Read the Old Testament book of Ruth in Hebrew. No Experience Required. This new class starts June 22nd, 2010. Pastors: Please consider setting aside some time on Tuesday nights to prepare a sermon series on Ruth. This course is for pastors, but it is also for anyone who loves Christ and his Word. This is …
Category Archives: Hebrew
Memory Maps for Mastering Biblical Hebrew Verbs
With three specially crafted picture-maps, you can become a living Hebrew verb parsing machine. With these three pages of instruction and only two hours of time, you will quickly master the strong form of the Hebrew Imperfect, Infinitive, Imperative and Participle. Best of all, this is free — everything you need is in the downloadable …
New Discovery: Ancient Hebrew Text about Widows and Orphans
A piece of pottery with ancient Hebrew writing was recently found. When I say ancient, I mean from around the time of King David (1000 BC). It was found at an archaeological dig in Israel (read page 1 and page 2 of the official Qeiyafa Ostracon Chronicle). From the picture below, you can see that …
Hebrew, Kline and Redemptive History
Come learn Biblical Hebrew at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City. Covenant theology and Biblical Hebrew merge as we study redemptive-history through various passages with an emphasis on Genesis and its vocabulary. Listen to this MP3 recording of why Pastors need the Biblical languages! Classes meet from 8:00am to 9:15am on Tuesdays and Thursdays. …
Wingreen English-to-Hebrew Answer Key and Software
I have been working on Hebrew software that lets a student type in English and Hebrew and build their own English-to-Hebrew database. The reason for this is a way for them to quickly complete the English to Hebrew exercises in Weingreen’s Practical Grammar for Biblical Hebrew. It lets the student build on previous work and …
Download Sofware for the Greek Old Testament
How do New Testament passages quote Old Testament passages? Is it possible that a New Testament author made his own immediate translation of the Hebrew (i.e., not quoting from a Greek manuscript, but translating on the fly)? If that is the case, is is possible that some Old Testament allusions have been missed by readers …
Hebrew Grammar: Sheva-Glue and Moving Accents
The sheva of Hebrew is a great little marker. If you are learning Biblical Hebrew, I want to pass along a basic observation that may be helpful in your study of the language. There is a pattern of sheva usage which I call sheva-glue. When endings are attached to words, the sheva (simple or complex) …
Old Testament Manuscripts and 18 Tiqqune Sopherim
To analyze and explore a passage of the Old Testament, one must first establish the particular text (i.e., identify exactly what it is they are translating and exploring). To that end, one must know where to find the most relevant manuscripts. This article catalogs various Old Testament manuscripts with emphasis on online sources (for free …
The Old Testament Aleppo Codex: Vowels Added after Consonants
The standard edition of the Hebrew Old Testament is Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS). BHS is based off of a manuscript called the Leningrad Codex (B 19A) which dates to AD 1008. The Aleppo Codex is like B 19A, only older (AD 920), and partly missing (and so B 19A is more widely used). High resolution …
Masoretic or Biblical Hebrew vs. Modern Hebrew
I studied Modern Hebrew first. I took classes at the local Jewish Community Center in preparation for my first trip to Israel. I also use the excellent Pimsleur audio program. When I got back from Israel, I then enrolled in a Biblical Hebrew course at Midwestern Seminary. Biblical Hebrew is also called Masoretic Hebrew. The …