Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Charles David Isbell" <cisbell AT home.com>]

There is a wonderful periodical called "Sha'ar la-matchil" (Gate for the
beginner) which prints a weekly edition in intermediate level Hebrew,
featuring partial pointing which allows a gradual accommodation to a fully
unpointed text.  I have used it in the past with 2nd and 3rd year modern
Hebrew college students, and found it helped them make the transition.
I believe you can get subscription information through the Jerusalem Post.
Charles David Isbell
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Hildenbrand" <hildenbr AT Haas.Berkeley.EDU>
To: "Biblical Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Cc: "Biblical Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, February 29, 2000 11:36 AM
Subject: Re: dropping the vowel points, or, how do I get to Modern Hebrew??


> The way I passed my exam in modern Hebrew was to read as much as I could
> from the Encyclopedia Miqrait (sp?).  The Hebrew there is not too
> difficult, but it was sufficiently interesting (and there is *lots* of
> it) to keep me going.  There are some pieces that you can understand only
> by having a knowledge of the specialty or knowing the writer.  I read one
> book for my dissertation and found that he had either invented or
> transliterated from English back to Hebrew words that did not exist in any
> dictionary.  Very frustrating, especially when you are having trouble with
> the dictionaries (they don't work like the BH dictionaries).
>
> Michael
>
>  On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, Dave Washburn wrote:
>
> > Jane,
> > > I'm at the end of my second year of BH in graduate school, and I'd
like to make the transition
> > > both to unvocalized texts and to modern Hebrew as expeditiously [and
painlessly?] as possible.
> > > I'd love to have any suggestions those on the list might offer.  Also,
have any of you used
> > > Muraoka's Modern Hebrew for Biblical Scholars?
> >
> > The only way I know is read, read, read.  I tried Muraoka's book but
> > found the Hebrew typeface (at least in the edition my library got
> > me) difficult to read.  Some of the selections were interesting, but I
> > got more mileage out of studying the grammar portion and then
> > reading as much modern Heb text as I could get my hands on with
> > a couple of dictionaries nearby.  One of my Hebrew students
> > subscribed to Qadmoniot and began sending me back issues when
> > she finished with them, so I have a fairly steady stream of new
> > material to hone my skills.  This kind of saturation is the best way I
> > know to make the transition.
> >
> >
> > Dave Washburn
> > http://www.nyx.net/~dwashbur
> > Teach me your way, O Lord, and I will walk in your truth;
> > give me an undivided heart that I may fear your name.
> >                                    Psalm 86:11
> >
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