Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Kevin W. Woodruff" <cierpke AT utc.campuscw.net>]

Garrett: 

Here is a sample bibliography of Hebrew tools that I prepared for our
seminarians, Hope it helps!

OLD TESTAMENT LANGUAGE HELPS
HEBREW OLD TESTAMENT TEXTS
The Aleppo Codex.  Jerusalem: Hebrew University Press, 1976.
        [Archives BS 715.5 .A53 1976]

Biblia Hebraica. 2nd ed. Everadi Van der Hooght, ed. Leipzig: Caroli
Tauchitii, 1867.
        [Archives BS 715 1867]

Codex Leningrad B19A  . 3 vols. Jerusalem: Makor Publishing, 1971.
        [Archives BS 715.35 .L45 1971]

Ellinger, K., and W.  Rudolph. Biblica Hebraica Stuttgartensia. Stuttgart:
Deutsch Bibelstiftung, 1984.
        [Ref BS 715 1977 .W44]

The Hebrew Bible. New York: Hebrew Publishing Company, n.d.
        [BS 715 1900]

Kittel, Rudolf, ed. Biblica Hebraica. New York: American Bible Society, 1937.
        [Ref BS 715 1951 .K57]

Snaith, Norman. Hebrew Bible. London. Britsh and Foreign Bible Society, 1958.
        [Not available in the library]

!ybwtkw !yaybn hrwt rps . (The Book of the Law, the Prophets and the
Writings). Mair Hallevi Letteris, ed. New York: Hebrew Publishing Co., n.d.
        [BS 715 1900]
HEBREW-ENGLISH INTERLINEAR TEXTS
Berry, George Ricker.  The Interlinear Literal Translation of the Hebrew Old
Testament.  Chicago:  Wilcox & Follett Co., 1946.  
        [BS 715 1946 .B4]

Green, Jay P.  The Interlinear Bible, Hebrew/ English.  4 vols. Grand
Rapids:  Baker, 1976.
        [Ref BS 715 1976 .G9]

The Hebrew-English Old Testament. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1972.
        [Ref BS 715 1975 .B33]

Holy Scriptures of the Old Testament Hebrew and English. London: British and
Foreign Bible Society, 1957.
        [BS 715 1957 .L55]

Kohlenberger, John R.  The NIV Interlinear Hebrew-English Old Testament.  4
vols.  Grand Rapids:  Zondervan, 1987.  
        [Not available in the library]

_____.  The NIV Triglot Old Testament. Grand Rapids:  Zondervan, 1984.  
        [Not available in the library]

Magil, Joseph, ed. The Englishman's Hebrew-English Old Testament:
Genesis--2 Samuel.  Grand Rapids:  Zondervan, 1974.  
        [Not available in the library]

GREEK OLD TESTAMENT TEXTS
Brenton, Lancelot C.L. The Septuagint with Apocrypha: Greek and English.
Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1980.
        [Ref BS 742 .B74 1980]

Brooke, A. E., N. McLean, and H. St. John Thackeray. The Old Testament in
Greek According to the Text of the Codex Vaticanus, Supplemented from Other
Uncial Manuascripts, with a Critical Apparatus Containg the Variants of the
Chief Ancient Authorities for the Text of the Septuagint. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, 1940.
        [Not available in the library]

Field, F. Origenis Hexaplorum quae supersunt; sive veterum interpretum
Graecorum in totum Vetus Testamentum
        fragmenta... 2 vols. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1875.
        [Not available in the library]

Rahlfs, Alfred. Septuaginta. 2 vols. Stuttgart: Privilegierte
Wurttembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935.
        [BS 741 .R3 1962]

Swete, Henry Barclay. The Old Testament in Greek According to the
Septuagint. 2nd ed. 3 vols. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1899.
        [Not available in the library]


HEBREW LEXICONS
Armstrong, Terry A., Douglas L. Busby, and Cyril F. Carr. A Reader's
Hebrew-English Lexicon of the Old Testament. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1988.
        [Ref PJ 4833 .A69]

Avinoam, Reuben. Compendious Hebrew-English Dictionary.  Rev.  and ed. by M.
H.  Segal.  Tel Aviv:  Dvir Publishing Co., 1938.  
        [Not available in the library]

