Hebrew Syntax & Reading
Dr. Ryan Meyer
Description:
A course designed to integrate Hebrew reading and syntax. This course provides advanced instruction in Hebrew syntax and applies this through reading selected portions from various genres in the Hebrew Bible. Attention is also given to developing and strengthening the student’s Hebrew vocabulary. Prerequisite: A minimum grade of “C” in OT602.
Textbooks Required:
- Williams’ Hebrew Syntax, 3rd. ed., by Ronald Williams, rev. John Beckman.
- A Workbook for Intermediate Hebrew: Grammar, Exegesis, and Commentary on Jonah and Ruth, by Robert Chisholm.
- A Student’s Vocabulary for Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic, rev. ed., by Larry Mitchell.
- Biblical Hebrew Vocabulary by Conceptual Categories, by J. David Pleins.
Textbooks Recommended:
- Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia compact, hardback, by K. Elliger and W. Rudolph, Hendrickson.
- A Guide to Biblical Hebrew Syntax, by Bill Arnold and John Choi.
- The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament, 2 vol. study ed., by Koehler and Baumgartner.
- Old Testament Textual Criticism, 2nd ed., by Ellis Brotzman.
- A Reader’s Hebrew Bible, by A. Philip Brown II and Bryan Smith.
- Concise Dictionary of Classical Hebrew, by David Clines.
