Authors: Arthur Walker-Jones
ISBN-13: 9781589830868, ISBN-10: 1589830865
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature
Date Published: September 2003
Edition: 1st Edition
Arthur Walker-Jones, Ph.D. in Biblical Studies (1991), Princeton Theological Seminary, is Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies and Prophetic Ministry, Faculty of Theology, at the University of Winnipeg, Canada.
Hebrew for Biblical Interpretation is an innovative textbook that combines the features of a traditional grammar with exercises in reading and interpreting the Hebrew Bible. It is designed to introduce seminary and university students to elementary Hebrew, focusing on biblical exegesis.
Acknowledgments | ||
Introduction | 1 | |
Ch. 1 | Consonants | 9 |
Ch. 2 | Vowels | 16 |
Ch. 3 | Nouns and Prepositions | 24 |
Ch. 4 | Word Studies | 34 |
Ch. 5 | Pronouns and Demonstratives | 41 |
Ch. 6 | Qal Imperfect, Part I | 48 |
Ch. 7 | Qal Imperfect, Part II | 58 |
Ch. 8 | Opening the Hebrew Bible | 68 |
Ch. 9 | Nouns in Construct | 75 |
Ch. 10 | Qal Perfect, Part I | 84 |
Ch. 11 | Qal Perfect, Part II | 89 |
Ch. 12 | Textual Criticism | 95 |
Ch. 13 | Adjectives | 105 |
Ch. 14 | Numbers | 109 |
Ch. 15 | Verb Stems | 115 |
Ch. 16 | Translation | 121 |
Ch. 17 | Hiphil Imperfect | 127 |
Ch. 18 | Piel Imperfect | 132 |
Ch. 19 | Hiphil Perfect | 137 |
Ch. 20 | Authors and Editors | 141 |
Ch. 21 | Piel Perfect | 149 |
Ch. 22 | Conjugations of Will, Part I | 152 |
Ch. 23 | Conjugations of Will, Part II | 160 |
Ch. 24 | Genre and Tradition | 167 |
Ch. 25 | Participles, Part I | 174 |
Ch. 26 | Participles, Part II | 179 |
Ch. 27 | Infinitive Construct | 182 |
Ch. 28 | Hebrew Narrative | 189 |
Ch. 29 | Infinitive Absolute | 194 |
Ch. 30 | Niphal | 198 |
Ch. 31 | Hitpael | 205 |
Ch. 32 | Hebrew Poetry | 211 |
Ch. 33 | Other Passive Stems | 215 |
Ch. 34 | Geminate Verbs | 220 |
Ch. 35 | Oaths | 226 |
Ch. 36 | Overview of Interpretation | 231 |
App. A | Verb Chart Worksheets | 237 |
App. B | Stem and Conjugation Indicators | 239 |
App. C | Verb Charts | 241 |
App. D | Transliteration | 259 |
App. E | Abbreviations of BHS | 261 |
App. F | Selected Bibliographies | 265 |
Index | 271 |