Gives students a general overview of the language and focuses on its main characteristics. The text avoids a heavy-handed academic approach and instead emphasizes the basics of general understanding. An excellent choice for courses in the language, as well as introductory or survey courses on the Old Testament.
Elementary Biblical Hebrew: An Introduction to the Language and its History gives students a general overview of the language and focuses on its main characteristics. The text avoids a heavy-handed academic approach and instead emphasizes the basics of general understanding.
Students are exposed to commentaries and word studies that provide a strong linguistic foundation while introducing Biblical Hebrew's primary components. Chapters include strategies and hints for learning the language, as well as activities and exercises that allow for application.
The second edition features a new preface, fresh translation keys for Chapters 7 and 8, and new vocabulary words in Chapters 3 through 8.
Elementary Biblical Hebrew takes an ancient language and places it in an engaging, relevant context to make it come alive for students. The text is enriched with charts, illustrations, and full-colour photography. It is an excellent choice for courses in the language, as well as introductory or survey courses on the Old Testament.
Chet Rode holds a Ph.D. in Biblical studies and the Old Testament from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is an online professor of the Old Testament and Hebrew with Liberty University, where he previously served at the chair of the Department of Biblical Studies at Liberty University School of Divinity. His writing has appeared in the Near East Archaeological Society Bulletin, the Midwestern Journal of Theology, and the Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society. From 2015-2018, Dr. Roden participated in archaeological field work excavating water systems and exploring Bronze Age gates and fortifications systems at the Tel Gezer archaeological site in Israel. In 2019, he joined the new excavations at Tel Hadid as a co-supervisor.
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