Barr, James, ed. The Oxford Hebrew Dictionary.  London:  Oxford University
Press, in preparation.  
        [Not available in the library]

Brown, Francis, Samuel Rolles Driver, and Charles A. Briggs. The New
Brown-Driver Briggs Hebrew English Lexicon of the Old Testament. Peabody,
Massachusetts: Hendrickson, 1970.
        [Not available in the library]

_____. A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament. Oxford: Clarendon
Press, 1907.
        [Ref PJ 4833 .G4 1972]

Browne, Henry. Triglot Dictionary of Scriptural Reprentative Words in
Hebrew, Greek and English. London: Samuel Bagster and Sons, 1901.
        [Ref PJ 4833 .B7]

Clines, David J. A.. ed. The Dictionary of Classical Hebrew.  5 vols.
Sheffield, 199.
        [Not available in the library]

Danby, H.  A Concise English-Hebrew Dictionary. Tel Aviv: Dvir Publishing, 
1955.
        [Ref PJ 4833 .D3 1955]

Fohrer, Georg, ed. Hebrew and Aramaic Dictionary of the Old Testament. New
York: Walter de Gruyter, 1973.
        [Ref PJ 4833 .F613]

Gesenius, Friedrich Heinrich Wilhelm.  Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicon
to the Old Testament Scriptures. ranslated by Samuel Prideaux Tregelles.
Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1954.
        [Ref PJ 4833 .G47]

Harkavy, Alexander.  Students' Hebrew and Chaldee Dictionary of the Old
Testament.  New York:  Hebrew Publishing Co., 1914.  
        [Not available in the library]

Hebrew-English Lexicon. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1975.
        [PJ 4833 .H42 1970]

Hebrew-English Lexicon.  New York:  Harper and Brothers, n.d.
        [Not available in the library]

Holladay, William L. A Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old
Testament. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1971.
        [Ref PJ 4833 .H6]

Jastrow, Marcus. A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and
Yerushalim, and the Midrashic Literature. 2 vols. Brooklyn, New York: P.
Shalom Publishers, 1967.
        [Ref PJ 5205 .J37 1967]

Köehler, Ludwig, Walter Baumgartner, and Johann J. Stamm. The Hebrew and
Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament: The New Koehler and Baumgartner in
English. Translated by M. E. Richardson. Leiden: E. J.  Brill, 1993-.
        [Not available in the library]

_____., and Walter Baumgartner. Lexicon in Veteris Testamenti Libros. 2
vols. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1953.
        [Ref PJ 4833 .K 62]

Klein, Ernest. A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew
Language for Readers of English. New York: Macmillan, 1987
        [Ref PJ 4833 .K54 1987]

Landes, George M.  A Student's Vocabulary of Biblical Hebrew.  New York:
Charles Scribner's Sons, 1961.  
        [Not available in the library]

Mitchel, Larry A. A Student's Vocabulary for Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic.
Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1984.
        [PJ 4845 .M5 1984]

Watts, John D. W. Lists of Words Occurring Frequently in the Hebrew Bible.
Grand Rapids:  Eerdmans, 1968.  
        [Ref PJ 4845 .W3 1960]
HEBREW GRAMMARS
ELEMENTARY GRAMMARS
Bailey, D. Waylon. and John O. Strange. Biblical Hebrew Grammar. Insight
Press, 1985.
        [Not available in the library]

Blau, Joshua.  A Grammar of Biblical Hebrew.  Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz,
1976.  
        [PJ 4567 .B625]

Carlson, E. Leslie. Elementary Hebrew. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1945.
        [PJ 4567 .C35 1978]

Davidson, Andrew Bruce. An Introductory Hebrew Grammar. Rev. by John
Mauchline. 26th ed. Edinburgh: T. & T.          Clark, 1966.
        [PJ 4567 .D37 1966]

Doukhan, Jacques B. Hebrew for Theologians: A Textbook for the Study of
Biblical Hebrew in Relation to Hebrew           Thinking. Lanham, Maryland:
University Press of America, 1993.
        [Not available in the library]

Finley, Harvey E., and Charles D. Isbell. Biblical Hebrew: A Beginner's
Manual. Kansas City, Missouri: Beacon Hill              Press, 1979.
        [PJ 4567 .F5]

