Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Berel Beyer <berelbeyer AT gmail.com>]

Please forward this message to any students you may know interested in
a beginner's BH group in progress.

Many thanks!

Berel Beyer

-- 
Al titen lamuglegim ledake otcha! ~ Ron Weasley

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From: Berel Beyer <berelbeyer AT gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 10:59 AM
Subject: [selfstudyhebrew] Biblical Hebrew Beginner's Group (Mansoor)
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Hello friends,

Some of you may be interested to know that the beginner's group using
M. Mansoor, Biblical Hebrew Step by Step, Vol 1, 2nd ed, (Aug 1999;
ISBN 0801060419) is set to restart after a short hiatus. The tentative
start date is August 16.

Although, we're about half way through the first volume, it's such a
nicely paced introduction to Biblical Hebrew, that I think someone
with even a little Hebrew under his or her belt -- or simply some
prior experience learning languages -- could quite easily catch up
(see my response below to an off-list query). We are going to continue
to take the book at a very moderate pace.

You can see the original posting for this group for a bit more info:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/selfstudyhebrew/message/5150

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Berel

> Yes, I think someone who has some experience learning languages could
> catch up quite easily. The book takes a very gentle pace. We've so
> far covered what would be about a half a semester (or less) of a
> college course (and we're taking it a quite a slow pace).
>
> The only potential bar might be learning the new alphabet (which
> really does take some getting used to). If you're totally unfamiliar
> with it, it might slow down your jumping into the book by a few weeks.
>
> Perhaps you can get a hold of the book and see for yourself. Worst
> comes to worse, you'd have what seems to me a pretty good introductory
> text for Biblical Hebrew:
>
> M. Mansoor, Biblical Hebrew Step by Step, Vol 1, 2nd ed, Aug 1999;
> ISBN 0801060419
>
> One caveat -- if you're looking for a really rigorous text, this may
> not be it (I can recommend other, if you're so inclined). It tries (I
> think successfully) to present a reasonable introduction to Biblical
> Hebrew w/o being overwhelming. Unlike other texts with this aim,
> though, it never babies the reader and doesn't present silly or
> insulting exercises. Nor does it -- on the other side of the spectrum
> -- throw you into the sea of the BH verbal system w/o much of a
> life-raft!

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