Thursday, July 11, 2013

HEBREW TOOLS FOR BEGINNERS


HEBREW BIBLES
I. Hebrew Bible (Old Testament)
Karl Elliger and Wilhelm Rudolph (eds). Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1997. (http://www.amazon.com/Biblia-Hebraica-Stuttgartensia-Karl-Elliger/dp/3438052199)
Biblia Hebraica Quinta. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft. (Currently being released in fascicles. Project due for completion in 2020).
·         The First Fascicle (including a general introduction and “The Five Megilloth”: Ruth, Canticles (Song of Songs), Qoheleth (Ecclesiastes), Lamentations and Esther, part 18). Published 2004.( http://www.amazon.com/Biblia-Hebraica-Quinta-Introduction-Bibelgesellschaft/dp/1598561820/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1372406809&sr=1-1&keywords=biblia+hebraica+quinta)
·         The Fifth Fascicle (The Twelve Minor Prophets, part 13). Published November 2010. (http://www.amazon.com/Biblia-Hebraica-Quinta-Twelve-Prophets/dp/3438052733/ref=sr_1_13?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1372406129&sr=1-13&keywords=biblia+hebraica+quinta)
A. Philip Brown II and Bryan W. Smith (eds.), A Reader’s Hebrew Bible. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2008. (http://www.amazon.com/Readers-Hebrew-Bible-Philip-Brown/dp/0310269741/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1372406032&sr=1-1&keywords=a+reader%27s+hebrew+bible)


II. Septuagint (Greek Old Testament)
Alfred Rahlfs and Robert Hanhart (Eds.) Septuaginta. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 2006. (http://www.amazon.com/Septuaginta-Greek-Alfred-Rahlfs/dp/1598561804/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1372185765&sr=1-1&keywords=septuaginta) 

HEBREW GRAMMAR BOOKS
I. Beginner’s Grammars:
C. L. Seow, A Grammar for Biblical Hebrew, Revised Edition. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1995. (http://www.amazon.com/Grammar-Biblical-Hebrew-Revised/dp/0687157862/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1372407142&sr=1-1&keywords=seow)
Jennifer S. Green; G. Brooke Lester; and Joseph F. Scrivner, Handbook to A Grammar for Biblical Hebrew, Revised Edition. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2005. (http://www.amazon.com/Handbook-A-Grammar-Biblical-Hebrew/dp/0687008344)
Page H. Kelley, Biblical Hebrew: An Introductory Grammar (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1992). (http://www.amazon.com/Biblical-Hebrew-An-Introductory-Grammer/dp/B004RPKU4U/ref=pd_sim_b_1)
Page H. Kelley, Terry L. Burden, and Timothy G. Crawford, A Handbook to Biblical Hebrew: An Introductory Grammar (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1994). (http://www.amazon.com/Handbook-Biblical-Hebrew-Introductory-Grammar/dp/080280828X)
Thomas O. Lambdin, Introduction to Biblical Hebrew (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1971).  (http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Biblical-Hebrew-Thomas-Lambdin/dp/0232513694/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1373569892&sr=1-1&keywords=thomas+o+lambdin)
Gary D. Pratico and Miles V. Van Pelt, Basics of Biblical Hebrew Grammar (2nd ed.; Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2007). (http://www.amazon.com/Basics-Biblical-Hebrew-Grammar-Second/dp/0310270200/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1373569959&sr=1-1&keywords=gary+d.+practico)
II. Advanced Grammars:
Paul Joüon and T. Muraoka, A Grammar of Biblical Hebrew (2d ed.;; Subsidia Biblica 14/I–II; Roma: Editrice Pontificio Istituto Biblico, 2006 [1993]).  (http://books.google.com/books/about/A_Grammar_of_Biblical_Hebrew.html?id=s1MSQuK_gi0C   http://www.amazon.com/Grammar-Biblical-Hebrew-Subsidia-Biblica/dp/8876536299)
Christo H. J. van der Merwe, Jackie A. Naudé, and Jan H. Kroeze, A Biblical Hebrew Reference Grammar (Biblical Languages: Hebrew 3; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1999). (http://www.amazon.com/Biblical-Hebrew-Reference-Grammar-Languages/dp/1850758565/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1373571290&sr=1-1&keywords=A+Biblical+Hebrew+Reference+Grammar)

HEBREW LEXICONS
F. Brown; S. Driver; and C. Briggs, The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 2008. (http://www.amazon.com/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Hebrew-English-Lexicon-Concordance/dp/B007I0VX9W/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1372482120&sr=1-4&keywords=brown+driver+briggs+hebrew+and+english+lexicon)
Ludwig Kohler and W. Baumgartner, The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament, 2 Volumes. Leiden: Brill, 2006. (http://www.amazon.com/The-Hebrew-Aramaic-Lexicon-Testament/dp/9004124454/ref=pd_sim_b_11)
William L. Holladay, ed., A Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans and Leiden: Brill, 1988). [CHALOT] A one–volume abridgment to the German edition of Koehler & Baumgartner (see below). (http://www.amazon.com/Concise-Testament-Editions-Koehler-Baumgartner-Testamenti/dp/B0069XRQ90/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1373570611&sr=1-2&keywords=William+L.+Holladay%2C+ed.%2C+A+Concise+Hebrew+and+Aramaic+Lexicon+of+the+Old+Testament)

