Hebrew for the Rest of Us: Using Hebrew Tools without Mastering Biblical Hebrew »

LEE M. FIELDS is a trained Hebrew scholar with a PhD from Hebrew Union College. He is the chair of the Department of Biblical Studies at Mid-Atlantic Christian University (formerly Roanoke Bible College), Elizabeth City, NC. Doug Fields tiene mas de 20 anos de experiencia en el ministerio con jovenes y es autor de mas de 40 libros incluyendo Videos que ensenan, Melodramas espontaneos, Ministerio de Jovenes con Proposito. Doug es pastor de jovenes de la comunidad cristiana de Saddleback en el sur de California y con frecuencia sirve de maestro en los entrenamientos de Especialidades Juveniles.

This book is a guide for English-only readers to understand the language of the Old Testament just enough to work with the Old Testament in more detail and to understand the secondary literature on the Bible that uses Hebrew directly.

Contents Preface....................viii
Abbreviations....................xiv
Week 1: "Getting to Know You": Consonants and the History of Hebrew 1 It Doesn't Look Like Greek to Me - The Hebrew Alphabet....................1
2 Whose Language is Dead? - The History of Hebrew....................12
Week 2: "Getting to Know All About You": Vowels and How We Got the OT 3 Get the Point? - The Hebrew Vowels....................17
4 Canon, Text, and Versions....................32
Week 3: Roots, Clauses, and Function Words 5 Getting to the Root of the Matter - Hebrew Word Roots....................49
6 "Yes, Virginia, There Are ... Clauses"....................65
7 Wow! - The Conjunction Waw and Friends....................76
8 Prepositions Come Before....................88
Week 4: Nominals 9 What's in a Name? - Overview of Nominals....................99
10 Be Sure You Read This! - The Article....................106
11 A Tale of Two States - Case Functions....................112
12 An Apt Description - Adjectives....................133
Week 5: Verbals 13 Where the Action Is - Overview of Verbs....................147
14 When the Perfect Comes - Perfect Forms....................169
15 There's Nothing Wrong with ... Imperfect Forms....................181
16 Where There's a Will, There are ... Volitional Forms....................191
17 To Infinitives and Beyond! - Infinitives & Participles....................200
Week 6: A Method to Our Madness 18 What Do You Mean? - Hebrew Word Studies....................221
19 Tools of the Trade - Books in Paper and Electronic Form....................234
20 If It's NotPoetry, It's ... Hebrew Prose....................247
21 It May Not Rhyme, But It's Still ... Hebrew Poetry....................258
Appendices 1 Hebrew Songs....................273
2 Word Study Guide....................277
3 Action Figures....................280