Learning Biblical Hebrew: A New Approach Using Discourse Analysis

Rocine, B. M.

ISBN 10: 1573123242 / ISBN 13: 9781573123242

Published by Smyth & Helwys Publishing, Incorporated, 2000

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Learning Biblical Hebrew: A New Approach Using Discourse Analysis
• Publisher: Smyth & Helwys Publishing, Incorporated
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1573123242
• ISBN 13: 9781573123242
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: As New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Biblical Studies
  • Biblical Languages

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Synopsis

Several Hebraists of the last decade have called for the inclusion of discourse-level issues in introductory studies of Biblical Hebrew. In "Learning Biblical Hebrew," Bryan Rocine has written a first-year teaching grammar for Biblical Hebrew prose, taking the student from basic pronunciation forward. Students who have completed introductory courses in Biblical Hebrew often voice well-founded frustrations. They know some of the parts of the language, but they cannot read biblical text with any nuanced understanding. Rocine seeks to gain, for first-year students, the greatest possible advantage for their one-year's efforts. The course is comprised of fifty lessons and eight readings, which run concurrently with lessons 15-50. Each lesson is based on an actual biblical "verse" that illustrates the topic(s) for the lesson. The goals for each lesson are stated at the outset. Almost every lesson contains review material from the previous lesson before introducing the new material. Also for