Gibson, J. C.  Davidson's Introductory Hebrew Grammar-Syntax. Edinburgh: T.
& T. Clark, 1994.
        [Not available in the library]

Greenberg, Moshe. Introduction to Hebrew. Englewood, New Jersey:
Prentice-Hall, 1965.
        [PJ 4567 .G855 1965]

Hamilton, Jeffries M., and Jefferey S. Rodgers  A Grammar for Biblical
Hebrew Handbook. Nashville, Tennessee:          Abingdon, 1989.
        [Not available in the library]

Harper, William Rainey. Elements of Hebrew by an Inductice Method. Chicago:
University of Chicago Press, 1921.
        [PJ 4567 .H33 1974]

_____. Introductory Hebrew: Method and Manner. Chicago: University of
Chicago Press, 1959.
        [PJ 4567 .H36 1974]

Harris. R. Laird. Introductory Hebrew Grammar. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1950.
        [PJ 4567 .H37 1955]

Harrison, Roland Kenneth. Teach Yourself Hebrew. London: The English
Universities Press, 1955.
        [PJ 4567 .H424 1968]

Hunter, A. Vanlier. Biblical Hebrew Workbook: An Inductive Study for
Beginners. Lanham, Maryland: University                 Press of America, 
1988.
        [Not available in the library]

Kelley, Page H. Biblical Hebrew: An Introductory Grammar.Grand Rapids:
Eerdmans, 1992.
        [Ref PJ 4567.K44 1992]

Kelley, Page H., Terry L. Burden, and Timothy G. Crawford.  A Handbook to
Biblical Hebrew: An Introductory                Grammar.Grand Rapids: 
Eerdmans, 1994.
        [Not available in the library]

Kittel, Bonnie P., et al. Biblical Hebrew: A Text and Workbook. New Haven,
Connecticut: Yale University Press,             1989.
        [Not available in the library]

Kittel, Bonnie P. Biblical Hebrew for Beginners. New Haven, Connecticut:
Yale University Press, 1989.
        [Not available in the library]

Lambdin, Thomas O. Introduction to Biblical Hebrew. New York: Charles
Scribner's Sons, 1971.
        [PJ 4567 .L28]

Lehmann, Winfred P.,  Esther Raizen, and Helen Jo J. Hewitt.  Biblical
Hebrew: An Analytical Introduction. Peter               Lang Publishing, 1994.
        [Not available in the library]

Levin, Saul. Hebrew Grammar. Binghampton, New York: State University of New
York at Binghampton, 1966.
        [Not available in the library]

Mansoor, Menahem.  Biblical Hebrew, Step-by-Step.  Grand Rapids:  Baker, 
1978.  
        [Not available in the library]

Marks, John H., and Virgil M. Rogers. A Beginner's Handbook to Biblical
Hebrew. Nashville, Tennessee: Abingdon,                 1958.
        [PJ 4567 .M34]

Martin, James D. Davidson's Introductory Hebrew Grammar. Edinburgh: T. & T.
Clark, 1993.
        [Not available in the library]

Meyer, Rudolf. Hebrew Grammar. Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns, forthcoming.
        [Not available in the library]

Nakarai, T. W. Biblical Hebrew. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Bookmans
Associates, 1951.
        [Not available in the library]

Paine, Dwight.  Biblical Hebrew Introduction.  Grantham, PA:  Messiah
College, 1986.  
        [Not available in the library]

Parker, Charles Halder. Biblical Hebrew: An Exegetical Approach. Kingston,
Ontario: Ronald P. Frye & Co., 1987.
        [PJ 4707 .P3 1987]

Rodgers, Jefferey S. A Grammar for Biblical Hebrew Handbook. Nashville,
Tennessee: Abingdon, 1995.
        [Not available in the library]

Ross, Allen P. Biblical Hebrew Handbook.  2nd ed.  In preparation.  
        [Not available in the library]

Sawyer, John F. A. A Modern Introduction to Biblical Hebrew. Stocksfield:
Oriel, 1976.
        [Not available in the library]

Sellers, Ovid Rogers, and E. E. Voigt. Biblical Hebrew for Beginners. 12th
ed. Alec R. Allenson, 1963.
        [Not available in the library]

Seow, Choon Leong. A Grammar for Biblical Hebrew. Nashville, Tennessee:
Abingdon, 1987.
        [PJ 4567 .S424 1990]

