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  • From: George F Somsel <gfsomsel AT juno.com>
  • To: tigran AT bibles.org.uk
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Aprisa Old Word Hebrew Program
  • Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 05:45:27 -0500

On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 10:32:01 +0000 (GMT) Tigran Aivazian
<tigran AT bibles.org.uk> writes:
> On Mon, 21 Mar 2005, Steve Miller wrote:
> > Lastly, could anyone recommend a PC program for studying the
> Hebrew Bible
> > and Biblical Hebrew?
>
> I would recommend to AVOID using computers for studying Biblical
> Hebrew,
> because it is too much strain on the eyes. Your eyes are a precious
>
> resource give to you by God and it is best to use them for reading
> books
> printed on paper than on the screen. So, to study Biblical Hebrew I
>
> recommend the following grammars:
>
> J. Weingreen, Practical Grammar for Classical Hebrew.
>
> Gesenius. Hebrew Grammar (though his ungodly so-called "scholar"
> remarks
> may cause you to vomit --- on the other hand, if you read much of
> what is
> said on b-hebrew and don't vomit then you'll be ok :)
>
> As for studying the Hebrew Bible (I assume you mean Massoretic
> "lore") I
> recommend:
>
> 1. Eliyahu haLevi, Massoret haMassoret. A valuable treatise written
> in
> 16th century with lots of notes by Ginsburg (includes both the
> original
> rabbinic Hebrew text and English translation)
>
> 2. Yaakov ben Chayim ibn Adoniyah, Introduction to the Rabbinic
> Bible.
> Again, lots of useful notes by Ginsburg and an English translation
> alongside the Hebrew original.
>
> 3. C.D. Ginsburg, Introduction to the Massoretico-Critical edition
> of the
> Hebrew Bible
>
> (all these books are freely available from bibles.org.uk e-library,
> of
> course)
>
> There are many "modern" books on the subject, such as those by Tov,
>
> Wurthwein, Paul Kahle and many others but they are all "junk", i.e.
> are
> good if you want to be a "modern hebrew scholar" (i.e. blind leader
> of the
> blind) but absolutely no use if you want to be a servant of the Lord
> God
> of Israel who studies the Hebrew Scriptures in order to keep and do
>
> according to all that is given to our fathers by the hand of Moses.
>
> Shalom
> Tigran
> _______________________________________________

Anyone got a spare white cane?

george
gfsomsel
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  • Re: [b-hebrew] Aprisa Old Word Hebrew Program, George F Somsel, 03/22/2005

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