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Hebrew for biblical interpretation / by Arthur Walker-Jones.

By: Series: Resources for biblical studyPublication details: Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, 2003.Description: xviii, 276 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 1589830865 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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Summary: Hebrew for Biblical Interpretation introduces elementary Hebrew with a focus on the skills needed for informed biblical exegesis. This innovative textbook, which combines the features of a traditional grammar with the insights of language education from applied linguistics, offers clear and concise discussions of grammatical concepts as well as guided exercises in reading and interpreting the Hebrew Bible. All words occurring more than 100 times in the Hebrew Bible are taught in descending order of frequency, and attention to grammatical clues reduces the need for rote memorization of paradigms. The integration of grammar and exegesis motivates students and makes this textbook well suited to seminary and undergraduate courses in which scholarly biblical exegesis is the primary goal of language acquisition.
List(s) this item appears in: Introduction to Biblical Hebrew
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Book Book St Cyril's Theological Library Main collection LA | BS | OT 492.4/WA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 00042

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine derived contents note: Contents -- Acknowledgments . -- Introduction . -- Language and Learning . -- Integrating Exegesis . -- How to Use This Textbook . -- Chapter 1-Consonants . -- Final Forms . -- BeGaD KePhaT Letters . -- Printing Hebrew Letters . -- Using a Dictionary . -- Exercises . -- Chapter 2-Vowels . -- Silent and Vocal Sheva . -- Gutturals . -- "Sneaky" Patahi . -- Dagesh and Mappiq . -- Vocabulary . -- Exercises . -- Chapter 3-Nouns and Prepositions . -- The Definite Article . -- Prepositions . -- Rule of Sheva . -- The Conjunction -w> . -- Vocabulary . -- Exercises . -- Chapter 4-Word Studies . -- Lexicons . -- Concordances . -- Versions . -- Theological Dictionaries . -- Exercises . -- Chapter 5-Pronouns and Demonstratives . -- Independent Personal Pronouns . -- Suffixed Pronouns . -- Demonstratives . -- Vocabulary . -- Exercises . -- Chapter 6-Qal Imperfect, Part I . -- Qal Stem . -- Imperfect Conjugation . -- Use for Past Narration . -- Word Order . -- Sign of the Definite Direct Object ( or ) . -- Missing and Weak Letters . -- Charting Verbs . -- Interrogative Particle (-) . -- Vocabulary . -- Exercises . -- Chapter 7-Qal Imperfect, Part II . -- Meaning of the Qal . -- Meaning of the Imperfect . -- Negation . -- The Preposition . -- Suffixed Pronouns . -- Vocabulary . -- Exercises . -- Chapter 8-Opening the Hebrew Bible . -- Divisions . -- Accents . -- Pause . -- Maqqeph . -- Marginal Notes . -- "It is Written" and "It is Read" . -- Exercises . -- Chapter 9-Nouns in Construct . -- The Construct State . -- Definiteness and Indefiniteness . -- Indicators of the Construct . -- The Meaning of the Construct . -- Suffixed Pronouns . -- Finding Nouns in BDB . -- Vocabulary . -- Exercises . -- Chapter 10-Qal Perfect, Part I . -- Perfect Conjugation . -- III-he' verbs . -- Vav Consecutive . -- Vocabulary . -- Exercises . -- Chapter 11-Qal Perfect, Part II . -- Meaning of the Perfect . -- Hollow Verbs . -- The Root !tn . -- Suffixed Pronouns . -- Vocabulary . -- Exercises . -- Chapter 12-Textual Criticism . -- Reading BHS's Footnotes . -- Causes of Textual Corruption . -- Choosing between Readings . -- Exercises . -- Chapter 13-Adjectives . -- Gender and Number . -- Uses of the Adjective . -- Vocabulary . -- Exercises . -- Chapter 14-Numbers . -- Cardinal Numbers . -- Ordinal Numbers . -- Vocabulary . -- Exercises . -- Chapter 15-Verb Stems . -- Meaning of the Stems . -- Vocabulary . -- Exercises . -- Chapter 16-Translation . -- Literal Translation . -- Idiomatic Translation . -- Audience and Purpose . -- Gender . -- Scripture . -- Translators . -- Exercises . -- Chapter 17-Hiphil Imperfect . -- Form of the Hiphil Imperfect . -- Meaning