______. A Grammar for Biblical Hebrew. 2nd ed. Nashville, Tennessee:
Abingdon Press, 1995.
        [Not available in the library]

Simon, Ethelyn, et al.  A Simple Approach to Old Testament Hebrew.  Oakland,
California:  EKS Publishing Co., 1981 
        [Not available in the library]

_____. The First Biblical Hebrew Speller. Oakland, California:  EKS
Publishing Co., 1993.
        [Not available in the library]

Vasholz, Robert I.  Hebrew Exercises:  A Programmed Approach.  Grand Rapids:
Baker, 1981.  
        [Not available in the library]

Weingreen, Jacob. Classical Hebrew Composition. Oxford: Clarendon, 1957.
        [Not available in the library]

_____. A Practical Grammar for Classical Hebrew. 2nd ed. Oxford: Clarendon
Press, 1959.
        [PJ 4567 .W44 1959]

Yates, Kyle M.  Essentials of Biblical Hebrew. Rev. ed.  New York:  Harper
and Brothers, 1954.  
        [PJ 4567 .Y37 1938]

Young, G. Douglas. Grammar of the Hebrew Language. Grand Rapids: Zondervan,
1951.
        [PJ 4567 .Y6 1951]
INTERMEDIATE  GRAMMARS
Ben-Zvi, Ehud. Readings in Biblical Hebrew: An Intermediate Textbook. Maxine
Hancock and Richard Beinert, eds.               New Haven, Connecticut: Yale 
University
Press, 1993.
        [Not available in the library]

Davidson, Andrew Bruce.  Introductory Hebrew Grammar: Hebrew Syntax.  3rd
ed.  Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark,          1981.
        [PJ 4701 .D3 1981]

LaSor, William Sanford. Handbook of Biblical Hebrew. 2 vols. Grand Rapids:
Eerdmans, 1978.
        [PJ 4567 .L3]

Müller, August. Outlines of Hebrew Syntax. Glasgow: James Maclehose and
Sons, 1882.  
        [Not available in the library]

Waltke, Bruce K., and Murphy O'Connor.  An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew
Syntax. Winona Lake, Indiana:           Eisenbrauns, 1990.
        [PJ 4707 .W35 1990]

Watts, J. Wash.  A Survey of Syntax in the Hebrew Old Testament.  Rev. ed.
Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1964.  
        [PJ 4701 .W37 1964]

Williams, Ronald J.  Hebrew Syntax: An Outline.  2nd ed.  Toronto:
University of Toronto Press, 1976.  
        [Not available in the library]

_____.  Hebrew Syntax: An Outline. Toronto:  University of Toronto Press,
1967.  
        [PJ 4701 .W54]

Willis, John T. "Interpreting Hebrew Syntax." in Biblical Interpretation:
Principles and Practice.  Eds. F. Furman                Kearley, Edward P.  
Myers, and
Timothy D. Hadley.  Grand Rapids:  Baker, 1986.  
        [BS 51.2 .K427]


ADVANCED GRAMMARS
Bergstrasser, Gotthelf. Introduction to the Semitic Languages.  Translated
by Peter T. Daniels.  Winona Lake IN:           Eisenbrauns, 1983.  
        [Not available in the library]

Gesenius, Friedrich Heinrich Wilhelm. Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar. Ed. by Emil
Kautzsch. Rev.  by A. E. Cowley.                London: Oxford University 
Press, 1910.
        [PJ 4564 .G5713 1957]

Moscati, Sabatino.  An Introduction to the Comparative Grammar of the
Semitic Languages.  Wiesbaden:  Otto            Harrassowitz, 1964.  
        [PJ 3021 .M67 1969]

Sperber, Alexander.  A Historical Grammar of Biblical Hebrew. Leiden: E. J.
Brill, 1966.
        [Ref PJ 4526 .S6]
WORD STUDIES
Berry, Harold J.  Treasures from the Original.  Chicago: Moody Press, 1986.  
        [PA 875 .B47 1985]

Botterweck, G. Johannes, and Helmer Ringgren. Theological Dictionary of the
Old Testament. Grand Rapids:            Eerdmans, 1974-.
        [Ref BS 440 .B5713]

