Basics of Hebrew Discourse: a Guide to Working with Hebrew Narrative and Poetry

A syntax resource that's perfect for intermediate Hebrew students.

This Basics workbook introduces students to the principles and exegetical benefits of discourse analysis (text linguistics) when applied to biblical Hebrew prose and poetry.

Where standard Hebrew reference grammars have traditionally worked to describe the relationship between words and phrases within discrete clauses (micro syntax), discourse analysis works to describe those relationships that exist between clauses and texts (macro syntax).

The Basics of Biblical Hebrew Workbook gives the intermediate or second-year Hebrew student the tools to work with Hebrew syntax on the macro level. Professors and pastors working with Hebrew will also find this one-of-a-kind resource highly valuable.

Matthew H. Patton (PhD, Wheaton College) is Pastor of Covenant Presbyterian Church in Vandalia, OH. He is the coauthor of Basics of Hebrew Discourse and Hope for a Tender Spring: Jehoiachin in Biblical Theology.

Frederic Clarke Putnam (PhD, Annenberg Research Institute) is associate professor of Bible & liberal studies, The Templeton Honors College at Eastern University. He has taught Hebrew grammar, discourse, and exegesis since 1984, and has published three previous books on biblical Hebrew. He and his family live in southeast Pennsylvania. 

Miles Van Pelt (PhD, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is the Alan Hayes Belcher, Jr. Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Languages at Reformed Theological Seminary in Jackson, Mississippi. He is the author or coauthor of numerous books in the field of biblical language acquisition, including the bestselling introductory grammar, Basics of Biblical Hebrew, coauthored with Gary D. Pratico.