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  • From: "Karl Randolph" <kwrandolph AT email.com>
  • To: Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] A Reader's Hebrew Old Testament
  • Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2005 01:32:54 -0500

Philip:

Is this going to be an electronic or paper edition?

Quite frankly, I doubt I would recommend a paper edition for students, and
electronic editions have already been written according to what you suggest,
or pretty close to it.

Karl W. Randolph.

----- Original Message -----
From: "A. Philip Brown II" <apbrown2 AT prodigy.net>

>
> Shalom,
>
> Last May I asked the list if anyone knew of or was working on a Reader’s
> Hebrew Bible similar to A Reader’s Greek New Testament published by
> Zondervan. Receiving no reply, I assumed no one was working on one and
> commenced to work on one for my Hebrew students.
>
> I am now looking at publishing this and would like some input from those
> list.
>
> First a brief description:
> 1. Text: Leningradensis as presented and modified in BHS 4th ed.
> 2. I am glossing all words occurring less than 100x in Hebrew. Proper
> nouns occurring less than 100x will be colored gray for easy identification.
> I’m assuming students will know or easily identify proper nouns occurring
> more than 100x.
> 3. Word occurring less than 100x will have a footnote after them. The
> footnote will include (1) the lexical form of the word, (2) the lexeme’s
> root number (if other than the first homonym, e.g., II, III), and (3)
> HALOT-BDB’s gloss/definition for the term.
> 4. I am strictly following HALOT’s glosses and supplementing them from
> BDB where the two lexicons differ. Specifically, if HALOT offers a
> context-specific gloss for a lexeme, that gloss will be given. If HALOT does
> not offer a context-specific gloss for a lexeme with multiple senses, I will
> list HALOT’s senses for the lexeme. Same for BDB.
> 5. I do not plan to give any parsing information.
>
> Now my questions
> 1. If given the choice, would you prefer to see full cantillation or the
> inclusion of only the athnach? and why?
>
> 2. When glossing the verbs, since the gloss will necessarily reflect the
> verb’s binyan/stem, should the gloss include a notation indicating the
> binyan/stem? and why?
>
> Example:
> Possible Gloss Entry 1: PLT to bring out, save VERSUS
> Possible Gloss Entry 2: PLT Pi: to bring out, save.
>
> 3. If you are a Hebrew instructor, what concerns would you have about a
> publication such as I am proposing?
>
> Thanks for your input!
>
> Philip Brown
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