Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Matthew Anstey" <manstey AT portal.ca>]

Gday Mark,

I studied 2d year Hebrew with Waltke and he himself prefers not to use how
own book, since it is farily heavy going. He particularly commented on the
sections on the verb which he wishes were better written. He now uses ben
Zvi, Hancock, and ??? "Readings in Biblical Hebrew" although neither he nor
the students were overly enthused by this book. It is good in some respects,
but weak in others. Waltke supplemented this with summaries of his own book
plus readings from his book. I have the van der Merwe grammar, and it may be
better text around which to build a course.

With regards,
MAtthew Anstey

Subject: Re: beyond the basics in Hebrew Grammar
From: mjoseph <mjoseph AT terminal.cz>
Date: Thu, 13 May 99 18:27:33 +0100
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Ray Clendenen wrote:

>Having studied and taught Hebrew for many years, I have yet to see a
>good second year teaching grammar. My recommendation would be to get _A
>Biblical Hebrew Reference Grammar_ by Chris van der Merwe et al (Sheffield)
>and read through it.

Could I ask for your opinion, and for the opinion of others, as the
relative merits and demerits of this book and Waltke & O'Connor's
"Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax"? Thanks,

Mark Joseph