Easy beginner passages/books to begin reading hebrew?

[itisdeliciouscake]

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 far worked through Ruth as well as several psalms in hebrew and was wondering if someone could point me to a book/passage that is considered relatively easy for beginning hebrew students? I can't seem to find anywhere that gives suggestions for reading after Ruth... (The typically first read book by hebrew students)

(If it helps at all to know where I'm at I have a vocabulary down to about words occurring 65x in the hebrew bible, as well as some words occurring less than this.)

 

[yonah_mishael]

You should certainly read the sections of Genesis devoted to the story of Joseph! That's a great place to start and a very entertaining story.

 

[yonah_mishael]

Do you know why Ruth is used so early on, by the way?

 

[Aubrey13]

I have studied Biblical and Modern Hebrew for years, and I would suggest Jonah. It's still at a beginner level, but has a lot of good vocabulary, is an interesting story, and bring new literary aspects to light when reading in Hebrew!

 

[All Souls]

Jonah is a good start. I have also translated 2 Sam. 11-14; 2 Kgs. 17-19; Pss. 1, 2, 8, 48, 96; Gen. 6-9; Deut. 5, 6, 12, 26; Am. 1-5.