Publisher: Continuum
Pub. Date: 1999-02-01
ISBN: 1850758565
Number Of Pages: 406 pages

This work is intended to serve as a user-friendly and up-to-date source of information on the morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics of Biblical Hebrew verbs, nouns and other word classes (prepositions, conjunctions, adverbs, modal words, negatives, focus particles, discourse markers, interrogatives and interjections). It also contains one of the most elaborate treatments of Biblical Hebrew word order yet pubilshed in a grammar. This reference grammar will be of service to students who have completed an introductory or intermediate course in Biblical Hebrew, and also to more advanced scholars seeking to take advantage of traditional and recent descriptions of the language that go beyond the basic morphology of Biblical Hebrew.

Ratings
Summary: A Reference Indeed
Rating: 5

If you have a basic Hebrew knowledge and want to refesh,clarify or further explore some issues, it’s a perfect tool. Very terse and therefore practical.

Summary: Handy reference tool
Rating: 5

This is an excellent little handbook for students, and it would work well as a textbook for a Hebrew course, or a supplement to a textbook. It’s easy to find what you’re looking for, and it doesn’t bog you down with a lot of unnecessary details. It’s also very up to date and takes into consideration the latest research on the language.