Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Paul E. Baronowsky" <paulb2 AT insightbb.com>]

On 5/25/2010 1:37 PM, Kenneth Litwak wrote:
>    I learned Hebrew through regular course work, but I have a colleague who 
> asked me what I'd recommend for self-study.  Self-study never works for me 
> and I have no suggestions.  Does anyone on the list have such a suggestion?   
> Thanks.
>    

FWIW: I began my self-study of Biblical Hebrew - a little over ten years 
ago - with _Hebrew Tutor_, a mulimedia CD by Ted Hildebrand (sp ?). That 
program was written for Windows for Workgroups 3.11, and I don't know 
whether it has been updated. I supplemented it with _A Grammar for 
Biblical Hebrew_ by C.L. Seow  and with _Biblical Hebrew: A Text and 
Workbook_ by B.P. Kittel, V. Hoffer, and R.A. Wright. I later 
participated in an online course which used _A Practical Grammar for 
Classical Hebrew_ by J. Weingreen. And now I am participating in an 
online course which is using _Classical Hebrew Composition_ , also by 
Weingreen.

I have been pleased with all of these; but, be forewarned: I am barely 
beyond the beginner stage (in my own estimation). Another point is that 
I have done (and continue to do) this solely for my own pleasure - for 
no practical use. The pleasure of learning is enough to keep me going. 
And to pay back the online community which has helped me, I am now 
coordinating two online groups: one translating 2Samuel, and the other a 
beginners' group which is using _Basics of Biblical Hebrew_ by Pratico 
and Van Pelt.

If anyone else is interested in looking into online learning groups for 
Biblical (or Modern) Hebrew, the location is 
selfstudyhebrew AT yahoogroups.com. To become a member of the email list, 
go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/selfstudyhebrew/

I happen to be a retired octogenarian.

Best Wishes,
Paul Baronowsky
Retired Biochemist, Evansville, IN