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In this volume, John Cook provides a foundational analysis of the
Aramaic text of Ezra and Daniel. The analysis is distinguished by
the detailed yet comprehensive attention paid to the text. Cook's
analysis is a convenient pedagogical and reference tool that
explains the form and syntax of the biblical text, offers guidance
for deciding between competing semantic analyses, engages important
text-critical debates, and addresses questions relating to the
Aramaic text that are frequently overlooked or ignored by standard
commentaries. Beyond serving as a succinct and accessible analytic
key, Aramaic Ezra and Daniel also reflects the most up-to-date
advances in scholarship on grammar and linguistics. This handbook
proves itself an indispensable tool for anyone committed to a deep
reading of the biblical text.
This two-volume set by two leading experts in Biblical Hebrew
contains Beginning Biblical Hebrew and Intermediate Biblical
Hebrew. Beginning Biblical Hebrew is an innovative textbook that
combines the best of traditional grammars, new insights into Hebrew
linguistics, and a creative pedagogical approach. The book includes
fifty brief grammar lessons with accompanying workbook-style
exercises, appendixes providing more detailed explanations, and a
full-color reader--bound at the back of the book for right-to-left
reading--that incorporates comics, line drawings, and numerous
exercises, all in Hebrew. Intermediate Biblical Hebrew is a
full-color, intermediate textbook that continues the innovative
pedagogy found in Cook and Holmstedt's Beginning Biblical Hebrew.
The book features integrated examples and lessons, pedagogical
advancements that enhance student outcomes, and full-color
illustrated readings from the Elijah narrative. Additional
resources for professors and students are available through
Textbook eSources.
This innovative textbook by two leading experts in Biblical Hebrew
combines the best of traditional grammars, new insights into Hebrew
linguistics, and a creative pedagogical approach. The material has
been field tested and refined for more than a decade by the
authors, who are actively engaged in Biblical Hebrew discussions
and research. The book includes fifty brief grammar lessons with
accompanying workbook-style exercises, appendixes providing more
detailed explanations, and a full-color reader--bound at the back
of the book for right-to-left reading--that incorporates comics,
line drawings, and numerous exercises, all in Hebrew. This work
offers a realistic approach to beginning Hebrew, helping students
comprehend texts without overloading them with too much
information, and it can be adapted to either one-semester or
full-year courses. An accompanying website through Baker Academic's
Textbook eSources offers helpful resources for students and
professors. Resources for students include flash cards and audio
files. Resources for professors include sample quizzes, sample
exams, sample lesson plans, vocabulary cards, and a full-color
printed instructor's manual.
This full-color, intermediate textbook by two leading experts in
Biblical Hebrew continues the innovative pedagogy found in their
Beginning Biblical Hebrew. The book features integrated examples
and lessons, pedagogical advancements that enhance student
outcomes, and full-color illustrated readings from the Elijah
narrative. The material has been field tested by the authors, who
not only teach Hebrew but are actively engaged in scholarly
discussions about Hebrew language and instruction. Additional
resources for professors and students are available through
Textbook eSources. Beginning Biblical Hebrew and Intermediate
Biblical Hebrew are also available together as a two-volume set.
In this volume, Robert D. Holmstedt, John A. Cook, and Phillip S.
Marshall provide a foundational analysis of the Hebrew text of
Qoheleth. Distinguished by the detailed yet comprehensive attention
paid to the Hebrew text, Qoheleth is a convenient pedagogical and
reference tool that explains the form and syntax of the biblical
text, offers guidance for deciding between competing semantic
analyses, engages important text-critical debates, and addresses
questions relating to the Hebrew text that are frequently
overlooked or ignored by standard commentaries. Beyond serving as a
succinct and accessible analytic key, Qoheleth also reflects the
most recent advances in scholarship on Hebrew grammar and
linguistics. By filling the gap between popular and technical
commentaries, the handbook becomes an indispensable tool for anyone
committed to a deep reading of the biblical text.
In this book John Cook interacts with the range of approaches to
the perennial questions on the Biblical Hebrew verb in a
fair-minded approach. Some of his answers may appear deceptively
traditional, such as his perfective-imperfective identification of
the qatal-yiqtol opposition. However, his approach is distinguished
from the traditional approaches by its modern linguistic
foundation. One distinguishing sign is his employment of the phrase
"aspect prominent" to describe the Biblical Hebrew verbal system.
As with almost any of the world's verbal systems, this
aspect-prominent system can express a wide range of aspectual,
tensed, and modal meanings. In chap. 3, he argues that each of the
forms can be semantically identified with a general meaning and
that the expressions of specific aspectual, tensed, and modal
meanings by each form are explicable with reference to its general
meaning. After a decade of research and creative thinking, the
author has come to frame his discussion not with the central
question of "Tense or Aspect?" but with the question "What is the
range of meaning for a given form, and what sort of contextual
factors (syntagm, discourse, etc.) help us to understand this range
in relation to a general meaning for the form?" In chap. 4 Cook
addresses long-standing issues involving interaction between the
semantics of verbal forms and their discourse pragmatic functions.
He also proposes a theory of discourse modes for Biblical Hebrew.
These discourse modes account for various temporal relationships
that are found among successive clauses in Biblical Hebrew. Cook's
work addresses old questions with a fresh approach that is sure to
provoke dialogue and new research.
Continuing the innovative approach found in Cook and Holmstedt's
Beginning Biblical Hebrew, Intermediate Biblical Hebrew features
integrated examples and lessons, pedagogical advancements that
enhance student outcomes, and full-color illustrated readings from
the Elijah narrative. The instructor's manual includes the entire
text of Intermediate Biblical Hebrew accompanied by pedagogical
notes and answers to exercises.
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