Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Ken Penner" <ken.penner AT acadiau.ca>]

Hello Paul,

Segal's grammar is the classic. He was the one who demonstrated the type of 
Hebrew attested in the Mishnah was a living language, not simply an 
artificial reconstruction. The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, (e.g., 
4QMMT) confirms this.
But Segal is a bit dated, so now I'd recommend Perez-Fernandez, translated by 
John Elwolde.
http://www.amazon.com/Introductory-Grammar-Rabbinic-Hebrew/dp/9004108904

For lexica, Jastrow is the classic. It is scanned at 
http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Jastrow%2C%20Marcus
 and is presented in a more useable form at 
http://www.tyndale.cam.ac.uk/jastrow/

Ken M. Penner, Ph.D. (McMaster)
Dead Sea Scrolls scholars' list owner, 
http://mailman.mcmaster.ca/mailman/listinfo/g-megillot
Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies,
Acadia Divinity College,
Wolfville, Nova Scotia,
Canada B4P 2R6.
(902)585-2213
http://purl.org/net/kmpenner/


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> [mailto:b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Paul Rembach
> Sent: June 14, 2007 2:08 AM
> To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: [b-hebrew] Grammar of Mishnaic Hebrew
> 
> Hello All
> 
> Does anyone have a comment on the book Grammar of Mishnaic 
> Hebrew by M.H. Segal. Neither the Amazon nor the Eisenbrauns 
> web sites had any comments to offer on this grammar.
> 
> Alternately have you any suggestions on other resources for 
> learning Mishnaic Hebew, such as grammars, workbooks and 
> lexicon other than HALOT, BDB and Holladay?
> 
> Thanks 
> 
> Paul Rembach
> paulr AT rppinc.co.za
> 
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