A First Hebrew Reader: Jonah, Ruth, and Esther (Hebrew Edition) - Softcover

Lee, Timothy A

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1916854192 ISBN 13: 9781916854192

Publisher: Timothy A. Lee Publishing, 2023

Synopsis

This is a Hebrew reader for the books of Jonah, Ruth, and Esther. The books selected for this reader contain some of the simplest passages of the Hebrew Bible, as such they are often among the first books to be read and studied by students. It is designed as a useful cost-efficient tool for two groups of people. First, for students learning Biblical Hebrew after a year’s worth of study this book and provides the material to grow in reading ability from the primary texts. Second, this book is designed for pastors, rabbis, scholars, and curious lay people looking to refresh their Hebrew, or use them in preparation for their work of study, preaching, and teaching.

The book immerses the reader in the biblical texts in order to build confidence reading Biblical Hebrew as quickly as possible. To achieve this, all uncommon words that occur 80 times or fewer in the Bible are glossed as footnotes. This enables the reader to continue reading every passage unhindered. Therefore, the book complements traditional language grammars and is especially ideal for beginner and intermediate students learning to read Biblical Hebrew. However, even advanced readers will appreciate the glossing of the rare words, since it saves time reading the text. In addition, unlike other readers, this book is small and light, so very easy to carry around and a pleasure to read.

Other features include:

• Biblical maps in Hebrew
• Paradigm charts of noun and verbs
• Glossary of all the words not glossed below the text
• Formatted poetry
• Qere / Ketivs marked in the margins
• Tables of Masoretic accents
• Wide margins
• Unpointed text to practise reading without vowels
• Jonah and Ruth written in the same font as a Dead Sea Scroll

About this title

About the Author

Timothy A. Lee (PhD, University of Cambridge) is a postdoctoral researcher at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His research focuses on textual criticism of the Greek and Hebrew Bible, the Dead Sea Scrolls, biblical interpretation, ancient history, and theology. Some of his work is published in journals such as Revue de Qumran, Textus, the Journal of Septuagint and Cognate Studies, and Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha. He has three previous degrees from the Universities of Oxford and Durham.

Edition details

• Publisher: Timothy A. Lee Publishing
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: Hebrew
• ISBN 10: 1916854192
• ISBN 13: 9781916854192
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 145