Girdlestone, Robert Baker.  Synonyms of the Old Testament. 3rd ed. Grand
Rapids: Baker, 1983.
        [BS 1171 .G5 1983]

Harris, R. Laird, Gleason L. Archer Jr., and Bruce K. Waltke. Theological
Wordbook of the Old Testament. 2 vols. Chicago: Moody   Press, 1980.
        [Ref BS 440 .T49]

Jenni, Ernst, and Claus Westermann. Theological Lexicon of the Old
Testament. Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson Publishers, 
        1997.
        [Not available in the library]

Kohlenberger, John R.  Words about the Word.  Grand Rapids:  Zondervan, 1987. 
 
        [BS 132 .K64 1987]

Pick, Aaron. Dictionary of Old Testament Words for English Readers. Grand
Rapids: Kregel, 1977.
        [Ref BS 1125 .P53 1979]

Richards, Lawrence O.  Zondervan's Expository Dictionary of Bible Words.
Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1985.
        [Ref BS 440 .R525 1985]

Unger, Merrill F., and William White Jr.  Nelson's Expository Dictionary of
the Old Testament. Nashville, Tennessee,                1980.
        [Ref BS 440 .N345]

VanGemeren, Willem A., ed. The New International Dictionary of Old Testament
Theology. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1997.
        [Ref BS 440 .N438 1997]

Vine, William E., Merrill F. Unger, and William White Jr. Vine's Expository
Dictionary of Biblical Words. Nashville,                Tennessee: Thomas 
Nelson, 1992.
        [Not available in the library]

Vine, William E.  An Expository Dictionary of Old Testament Words.  Ed.  by
F.  F.  Bruce.  Old Tappan, NewJersey:          Revell, 1978.  
        [Ref BS 440 .V75 1978]

Wilson, William. New Wilson's Old Testament Word Studies. Grand Rapids:
Kregel, 1987.
        [Not available in the library]

_____. Wilson's Old Testament Word Studies. Grand Rapids: Kregel, 1978.
        [Ref BS 1125 .W52 1978]

White, William.  Theological and Grammatical Phrasebook of the Bible.
Chicago:  Moody Press, 1984.  
        [Ref BS 525 .W55 1984]
        
TEXTUAL CRITICISM
Barthelemy, D., et al. Preliminary and Interim Report of the Hebrew Old
Testament Text Project. 5 vols. New York;               United Bible 
Societies, 1973-1980.
        [Not available in the library]

Brotzman, Ellis R. Old Testament Textual Criticism. Grand Rapids: Baker 1993.
        [BS 1136 .B765 1994]

Roberts, Bleddyn J. The Old Testament Text and Versions. Cardiff, Wales:
University of Wales Press, 1951.
        [BS 1136 .R63]

Tov, Emmanuel. Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible. Minneapolis,
Minnesota:  Fortress Press, 1992.
        [Not available in the library]

Würthwein, Ernst. The Text of the Old Testament.  Rev. ed. Grand Rapids:
Eerdmans, 1979.
        [BS 1185 .W87 1979]

HEBREW CONCORDANCES
Even-Shoshan, Abraham. A New Concordance of the Old Testament. (A New
Concordance of the Bible). 2nd ed.              Jerusalem: Kiryat Sefer 
Publishing,  1990.
        [Ref BS 1121 .E93 1990]

Katz, Eliezer. A Topical Concordance of the Old Testament (A New Classified
Concordance of the Bible). 4 vols. in 1.                Jerusalem: Kiryat 
Sefer
Publishing, 1992.
        [Ref BS 1121 .K3 1992]

Kohlenberger, John R., and James A. Swanson. The Hebrew-English Concordance
to the Old Testament. Grand Rapids: 
Zondervan, 1998.
        [Not available in the library]

Lisowsky, Gerhard. Konkordanz zum Hebräischen Alten Testamnet. Stuttgart:
Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1958.
        [Ref BS 1121 .L55]

Mandelkern, Solomon. Veteris Testementi Concordantiae. 2 vols. Tel Aviv:
Schocken, 1971.
        [Not available in the library]

Wigram, George. The New Englishman's Hebrew Concordance. Peabody,
Massachusetts: Hendrickson, 1984.
        [Ref BS 1125 .W5 1984]

