Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Penner" <pennerkm AT mcmaster.ca>]

>   WHile at SL last weekend, I didn't see the new Aramaic grammer from
> Scholars Press.  Did anyone see it and does anyone have an iopinion on
> it?  Would it be worth ordering for self-study?  I've never taken an
> Aramaic course, and at the moment have no space in my schedule to do
> so.I have Rosenthal's grammer but that is not a book for learning
> Aramaic from so far as I can tell.   Thanks.

We're using Greenspahn here at McMaster. It is excellent and expensive.
It costs about twice as much as the grammar I learned with (Alger Johns, 
also good), is about twice as big, and about twice as good for self-study.

Rosenthal is next to useless for self-study (I tried), but you'll need it 
eventually for reference.


Ken Penner
Graduate Student - Early Judiasm
Dept. of Religious Studies
McMaster University
Hamilton, Canada