Biblical Hebrew, Second Ed. (SET) (Yale Language Series) - Hardcover

Kittel, Bonnie Pedrotti; Hoffer, Victoria; Abts Wright, Rebecca

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0300101031 ISBN 13: 9780300101034

Publisher: Yale University Press, 2004

Synopsis

This revised edition of the best-selling Biblical Hebrew is thoroughly updated and augmented for a new generation of students. Designed for use in a two-semester course, the book’s fifty-five lessons are constructed around Biblical verses or segments and arranged in order of increasing complexity. At the successful completion of the course, students will be well equipped to tackle prose passages on their own.

Biblical Hebrew is part of a comprehensive learning program that includes a 3-CD audio program and a companion volume, the Supplement for Enhanced Comprehension. The CDs present the alphabet, vowels, readings and cantillations of biblical passages, songs to assist with memorizing grammar concepts, selections from Psalms performed in a variety of musical styles, and all the vocabulary words from English to Hebrew. The Supplement offers reinforcement and review exercises along with more detailed and deeper discussion of topics treated briefly in the textbook.

Features of the components:
The text:
Readings of extended Biblical texts
Annotations to assist with difficult passages
Notes on literary style, text criticism, and issues of translation
  Emphasis on analyzing forms, learning to use an academic dictionary, memorizing paradigms and vocabulary
  Vocabulary lists
  Extensive glossary 
 Verb and preposition charts
  Song lyrics
  On-line answer key
The CDs:
   The alphabet and vowels
   Short readings followed by longer passages
   Catchy songs to assist with memorizing paradigms and grammar concepts
   Assigned texts cantillated according to masoretic notation
   Thirty-six songs, mostly from Psalms, performed in a variety of styles
   All vocabulary words recorded from English to Hebrew
The Supplement:·        
   Opportunities for reinforcement and review
   Further detail on topics covered lightly in the textbook
   Additional vocabulary exercises

 

About this title

From the Publisher:

Yale Language Series

About the Author:

Vicki Hoffer is lecturer in Biblical Hebrew and Biblical literature at Yale Divinity School. The late Bonnie Pedrotti Kittel was professor of Biblical Hebrew at Yale Divinity School and ordained as a Presbyterian minister. Rebecca Abts Wright is a member of the faculty at the University of the South.

About this edition

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0300101031
• ISBN 13: 9780300101034
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 492