Reasons Christians Should Learn Greek and Hebrew, the Biblical Languages
The other website for the 1st year Hebrew class:
Click here to be directed to the other page for the 1st semester of the 1st year Hebrew class
Course textbooks for 1st year Hebrew:
Also here on the Trinitarian Bible Society website: product code HEGRB. (Amazon Smile link here.)
(the Trinitarian Bible Society prints the traditional Hebrew OT text that lies underneath the Authorized Version and Received Text Bibles in other languages.) Hebrew OT PDF (you can download this, but you will still need the physical book for class.)
2.) Introduction to Biblical Hebrew, Thomas O. Lambdin (Amazon Smile link here.)
3.) Annotated Key to Lambdin’s Introduction to Biblical Hebrew, H. G. M. Williamson (Amazon Smile link here.)
4.) Invitation to Biblical Hebrew, Russell T. Fuller & Kyoungwon Choi (Amazon Smile link here).
5.) Invitation to Biblical Hebrew Workbook, Russell T. Fuller & Kyongwon Choi (Amazon Smile link here).
6.) Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (online here and here, but you need a physical lexicon for the class; Amazon Smile link here)–
or The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament, Ludwig Koehler and Walter Baumgartner, trans. & ed. M.E.J. Richardson (Either lexicon is acceptable; see the course outline for the differences.) (Amazon Smile link here.)
7.) Basics of Hebrew Accents, Mark D. Futato (Amazon Smile link here).
For the latter half of 1st year Hebrew, and for second year Hebrew (as well as for 2nd year and above Greek classes) it is extremely valuable, although not absolutely required, to have Accordance Bible software’s package, at a minimum the Original Languages Collection, or the more extensive Essential, Advanced, or Ultimate Collections. 2nd year Hebrew students should also purchase:
8.) From Exegesis to Exposition: A Practical Guide to Using Biblical Hebrew, Robert B. Chisholm, Jr. (Amazon Smile link here).
9.) Invitation to Biblical Hebrew Syntax: An Intermediate Grammar, Russell T. Fuller & Kyoungwon Choi (Amazon Smile link here).
Hebrew Course Outline and Assignment List
How to Read the Bible in the Original Languages (and in English)
Notes and Questions for Students on Hebrew Translation Passages, 1st Semester 1st Year Hebrew Word doc
Hebrew Vowel Chart (this is the one on the “Hebrew Vowel Audio” below) Handwritten Chart
Old Testament Translation Passages for Lessons 12-25 of Lambdin Word doc
Typing in Hebrew – keyboard characters for the Accordance Hebrew font Get the font and a free trial version of Accordance
A Vocabulary List of Words found in the Hebrew Old Testament 10x+
Introduction to the Ginsburg Edition of the Hebrew Old Testament, Alfred S. Geden & R. Kilgour—An Introduction to the edition published by the Trinitarian Bible Society Download PDF
The Debate over the Inspiration of the Hebrew Vowel Points
Evidences for the Inspiration of the Hebrew Vowel Points
The Antiquity of the Hebrew Language, Letters, Vowels, and Accents, John Gill
A Treatise on the Accentuation of the Twenty-One so-called Prose Books of the Old Testament, William Wickes Useful chart on the prose accents on pgs. 10-11 and other useful information. Warning: Wickes has a non-preservationist, rationalistic view of Scripture which should by no means be accepted or adopted.
A Treatise on the Accentuation of the Three so-called Poetical Books of the Old Testament, William Wickes Useful chart on the poetical accents on pg. 12 and other useful information.
Genesis 2:1-3, the Ten Commandments, and Saturday or Sunday Sabbatarianism: Exegetical and Theological Thoughts A study to read in conjunction with the translation of Genesis 2:1-3 in the first semester of Hebrew. It is an assigned reading, but it MUST only be read AFTER translating the passage and answering the exegetical questions on that text.
Introduction to the Rabbinic Bible, Jacob ben Chayyim
Introduction to the Massoretico-critical edition of the Hebrew Bible, C. D. Ginsburg warning: Ginsburg has a non-preservationist, secular view on the preservation of Scripture which should by no means be accepted or adopted.
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