Sunday, October 29, 2017

Review of Vance, Athas, and Avrahami (eds.), Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia: A Reader’s Edition

THE JOURNAL OF BIBLICAL AND THEOLOGICAL STUDIES: REVIEW OF BIBLIA HEBRAICA STUTTGARTENSIA: A READER’S EDITION EDITED BY VANCE, ATHAS, AND AVRAHAMI (David M. Smiley).
Overall, I believe that this should be the standard HB that instructors use in an intermediate Hebrew course. The information given can be understood by anyone who has had two semesters of Hebrew, and it is nearly perfect for sight reading and translating. Unlike most electronic software, this book does not enable habits that undermine the learning process. This does not, however, mean that one will lose time translating in comparison to software, especially once the parsing system is mastered. Any student of the HB will want this book on his/her shelf.
The Biblical Aramaic reader mentioned in the review was noted here.

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