Biblical Hebrew Forum

["emmanuel.le4" <emmanuel.le4 AT wanadoo.fr>]

Hello everybody!

Having taken Hebrew for 2 years in seminary, I am now trying to keep it, and 
hoping to improve in my knowledge of the language. Some people on this list 
have already mentionned that the best way to learn and get familiar with the 
language is to read, read read. Now my question is this: Where should I start?
Should I take the books in order, from Genesis onwards?
Would anybody have any suggestion of a reading list, from the easiest book 
for example to the most difficult?

Thanks for any suggestion.

Emmanuel Durand
Ferney-Voltaire
France
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Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Reading the Hebrew Bible.
From: "C. Stirling Bartholomew" <threetreepoint AT earthlink.net>
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On 4/20/05 11:49 PM, "emmanuel.le4" <emmanuel.le4 AT wanadoo.fr> wrote:

> Would anybody have any suggestion of a reading list, from the easiest book 
> for
> example to the most difficult?

Emmanuel,

If you want difficult then Isaiah or Job would be a good place to start.
Historical narrative isn't always easy, but it is typically easier than
verse.

This is a popular question. You might want to search the archives. I assume
there is a way to do that on b-hebrew but haven't done if for some time so I
cannot give you a link to the search page.


Clay Bartholomew