. Most of the exercises are taken straight from the Scriptures. When the students are finished going through this grammar, they will have encountered every literary type, and every genre found in the Hebrew Scriptures.

About this title

About the Author

Jan Verbruggen (Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University) has taught at Western Seminary for over 10 years. He originally came from Belgium, where he taught for 6 years at the Evangelische Theologische Faculteit, Heverlee and ministered as a pastor for 3 years. He has published a number of articles in Dutch at various magazines and journals in the Netherlands and Belgium. He also taught at Chesapeake Theological Seminary and at Sri Lanka Bible College. He has further published in the Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, dictionaries, and a number of Festschrifts. He has participated in various computer projects that help analyze the Bible or facilitate the learning of biblical Hebrew.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1500736155
• ISBN 13: 9781500736156
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 274