> My advise is that you learn Biblical Hebrew and ignore modern Hebrew
> completely until you master the first one. To learn both at a time would
> be somewhat confusing, particularly if you work on your own. The lack of
> vowels in the texts of modern Hebrew also makes it more difficult to learn
> by using texts alone.
Although I think this advice eminently sensible, I should point out
that there is instructional material available for modern Hebrew that
does provide vowel pointing is not difficult to come by.