of the Hiphil . -- Vocabulary . -- Exercises . -- Chapter 18-Piel Imperfect . -- Form of the Piel Imperfect . -- Meaning of the Piel . -- Vocabulary . -- Exercises . -- Chapter 19-Hiphil Perfect . -- Form of the Hiphil Perfect . -- Vocabulary . -- Exercises . -- Chapter 20-Authors and Editors . -- Source Criticism . -- Redaction Criticism . -- Hebrew Style . -- Exercises . -- Chapter 21-Piel Perfect . -- Form of the Piel Perfect . -- Locative he' . -- Vocabulary . -- Exercises . -- Chapter 22-Conjugations of Will, Part I . -- Qal Jussive . -- Qal Imperative . -- Qal Cohortative . -- Vocbulary . -- Exercises . -- Chapter 23-Conjugations of Will, Part II . -- Negation . -- Long Imperative Forms . -- Piel and Hiphil Conjugations Expressing Will . -- The Particle . -- Narrative Sequences . -- Disjunctive -w> . -- Vocabulary . -- Exercises . -- Chapter 24-Genre and Tradition . -- Genre or Form Criticism . -- Law . -- Prophets . -- Writings . -- Tradition . -- Exercise . -- Chapter 25-Participles, Part I . -- Qal Participle . -- Use and Meaning of Participles . -- Vocabulary . -- Exercises . -- Chapter 26-Participles, Part II . -- Hiphil Participle . -- Piel Participle . -- Vocabulary . -- Exercises . -- Chapter 27-Infinitive Construct . -- Form of the Qal Infinitive Construct . -- Stems other than Qal . -- Use and Meaning of the Infinitive Construct . -- Vocabulary . -- Exercises . -- Chapter 28-Hebrew Narrative . -- Plot . -- Character . -- Narrator and Point of View . -- Setting . -- Style and Rhetorical Criticism . -- Exercise . -- Chapter 29-Infinitive Absolute . -- Form of the Qal Infinitive Absolute . -- Use and Meaning . -- Piel and Hiphil Infinitives . -- Vocabulary . -- Exercises . -- Chapter 30-Niphal . -- Perfect . -- Imperfect . -- Imperative and Infinitives . -- Participle . -- Meaning of the Niphal . -- Vocabulary . -- Exercises . -- Chapter 31-Hitpael . -- Perfect . -- Imperfect . -- Imperative and Infinitive . -- Participle . -- Missing Letters and other Peculiarities . -- Hishtaphel . -- Vocabulary . -- Exercise . -- Chapter 32-Hebrew Poetry . -- Parallelism . -- Meter or Rhythm . -- Literary Features . -- Exercise . -- Chapter 33-Other Passive Stems . -- Pual . -- Hophal . -- Qal Passive . -- Vocabulary . -- Exercises . -- Chapter 34-Geminate Verbs . -- Qal Stem . -- Hiphil and Niphal . -- Other Stems . -- Vocabulary . -- Exercises . -- Chapter 35-Oaths . -- Reference Grammars . -- Curses . -- Oaths . -- Vocabulary . -- Exercise . -- Chapter 36-Overview of Interpretation . -- Locating the Readers . -- Text . -- Literary Analysis . -- Historical, Social, and Cultural Analysis . -- Engagement . -- Evaluation . -- Exercise . -- Appendix A-Verb Chart Worksheets . -- Appendix B-Stem and Conjugation Indicators . -- Appendix C-Verb Charts . -- Strong Verb . -- Qal . -- Niphal . -- Piel . -- Pual . -- Hitpael . -- Hiphil . -- Hophal . -- Minor Stems . -- Appendix D-Transliteration . -- Appendix E-Abbreviations of BHS . -- Latin Words and Abbreviations . -- Signs . -- Manuscripts and Versions . -- Hebrew Scriptures . -- Books of the New Testament . -- Appendix F-Selected Bibliographies . -- Word Studies . -- The Masoretic Text . -- Textual Criticism . -- Translation . -- Sources and Editors . -- Genre and Tradition . -- Hebrew Narrative . -- Hebrew Poetry . -- Hebrew Reference Grammars . -- Exegesis . -- Index .

Hebrew for Biblical Interpretation introduces elementary Hebrew with a focus on the skills needed for informed biblical exegesis. This innovative textbook, which combines the features of a traditional grammar with the insights of language education from applied linguistics, offers clear and concise discussions of grammatical concepts as well as guided exercises in reading and interpreting the Hebrew Bible. All words occurring more than 100 times in the Hebrew Bible are taught in descending order of frequency, and attention to grammatical clues reduces the need for rote memorization of paradigms. The integration of grammar and exegesis motivates students and makes this textbook well suited to seminary and undergraduate courses in which scholarly biblical exegesis is the primary goal of language acquisition.

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