Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Ken Penner <kpenner AT stfx.ca>]

Note that the book to which Kevin refers orders the passage by canonical order rather than order of difficulty (see page xii). Karl’s advice to start with narratives in canonical order should be effective.

FWIW, I learned differently: we started with Ruth, Jonah, Psalms, Proverbs.

 

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From: b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Kevin W. Woodruff
Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2013 9:52 AM
To: C L; K Randolph
Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Graded Hebrew Reading Schedule

 

Chris:

 

If you look at the table of contents of the following book, in the "Look Inside" feature, it will give you a listing of passages that may help

 

http://www.amazon.com/Graded-Reader-Biblical-Hebrew-Reading/dp/0310251575/

 

Kevin

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--- On Wed, 6/12/13, K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com> wrote:

From: K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>
Subject: [b-hebrew] Graded Hebrew Reading Schedule
To: "C L" <sigebryht AT yahoo.com>
Cc: "b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Date: Wednesday, June 12, 2013, 4:29 AM

Dear Chris:

 

While I don’t know of any published list, there are some broad generalities I can mention:

 

The narrative books tend to be easier, those include Genesis, Numbers, Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings, Ruth, Esther, Chronicles. Tne most difficult includes Isaiah, Jeremiah, Psalms, Job, and the rest seem to fall between these.

 

Personally, I’d recommend just starting at the beginning, in Genesis, and reading through to the end.

 

Karl W. Randolph.

On Tuesday, June 11, 2013, C L wrote:

Dear Colleagues,

 

Having finished graduate school, I would like to continue honing my Hebrew skills by reading the Tanakh.

 

Could anyone point me in the direction of a graded reading list, going from easier to increasingly difficult passages?

 

I am aware that there are books on the subject, but these are hard to acquire in Argentina.

 

A website or text document listing the reading schedule would suffice quite well.

 

Does anyone know of such a thing?

 

Sincerely,

 

Chris Lovelace

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