Biblical Hebrew Step by Step, Volume 2: Readings from the Book of Genesis [Paperback]

Menahem Mansoor (Author)

Book Description

Series: Biblical Hebrew Step by Step | Publication Date: July 1, 1984

With the appearance of this volume, an inductive study of the text of Genesis, Biblical Hebrew Step by Step becomes a complete introductory textbook.

Volume 2 includes twenty readings from Genesis and four review lessons. One supplement treats the seven verb patterns in Hebrew; others are a table of plurals of irregular nouns that appear in the readings, a table of irregular verbs, Hebrew-English and English-Hebrew vocabulary, and a key to "self-correcting exercises."

Product Details

• Paperback: 184 pages
• Publisher: Baker Academic; 3 edition (July 1, 1984)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0801061512
• ISBN-13: 978-0801061516
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #256,532 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beyond grammar and into text, June 26, 2000

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Virginia Spatz (East Coast) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Biblical Hebrew Step by Step, Volume 2: Readings from the Book of Genesis (Paperback)

This volume builds on basic Hebrew skills by working through the text of Genesis. Passages directly from the Torah are illuminated by vocabulary and grammar notes, explaining odd usage and highlighting regular grammatical features. Exercises emphasizing both vocabulary and grammar follow each reading selection. Without overwhelming the student, this textbook manages to offer a glimpse of the depth of the Torah's language and help the student begin to unpack some of the text's meanings.

This volume and the companion Volume 1 present short, focused, uncluttered chapters. Each volume can be used independently, as well as with a class. Answer keys and cassette recordings are also available for the independent student.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Small font : magnifying glass required, January 22, 2004

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Boileau0663 (Tournai, Belgique) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Biblical Hebrew Step by Step, Volume 2: Readings from the Book of Genesis (Paperback)

Volume II of Hebrew Step by Step by Menahem Mansoor presents readings from the Book of Genesis with grammatical notes and exercises. Contrary to the infamous and inordinately expensive "Readings in Biblical Hebrew", another intermediate level Hebrew manual you may have heard of, Hebrew Step by Step II includes the Hebrew text.

Students will find that it has the same strong points and weaknesses as the first volume. It is very user-friendly inasmuch as you get lots of study hints from the author; photographs from the good old times enliven the text; the amount of exercises is kept to a reasonable level, offering the student what I'd call "Hebrew Snacks". Briefly, this is a manual with a reassuring feeling of homeliness about it.

The only major problem that I see, apart from the usual messiness of the explanations and lack of clear charts, is the size of the Hebrew font, which is painfully small. To make matters worse, the Biblical text is reproduced with all the minute reading symbols of the Biblia Stuttgartensia.

Conclusion: equip yourself with a good magnifying glass if you aregoing to use this manual. If your eyesight is pretty poor, I recommend the First Hebrew Reader by EKS instead. Their font is HUGE.

3.0 out of 5 stars A text book for those who know a little already, May 29, 2009

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Cecilia Beltran "Cecilia Beltran" (New York) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Biblical Hebrew Step by Step, Volume 2: Readings from the Book of Genesis (Paperback)

It's helpful but it's a standard text book for those who want to study Biblical Hebrew. It is however a little limited in what it actually explains. It's mainly a study guide which works better with an actual instructor.