Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Peter_Kirk AT sil.org]

Dear Paul,

Thanks for your helpful comments. I am not sure about the alphabet, 
but I want to comment on another matter.

I have not seen Bryan's book, and so did not attempt to comment on 
that. I certainly was not recommending a "traditional" grammar 
learning type approach; no doubt Bryan's book is a great improvement. 
I was thinking more from the perspective of an isolated language 
learner like Matthew. It sounded to me as if Bryan was suggesting that 
such a person started his/her own studies of discourse when still at a 
beginning level. Perhaps I misunderstood. But I was suggesting that 
reading should take priority over analysis, whether of discourse or of 
anything else.

Peter Kirk