_____. The Englishman's Hebrew and Chaldee Concordance of the Old Testament.
5th ed. Grand Rapids: Zondervan,                1970.
        [Ref BS 1121 .B52 1970]

GREEK OLD TESTAMENT CONCORDANCES

Hatch, Edwin, and Henry A. Redpath. A Concordance to the Septuagint and
Other Greek Versions of the Old                         Testament. 2 vols. 
Grand Rapids: Baker,
1987.
        [Ref BS 1122 .H3]

Muroaka, T. Hebrew/Aramiac Index to the Septuagint, Keyed to the Hatch and
Redpath Concordance. Grand Rapids:              Baker, 1997.
        [Not available in the library]

PARSING HELPS
Beall, Todd D.,  William A. Banks, and Colin Smith. Old Testament Parsing
Guide. 2 vols. Chicago: Moody Press,            1986-1990.
        [Not available in the library]

Davidson, Benjamin. The Analytical Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicon. London:
Samuel Bagster & Sons, n.d.
        [Ref PJ 4833 .D3 1956]

Einspahr, Bruce. Index to Brown, Driver, and Briggs Hebrew Lexicon. Chicago:
Moody Press, 1976.
        [Ref PJ 4833 .G4 E35]

Owens, John Joseph. Analytical Key to the Old Testament. 4 vols. Grand
Rapids: Baker, 1990-1993
        [Ref PJ 4731 .B53 O94]

BOOKS ON HEBREW ACCENTS

Brewer, Mordecai. The Biblical Accents as Punctuation.  Jerusalem:  Hamador
Hadati, 1958.

Cohen, Miles B.  The System of Accentuation in the Hebrew Bible.
Minneapolis:  Milco Press,
        1969.

Driver, S. R.  A Treatise on the Use of the Tenses in Hebrew. 3rd ed.
London:  Oxford
        University Press, 1892.

Haik-Vantoura, S.  La Musique de la Bible Revelee.  2nd rev. ed. Paris:
Dessain et Tolra, 1978.

Haik-Vantoura, S.  The Music of the Bible Revealed.  Trans. by Dennis Weber.
Ed. by John
        Wheeler.  Berkeley:  BIBAL Press, 1991.

Price, James D.  The Syntax of the Masoretic Accents in the Hebrew Bible.
Studies in the Bible
        and Early Christianity, Vol. 27.  Lewiston, NY:  The Edwin Mellen 
Press, 1990.

Weil, G. E., P. Riviere, and M. Serfaty.  Concordance de la Cantilation du
Pentateuque et des
        Cinq Migillot.  Paris-Nancy:  CNRS, 1978.

_____.  Les Cantilations des Premiers Prophetes.  Paris-Nancy:  CNRS, 1981.

_____.  Les Cantilations des Livres Poetique.  Paris-Nancy:  CNRS, 1982.

_____. Les Cantilations des Derniers Prophetes.  Paris-Nancy:  CNRS, 1982.

_____.   La Cantilation des Ouvrages Bibliques en Aramean.  Paris-Nancy:
CNRS, 1983.

Wickes, William.  Two Treatises on the Accentuation of the Old Testament.
rev.  ed.  1881-87;
        reprint, New York:  KTAV, 1970.

Yeiven, Israel.  Introduction to the Tiberian Masorah.  Trans. and ed.  by
E. J. Revell.  Society of
        Biblical Literature Masoretic Studies, Number 5.  Missoula MT:  
Scholars
Press, 1980.

CRITICAL COMMENTARY SETS
Barker, Kenneth, ed. The Wycliffe Exegetical Commentary.  Chicago:  Moody,
in process (cnaceled)

Gaebelein, Frank E. , ed.  The Expositor's Bible Commentary.  12 Vols.
Grand Rapids:
        Zondervan, 1976-92.

Harrison, R. K., ed.  The New International Commentary on the Old Testament.
Grand Rapids:
        Eerdmans, in process.

Hubbard, David A., Glen W. Barker, and John D. Watts. The Word Biblical
Commentary.  32 vols.
        Waco, TX:  Word, in process.

Keil, C. F., and F. Delitzsch.  Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament.
Trans. by James
        Martin.  25 vols.  Grand Rapids:  Eerdmans, 1959.

