Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Lewis Reich" <LBR AT sprynet.com>]

On 23 Sep 98, at 7:57, Rolf Furuli wrote:

> My advise is that you learn Biblical Hebrew and ignore modern Hebrew
> completely until you master the first one. To learn both at a time would
> be somewhat confusing, particularly if you work on your own. The lack of
> vowels in the texts of modern Hebrew also makes it more difficult to learn
> by using texts alone. 

Although I think this advice eminently sensible, I should point out 
that there is instructional material available for modern Hebrew that 
does provide vowel pointing is not difficult to come by.

Lewis Reich
LBR AT sprynet.com