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Teach Yourself
Teach Yourself Biblical Hebrew Complete Course
Functional and fun, each course offers full pronunciation guides, grammar summaries, dialogues, cultural notes, vocabulary charts, and irregular verb tables. Ideal for complete language study from comprehension, to speaking and writing skills, to understanding the culture.
217 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1955
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November 11, 2022
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The book was first printed in 1955. My edition of 1957 is titled (teach yourself) "Hebrew".
The author anticipates some difficulties for the beginner. (1) Especially if he/ she's unfamiliar with semitic languages, then the language sounds strange. (2) The grammar "lacks contact" with the classical or modem European languages. (3) Some of the letters of the alphabet are apt to get confused and the system of writing vocalized consonants, from left to right, may seem strange. When it comes to guttural letters being enunciated, difficulty is added. (4) Memory and mental effort are needed when approaching the "triliteral" nature of most Hebrew words.
And yet there are some advantages. (1) The working vocabulary is relatively small. (2) Grammatical forms are schematic. (3) The verb paradigm is remarkably unelaborate versus the complex verbs of Latin and Greek . (4) There are 2 genders only. (5) As there are no subordination clauses, this implies simplicity in the language.
The author knew someone who would start his classes of Hebrew by saying "Gentlemen, this is the language which God spoke". And yet, throughout the book the Divine Name "is left unpointed".
Regarding the Hebrew alphabet one must say that it's comprised of 22 letters, all consonants, whose shapes, it's believed, "were similar to the objects which they are supposed to have signified".
Hebrew belongs to the north-west Semitic group of languages which also includes Phoenician, Punic, Moabitic and Aramaic. It has some affinity with Arabic.
The book was first printed in 1955. My edition of 1957 is titled (teach yourself) "Hebrew".
The author anticipates some difficulties for the beginner. (1) Especially if he/ she's unfamiliar with semitic languages, then the language sounds strange. (2) The grammar "lacks contact" with the classical or modem European languages. (3) Some of the letters of the alphabet are apt to get confused and the system of writing vocalized consonants, from left to right, may seem strange. When it comes to guttural letters being enunciated, difficulty is added. (4) Memory and mental effort are needed when approaching the "triliteral" nature of most Hebrew words.
And yet there are some advantages. (1) The working vocabulary is relatively small. (2) Grammatical forms are schematic. (3) The verb paradigm is remarkably unelaborate versus the complex verbs of Latin and Greek . (4) There are 2 genders only. (5) As there are no subordination clauses, this implies simplicity in the language.
The author knew someone who would start his classes of Hebrew by saying "Gentlemen, this is the language which God spoke". And yet, throughout the book the Divine Name "is left unpointed".
Regarding the Hebrew alphabet one must say that it's comprised of 22 letters, all consonants, whose shapes, it's believed, "were similar to the objects which they are supposed to have signified".
Hebrew belongs to the north-west Semitic group of languages which also includes Phoenician, Punic, Moabitic and Aramaic. It has some affinity with Arabic.
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