Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Dora Smith" <villandra AT austin.rr.com>]

Well, for some reason this  went through - but I have a message that the
post I'm talking about is being held for listowner approval.

What was it - the word "library" in the subject line?

Yours,
Dora Smith
Austin, Texas
villandra AT austin.rr.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dora Smith" <villandra AT austin.rr.com>
To: "b-hebrew list" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2004 4:25 PM
Subject: [b-hebrew] need help with library request I just bcc'd to the list


> A few minutes ago, I bcc'd to the list a request to a university librarian
> for help identifying a Biblical Hebrew text I once used in that library.
>
> I would appreciate it if people on this list look at my request to see if
> tehy can identify my book.
>
> I have an idea that someone on this list might recognize it; both because
it
> was a very unusual Biblical Hebrew text, and because Google turned up a
> recommendation about the book that I suspect is the one I am trying to
> identify, that someone posted to the b-hebrew list, along with other books
> the poster recommends to students at his or her seminary or something.
>
> If short, clear and simple explanations and inclusion of actual
grammatical
> exercises don't pin down this unusual book, I would think that Goldlilocks
> and the Three Bears and a passage (not necessarily just one) from the Book
> of Ruth should.   I remember it as a typewriter paper sized book with a
hard
> plain blue cover - but then the hard plain blue cover pretty much
identifies
> it as a paperback book.   That is what this university library does with
> paperback books.
>
> The book I suspect it is that I am trying to identify cannot be found at
any
> public, university or seminary library in Austin, Texas nor any book
store,
> and costs $40, even at Eisenbraun's - so I definitely do not want to send
> for it without knowing whether it is the correct book.
>
> Thanks for your help!
>
> Yours,
> Dora Smith
> Austin, Texas
> villandra AT austin.rr.com
>
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