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I should say that you should realize that learning the languages aren't incredibly easy, but neither are they as absurdly hard as some people make them seem. But know that it takes discipline. I would also recommend starting with only one of the languages and then moving on to the next...

I used Introducing Biblical Hebrew: Allen P. Ross: 9780801021473: Amazon.com: Books for Hebrew and A Primer of Biblical Greek: N. Clayton Croy: 9780802867339: Amazon.com: Books for Greek I've heard complaints about both (although much more for Ross than for Croy) but overall I actually loved...

Hello, Just for some background, I was raised in an evangelical non-denom (aka, baptists who don't wanna be called that) church while attending a Lutheran school up until 4th grade. I was baptized in third grade, after I had made a profession of faith. Around late high-school I began to...

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I've now entering my third year of Hebrew study, and just had a few questions for anyone who reads Hebrew regularly... How often do you read? How much (material) at a time? How long do you typically read for? How fast can you typically read? On a related note... How often do you have to...

Biblical and theological studies + biblical languages!

Hello, I was wondering if anybody would have any guidance at pursuing graduate education? I am extremely aware of the pitfalls/dangers of pursuing a PhD/grad school these days. Little-to-no job opportunities, huge price to pay with time and money, etc... But at this point in my life...

Well I do realize this is not what you're looking for because it IS a 4 year bachelor's degree... but I can't turn down to the opportunity to highly recommend the school I attend, Moody Bible Institute! We have degree's in both children and youth ministry, in addition to this, everyone also...

(As I ask this question I am using a computer where I haven't installed Hebrew yet, and I do not have my Hebrew Bible at hand, so please excuse my lack of specificity) So in Genesis 22 when it talks about God 'providing' (in most English translations) a ram, and the place being called 'YHWH...

Kinda, but not really. The letters י ה and ו were later inserted into the text of Hebrew to represent certain long vowels to assist in reading. These are called the 'matres lectiones,' or 'mothers of reading.' When these letters were inserted, the scribes who inserted them...

Introducing Biblical Hebrew: Allen P. Ross: 9780801021473: Amazon.com: Books This is the book that I learned from and can highly recommend. It assumes no prior knowledge of Hebrew or linguistics (though of course any linguistic background/knowledge at all tremendously helps the study of any...

Yeah, just keep in mind that translation is heavily a matter of being able, not only to know literal equivalents of words in both the original and receptor language, but also a skillfulness in being able to discern the particular baggage that a word has in each language. שנא in...

Hello, I have now studied hebrew formally for about a year and a half now. My first year was studying grammar and this last semester has been focused not so much on reading/grammar so much as it has been on exegesis in-general (including genre analysis, text criticism, etc...) I have so...

yeah, I haven't really run into any big questions so far but I will definitely ask when I do. Right now I'm just reviewing everything I've gone over and trying to cement the forms for verbs in (particularly irregulars). I'm also reading up on extra chapters in my grammar that goes over the basic...

I actually found my grammar! tucked away in it's own pocket of a bag I forgot about. But, I remember my prof mentioning the hishtophel was a theoretical stem that only applied to one verb (the verb meaning 'to worship'), which is why grammarians disagree as to whether or not it is right to...