Wiseman, D. J., ed. The Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries. Downer's Grove,
Illinois: Inter-Varsity Press, in               process.
THEOLOGICAL JOURNALS
Biblical Viewpoint

Bibliotheca Sacra

Grace Theological Journal

Interpretation

Journal of  Biblical Literature

Journal of Northwest Semitic Languages

Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society

The Master's Seminary Journal

Review and Expositor

The Southwestern Journal of Theology

Trinity Journal

Vestus Testamentum

The Westminster Theological Journal

 HELPFUL LITERATURE:
Adams, J. E.  "Help in Using the Original Languages in Preaching."  Journal
of Pastoral Practice
        3.3 (1979):  168-69.

Aronoff, M.  "Orthography and Linguistic Theory: The Syntactic Basis of
Masoretic Hebrew
        Punctuation."  Language.  61 (1985): 28-72.

Bennetch, John Henry.  "The Advantage of Knowing the Biblical Languages."
Bibliotheca Sacra
        100 (1943):  177-87.

Bitzer, Heinrich, ed.  Light on the Path:  Daily Scripture Reading in Hebrew
and Greek.  Grand
        Rapids:  Baker, 1986.
        [BS 399 .H4 B5 1982]

Breuer, Mordecai. "Toward the Clarification of Problems in the Masoretic
Accents."  Leshonenu
        43.4 (1979):  243-53.

_____.  "Toward the Clarification of Problems in Biblical Accents and
Vocalization: The Ga'ya
        for Improvement of Reading."  Leshonenu  44.1 (1979):  3-11.

_____.  "Clarifying Problems in the Accents and Vowel Signs of the  Biblical
Text."  Leshonenu
        48 (1985):  118-31.

Carson, D.  A.  Exegetical Fallacies.  Grand Rapids:  Baker, 1984.
        [BS 476 .C37]

Cohen, M. B.  "Masoretic Accents as a Biblical Commentary."  Journal of the
Ancient Near
        Eastern Society  4 (1972):  2-11.

Danker, Frederick W.  Multipurpose Tools for Bible Study.  4th ed.
Minneapolis, Minnesota: Fortress Press, 1993.
        [BS 417 .D35 1993]

Dotan, Aharon.  "The Minor Ga`ya."  Textus  4 (1964):  55-75.

Ellis, E.  Earle.  "What Good Are Hebrew and Greek."  Christianity Today.
26 May 1972:  8-9.

Ginsburg, Christian D. Introduction to Massoretico-Critical Edition of the
Hebrew Bible. New York: Ktav Publishing                 House, 1966.
        [BS 718 .G5 1966]

Graesser, Carl, Jr.  "Preaching from the Old Testament."  Concordia
Theological Monthly  38
        (1967):  525-34.

Herzog, Avigor. "Masoretic Accents (Musical Rendition)." Encyclopedia
Judaica. Jerusalem: Keter Publishing            House, 1971.
        [Ref DS 102.8 .E496 v.11]

Margolis, Max L.  "Accents in Hebrew."  The Jewish Encyclopedia.  New York:
Ktav Publishing House, n.d.
        [Ref DS 102.8 .J65 1901 v.1]

McCord, Hugo, and Joel Elliot.  "Hebrew Word Studies."  in Biblical
Interpretation:  Principles and
        Practice.  Ed.  by F.  Furman Kearley,  Edward P. Myers, and Timothy 
D.
Hadley.  Grand
        Rapids:  Baker, 1986.
        [BS 51.2 .K427]

Price, James D. Complete Equivalence in Bible Translation.  Nashville:
Thomas Nelson, 1987.
        [BS 449 .P74]

Revell, E. J.  "The Oldest Evidence for the Hebrew Accent System."  Bulletin
of the John
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At 11:27 PM 7/21/99, you wrote:
>I am going to be purchasing some resources for the Hebrew Bible here in a 
>couple of weeks.  My knowledge of what is out there and what is looked upon 
>as "good" is very limited.  Any ideas with what is good?  I have seen a 
>couple of Hebrew concordances on the market, which is considered a standard 
>for the Hebrew Bible, the same with resources like word study tools (like 
>TDNT for NT), is there a "standard."  Any other ideas on what would be a 
>good (and useful) addition to a Hebrew library?
>
>Thanks for your help.
>-Garrett Trott 
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