Hackett, Jo Ann - A Basic Introduction to Biblical Hebrew: With CD [Wi

Hardcover - English

It has long been acknowledged that the classic textbook Basics of Biblical Hebrew was the standard Hebrew grammar for college and seminary students wishing to study biblical Hebrew. With the release on Jo Ann Hackett's grammar A Basic Introduction to Biblical Hebrew that assumption can no longer be made.

Hackett's grammar is arranged in 30 lessons which makes it excellent for intensive study over the period of 1 semester, or for 2 semesters over the course of an entire school year. During the study the stude4nt will encounter several new approaches to learning the language. First, Hackett lists verbal forms from 1st person to 3rd person, rather than the traditional approach of 3rd to 1st. She acknowledges that the traditional way in counter intuitive with English speaking students because they learn their verbs from 1st to 3rd.

Second, rather than introducing both strong and weak verbs together, Hackett divides them and presents all strong verbs first, and then introduces weak verbs near the end of the book. Again, the principle in play here is to follow a formal order that layers and slowly introduces nuance into the language rather than shifting back and forth between straight forward items, and more difficult aspects of the language.

Third, Hackett also jettisons what she believes are old-fashioned methods of teaching the Hebrew verbal system in favor of a more simple, but also more descriptive system using the terms prefix conjugation and suffix conjugation. She also uses ve-qatal to describe what is popularly known as the converted perfect.

ADDITIONAL INFO

ISBN

159856028X

EAN

9781598560282

Publisher

HENDRICKSON PUBL

Publication Date

01/04/2010

Pages

302

Dimension

24.13cm x 18.44cm x 2.72cm