Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Lisbeth S. Fried" <lizfried AT umich.edu>]

Dear All,
I appreciate all these suggestions.
How do I go about examining all these books?
Liz Fried (a rank beginner)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Washburn [mailto:dwashbur AT nyx.net]
> Sent: Fri, August 23, 2002 12:20 PM
> To: Biblical Hebrew
> Subject: Re: Goals for an OT Intro course:
>
>
> Liz,
> Three books come immediately to my mind: Sam Schultz' "The Old
> Testament Speaks" is an "oldie but a goodie" from a fairly
> conservative viewpoint; John Bright's "History of Israel" is more
> critical and newer editions have kept fairly current with recent
> discoveries, but it's a little ponderous to sit down and read; LaSor,
> Hubbard and Bush, "Old Testament Survey" is a good overview of
> both critical views and basic survey of the contents, and would
> probably be my first choice for a course of the type you're
> describing.
>
> >
> >
> > > That's why I'd
> > > personally try to zero in on one or two major objectives, and
> > > that might make
> > > it easier to pick a textbook.
> > > Trevor Peterson
> > > CUA/Semitics
> >
> > My objectives are twofold:
> > 1) I want them to learn how to read what is
> > written, and not what they THINK is written,
> > i.e., to read critically.
> > and
> > 2) to see the Hebrew Bible as a product of the
> > ancient Near East.
> >
> > I'm planning on reading the Bible and supplementing
> > it with Matthew and Benjamin's _Old Testament Parallels_.
> > But it might be good for them to have a textbook as well.
> > I was thinking of Miller and Hayes, but it's old now, the one
> > I have, anyway.
> > Liz
> >
> Dave Washburn
> http://www.nyx.net/~dwashbur
> "Don't let your mind wander.
> It's too little to be left alone."
>
>
>
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