Hebrew Tutor: Learn Biblical Hebrew with Your Own Personal, Interactive Tutor (CD-ROM)

Product Details

• CD-ROM
• Publisher: Parsons Technology (October 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1572640618
• ISBN-13: 978-1572640610
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 9 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #416,521 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

42 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great tool!, January 17, 2001

By A Customer

I'm taking Biblical Hebrew as a course in college, and this Tutor was required for our first class along with Seow's Biblical Grammer (Seow-I don't recommend for a first-year book). I ended up mostly learning from the Tutor! There's even a song to learn the alphabet by. It uses conventional learning methods along with games to teach you Hebrew. I highly recommend it!

The only reason it isn't 5 stars is because there are a few bugs in the program. We all (in the class) got our software from different sources, but they all had the same bugs. Mostly its as simple as typos, but some of the games don't work very well--if at all--because vowel points disappear and parts of letters vanish for some reason. It makes it hard to learn certain lessons (especially the lesson on vowel points for which I was forced to refer to Seow's book because the program was so messed up), but overall it's been an invaluable tool for not only making Hebrew easier, but more fun too! I recommend that you get it as an additional tool for learning Hebrew! :o)

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Good ideas but out of date, September 7, 2004

By	TBS "Tom" (Grand Rapids, MI) - See all my reviews

I installed and used this program under Windows 98SE with success. The tutorials are helpful and reasonably paced. It helps a great deal in providing basic drill-and-practice. For those who don't have a teacher, it is also helpful in learning a consistent system of pronounciation. Be warned, however, that there are multiple systems of pronounciation "out there," and the program doesn't give you the option to choose between them.

For those running Windows XP, however, the program is a disappointment. The fonts included with the program will not install. The program seems to work best under low resolution (640 x 480 or 800 x 600) and few colors.

Regarding the font issue, multiple attempts to contact Parson's yielded no response, so there is little chance that the issue will be addressed. Unfortunately, many vendors say that the program will run under Windows XP. While there is *some* truth to this claim (the executable runs) the program isn't very useful if you can't read the Hebrew characters or transliteration font.

In summary, a nice idea, and reasonably well-done. However, it does not run under current versions of Windows and technical support is not unavailable.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very good beginning Hebrew!, September 14, 2004

By	Brian N. Crane (Garland, TX United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This program was my introduction to the Hebrew language. I think it's an excellent way to start. The sound + visual is a very effective way to teach.
The program worked when I reinstalled on my XP system and I dragged the hebrew font file to the system font folder.
Old but very good!