HEBREW DICTIONARIES
David J. A. Clines (ed.), The Dictionary of Classical Hebrew. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1993-. (6 Vols). (http://www.amazon.com/Dictionary-Classical-Hebrew-Set/dp/1906055165/ref=sr_1_14?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1372482984&sr=1-14)
Georg Fohrer, ed., Hebrew and Aramaic Dictionary of the Old Testament (Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1973). (http://www.amazon.com/Hebrew-Aramaic-Dictionary-Old-Testament/dp/3110045729/ref=sr_1_9?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1373570862&sr=1-9&keywords=Georg+Fohrer)   

HEBREW STUDY AIDS & HEBREW EXEGETICAL TOOLS        
I. Books
Angel Sáenz–Badillos, A History of the Hebrew Language (trans. John Elwolde; Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993). ( http://www.amazon.com/History-Hebrew-Language-Angel-enz-Badillos/dp/0521556341/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1373571494&sr=1-1&keywords=A+History+of+the+Hebrew+Language)
Nahum M. Waldman, The Recent Study of Hebrew: A Study of the Literature with Selected Bibliography (Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College Press and Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 1989). (http://www.amazon.com/Recent-Study-Hebrew-Literature-Bibliography/dp/0878209085/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1373571568&sr=1-1&keywords=The+Recent+Study+of+Hebrew%3A+A+Study+of+the+Literature+with+Selected+Bibliography)
Ronald J. Williams and John C. Beckman, Williams’ Hebrew Syntax (3rd ed.; Toronto: University of Toronto, 2007). (http://www.amazon.com/Williams-Hebrew-Syntax-Third-Beckman/dp/0802094295/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1373571394&sr=1-1&keywords=Williams%E2%80%99+Hebrew+Syntax)
Bruce K. Waltke and M. O’Connor, An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax (Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 1990). (http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Biblical-Hebrew-Syntax/dp/0931464315/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1373571329&sr=1-1&keywords=An+Introduction+to+Biblical+Hebrew+Syntax)
Miles V. Vant Pelt and Gary D. Pratico, The Vocabulary Guide to Biblical Hebrew. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2003. (http://www.amazon.com/Vocabulary-Guide-Biblical-Hebrew/dp/0310250722/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1372478557&sr=1-1&keywords=the+vocabulary+guide+to+biblical+hebrew)    
Page H. Kelley; Daniel S. Mynatt; and Timothy G. Crawford, The Masorah of Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1998. (http://www.amazon.com/Masorah-Biblia-Hebraica-Stuttgartensia-Introduction/dp/0802843638/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1372480205&sr=1-1&keywords=the+masorah+of+biblia+hebraica+stuttgartensia)          
Gary A. Long, Grammatical Concepts 101 for Biblical Hebrew: Learning Biblical Hebrew Grammatical Concepts through English Grammar, 2nd Edition. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 2013. (http://www.amazon.com/Grammatical-Concepts-101-Biblical-Hebrew/dp/0801048745/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1372480766&sr=1-1&keywords=grammatical+concepts+101+for+biblical+hebrew) 
Bill T. Arnold and John H. Choi, A Guide to Biblical Hebrew Syntax. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003. (http://www.amazon.com/Guide-Biblical-Hebrew-Syntax/dp/0521533481/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1372481246&sr=1-1&keywords=a+guide+to+biblical+hebrew+syntax)  
William R. Scott, A Simplified Guide to BHS: Critical Apparatus, Masora, Accents, Unusual Letters & Other Markings, 3rd Edition. N. Richard Hills, TX: Bibal Press, 1995. (http://www.amazon.com/Simplified-Guide-Bhs-Critical-Apparatus/dp/1930566689/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1372481734&sr=1-1&keywords=a+simplified+guide+to+bhs)
Reinhard Wonenberger, Understanding BHS: A Manual for the Users of Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (Subsidia Biblica 8; Roma: Editrice Pontifico Istituto Biblico, 1990). (http://www.amazon.com/Understanding-BHS-Hebraica-Stuttgartensia-Subsidia/dp/8876535594/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1373570343&sr=1-1-fkmr0&keywords=reinhard+wonenberger+understanding+the+BHS)
Israel Yeivin, Introduction to the Tiberian Masorah (trans. and ed. E. J. Revell; Masoretic Studies 5; Missoula: Scholars Press, 1980). (http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Tiberian-Masorah-Masoretic-Studies/dp/089130374X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1373570384&sr=1-1&keywords=israel+yeivin)

II. Electronic Sources
Blue Letter Bible: http://www.blueletterbible.org/
Bible Hub by Biblos: http://biblehub.com/
BibleWorks exegetical software: http://www.bibleworks.com/
Logos Bible Software: http://www.logos.com/
Hebrew Bible: Audio Tracks http://www.aoal.org/hebrew_audiobible.htm
Accordance Bible Software: http://www.accordancebible.com/
The Hebrew Language: http://www.hebrew-language.com/

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