{"product_id":"a-basic-introduction-to-biblical-hebrew-with-cd-9781598560282","title":"A Basic Introduction to Biblical Hebrew: with CD","description":"\u003cp\u003eHacketts grammar is arranged in 30 lessons which makes it excellent for intensive study over the period of 1 semester  or for 2 semesters over the course of an entire school year. During the study the student will encounter several new approaches to learning the language. First  Hackett lists verbal forms from 1st person to 3rd person  rather than the traditional approach of 3rd to 1st. She acknowledges that the traditional way is counter intuitive with English speaking students because they learn their verbs from 1st to 3rd. Second  rather than introducing both strong and weak verbs together  Hackett divides them and presents all strong verbs first  and then introduces weak verbs near the end of the book. Again  the principle in play here is to follow a formal order that layers and slowly introduces nuance into the language rather than shifting back and forth between straight forward items  and more difficult aspects of the language. Third  Hackett also jettisons what she believes are old-fashioned methods of teaching the Hebrew verbal system in favor of a more simple  but also more descriptive system using the terms prefix conjugation and suffix conjugation. She also uses ve-qatal to describe what is popularly known as the converted perfect. Fourth  unlike many Hebrew grammars  Hackett introduces her verbal forms logically. She notes  It is a logical progression to begin with the prefix conjugation and lead up to the consecutive preterite. The consecutive preterite is the form beginning students must know thoroughly in order to read most biblical prose  and in order to lead them to that form  I needed to introduce the jussive  and in order to introduce the jussive  I first needed to present the prefix conjugation. Finally  Hackett introduces several new pedagogical techniques in her grammar. She emphasizes accent marks in her exercises  though both are artificial  or written by Hackett rather than taken from the biblical text. But Hacketts goal justifies her actions; she wants to present both disjunctive and conjunctive accents to the students  and at this early time in their biblical Hebrew study  the impossibility of some of my combinations will not affect their learning the accent system as a whole. Along with this Hackett does stress the memorization of paradigms  and supplies verbs  where needed  to complete the paradigm even if a particular verbal form does not appear in the Hebrew text. The CD which accompanies the book contains several helpful features for the student  not least of which is its helpful pronunciation guide. This includes the pronunciation of all Hebrew-to-English exercises in lessons 1-15  and the first two exercises of lessons 16-30. It also supplies the full pronunciation of Genesis 22.1-19  a common text used by instructors to help students learn pronunciation. Lastly  the answers for the books exercises can be found on the CD-ROM  and an additional workbook containing graded reading of biblical passages  glosses  additional vocabulary  is in the works and will be keyed to this book.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45665918320693,"sku":"ByrdShop_159856028X","price":47.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781598560282.jpg?v=1782414229","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/a-basic-introduction-to-biblical-hebrew-with-cd-9781598560282","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}