Hebrew for Life

Strategies for Learning, Retaining, and Reviving Biblical Hebrew

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Pub Date 21 Apr 2020 | Archive Date 2 Oct 2020

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Description

Three experienced biblical language professors inspire readers to learn, retain, and use Hebrew for ministry, setting them on a lifelong journey of reading and loving the Hebrew Bible. This companion volume to the successful Greek for Life offers practical guidance, inspiration, and motivation; incorporates research-tested strategies for learning; presents methods not usually covered in other textbooks; and surveys helpful resources for recovering Hebrew after a long period of disuse. It will benefit anyone who is taking (or has taken) a year of Hebrew. Foreword by Miles van Pelt.

Three experienced biblical language professors inspire readers to learn, retain, and use Hebrew for ministry, setting them on a lifelong journey of reading and loving the Hebrew Bible. This companion...


Advance Praise

 “Hebrew for Life will benefit you if you are just beginning your Hebrew journey, if you have forgotten most of your Hebrew, or if you find yourself somewhere in between. I will be using this volume with my students.”—Mark Futato, Robert L. Maclellan Professor of Old Testament, Reformed Theological Seminary, Orlando  “Hebrew for Life addresses conclusively the most common questions my students pose about learning biblical languages and provides important resources, approaches, and concrete study habits. The chapter on vocabulary memorization alone is an incredibly valuable resource that I expect to make required reading in my courses. The true value of the book, though, extends beyond its mastery of the mechanics of language acquisition; the authors encourage students to consider the more fundamental issues of the learning process, like setting realistic goals, valuing imagination, and living a life of diligence. Hebrew for Life is the kind of resource that helps to form students into faithful stewards of the unique privilege of reading the Hebrew text.”—Michelle Knight, assistant professor of Old Testament and Semitic languages, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School  “Howell, Merkle, and Plummer have put together a resource that provides nitty-gritty, real help to both encourage and guide pastors and students to engage the biblical text in the original languages as a lifelong discipline. I heartily recommend it.”—Peter J. Gentry, professor of Old Testament interpretation, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary  “Every Hebrew professor knows the challenge of getting students to retain their knowledge of Hebrew once the course is finished. Ideally, they should progress in the biblical languages, but many regress and lose most of what they gained. I am always looking for ways to encourage students to see the value and necessity of keeping up their knowledge of Hebrew and for ways to help them in this endeavor. This book offers strong and encouraging arguments for the continuous use of Hebrew, and it gives many practical suggestions for how to do this. It will definitely be a resource that I recommend to students and a requirement in many of my classes.”—Michael G. McKelvey, associate professor of Old Testament, Reformed Theological Seminary, Jackson 

“Hebrew for Life will benefit you if you are just beginning your Hebrew journey, if you have forgotten most of your Hebrew, or if you find yourself somewhere in between. I will be using this volume...


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This was a pretty solid read.

This resource is ultra-pragmatic. It is written by three educators who synthesize personal experience and/or preference with fairly grounded research. That latter bit might be my only knock on the book (i.e., "fairly grounded research"). I prefer a more "fleshed out" approach when ascribing outcomes to specific practices. Truly, this "knock" only applies to the data and/or research readers are pointed to that supports a desired practice outlined in the book. As far as the research goes concerning the actual content (i.e., Hebrew), these scholars hands down know their stuff.

I like to think that my Hebrew skills have stayed sharp in the years since undergraduate/graduate studies. This book helped both reaffirm that, but also give solid alternatives to study that I've yet to incorporate in my own study habits.

Honest opinion, the chapters on resources (i.e., chapter 7) and on developing a "next-level memory" (i.e., chapter 4) are highly engaging. Not only is the content appealing, but the small narratives woven throughout help with engagement.

Again, this is a solid read. If you're interested in learning Biblical Hebrew, or most any language for that matter, this might be a great "gateway" into the field of study. If you've taken it before and are a bit rusty, or even if you aren't, you might want to pick this up too.

I received an advanced reader's copy (ARC) of this book by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. A huge thanks for that!

DM

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Biblical Hebrew has always been so intimidating to me, but this was a great companion book to the Biblical Exegesis degree I am pursuing. Helpful with lots of insight. Great reference tool.

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