Charts of Biblical Hebrew (ZondervanCharts)
by Miles V. Van Pelt
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Manufacturer: Zondervan
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 492.482
EAN: 9780310275091
ISBN: 0310275091
Label: Zondervan
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 144
Publication Date: 2007-02-01
Publisher: Zondervan
Studio: Zondervan
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Essential study adjunct
Comment: This book was a great timesaver in my Intro to Hebrew Grammar course, and a great exegetical study tool since.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Useful but not indispensible
Comment: The charts are clear and in very large print, so in that way this is quite a nice book. However, this item seems to be more useful for the teaching of the material than for self-study outside of class.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Very disappointing
Comment: I was pretty excited about getting this book, and expected it to be a pretty thorough resource. After all a book dedicated to BH charts should really be a pretty complete reference. Unfortunately, this is not the case.
Frankly, I'm not sure what the authors really intended this book to be, but it lacks both focus and depth. The book is trying to cover paradigms for verbs, nouns, etc., but also explain basic grammatical principles. And in either case it's not doing a very thorough job. It looks like the authors ripped most of their charts and grammar principles from their Basics of Biblical Hebrew (BBH) book, I went to the library and did a brief comparison, and added very little beyond what's in that book. In fact their BBH textbook has additional summary tables of verbal paradigms that AREN'T in this book. For example in BBH, starting on p. 416 they have a nice summary of verbal paradigms, the kind that most folks are used to seeing in Weingreen, Ross, Seow, etc. (with a full inflection for all stems on a single page), which aren't included in this one. Not only would I have expected them to be included, but I also expected that the book would go well beyond it and have much more. For example, I would expect the book to include paradigms for some key doubly-weak verbs such as hyh, ytz), yr), r)h, etc.
There are quite a few "charts" in the book (over 100) and more on the CD (400+). Some of them are certainly useful and the content is certainly correct. The authors do have some interesting charts on verbs that you don't see in a typical grammar, but the fact that they have left out the standard charts just doesn't make sense. The book also covers basic syntactical rules which is nice, but it's pretty rudimentary and it certainly does not make up for other shortcomings. A number of the charts are so basic that they shouldn't even be called charts -- like a chart on syllabification, which covers only two rules and explains how do divide the word "davar" into syllables. And it takes the entire 8x10" page! The use of extremely large fonts (Hebrew letters of 1/2 inch size in some cases) is rather puzzling to me. There is a LOT of white and in my opinion wasted space on each page and for the most part, very little content. They could have used the space to print all the 400+ charts in the book, instead of including the CD. I'm not sure what the reasoning behind this decision was, but it wasn't a good move. Basically, if I really want to browse all that the authors have put together, I have to either print the charts that aren't in the book from the CD or browse through the CD on my computer. Not very useful. If anything I would expect the CD to have charts for Biblical Aramaic or something extra that is beyond the scope of the book. Fat chance.
Because the book is printed on a large page format, I expected the pages to be packed with content. Instead it is missing much of what a reference book like this should undoubtedly contain. The print/font sizes are formatted for some seriously far-sided folks. Once again I am disappointed with the book and I would not recommend it to anyone serious enough or advanced enough who would be looking for and expecting it to be a complete and a comprehensive reference covering every imaginable verbal chart and beyond. Two stars are a stretch.
Customer Rating:
Summary: As described
Comment: Well laid out - promises to be an excellent aid in the study of Biblical Hebrew.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Essential study adjunct
Comment: This book was a great timesaver in my Intro to Hebrew Grammar course, and a great exegetical study tool since.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Useful but not indispensible
Comment: The charts are clear and in very large print, so in that way this is quite a nice book. However, this item seems to be more useful for the teaching of the material than for self-study outside of class.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Very disappointing
Comment: I was pretty excited about getting this book, and expected it to be a pretty thorough resource. After all a book dedicated to BH charts should really be a pretty complete reference. Unfortunately, this is not the case.
Frankly, I'm not sure what the authors really intended this book to be, but it lacks both focus and depth. The book is trying to cover paradigms for verbs, nouns, etc., but also explain basic grammatical principles. And in either case it's not doing a very thorough job. It looks like the authors ripped most of their charts and grammar principles from their Basics of Biblical Hebrew (BBH) book, I went to the library and did a brief comparison, and added very little beyond what's in that book. In fact their BBH textbook has additional summary tables of verbal paradigms that AREN'T in this book. For example in BBH, starting on p. 416 they have a nice summary of verbal paradigms, the kind that most folks are used to seeing in Weingreen, Ross, Seow, etc. (with a full inflection for all stems on a single page), which aren't included in this one. Not only would I have expected them to be included, but I also expected that the book would go well beyond it and have much more. For example, I would expect the book to include paradigms for some key doubly-weak verbs such as hyh, ytz), yr), r)h, etc.
There are quite a few "charts" in the book (over 100) and more on the CD (400+). Some of them are certainly useful and the content is certainly correct. The authors do have some interesting charts on verbs that you don't see in a typical grammar, but the fact that they have left out the standard charts just doesn't make sense. The book also covers basic syntactical rules which is nice, but it's pretty rudimentary and it certainly does not make up for other shortcomings. A number of the charts are so basic that they shouldn't even be called charts -- like a chart on syllabification, which covers only two rules and explains how do divide the word "davar" into syllables. And it takes the entire 8x10" page! The use of extremely large fonts (Hebrew letters of 1/2 inch size in some cases) is rather puzzling to me. There is a LOT of white and in my opinion wasted space on each page and for the most part, very little content. They could have used the space to print all the 400+ charts in the book, instead of including the CD. I'm not sure what the reasoning behind this decision was, but it wasn't a good move. Basically, if I really want to browse all that the authors have put together, I have to either print the charts that aren't in the book from the CD or browse through the CD on my computer. Not very useful. If anything I would expect the CD to have charts for Biblical Aramaic or something extra that is beyond the scope of the book. Fat chance.
Because the book is printed on a large page format, I expected the pages to be packed with content. Instead it is missing much of what a reference book like this should undoubtedly contain. The print/font sizes are formatted for some seriously far-sided folks. Once again I am disappointed with the book and I would not recommend it to anyone serious enough or advanced enough who would be looking for and expecting it to be a complete and a comprehensive reference covering every imaginable verbal chart and beyond. Two stars are a stretch.
Customer Rating:
Summary: As described
Comment: Well laid out - promises to be an excellent aid in the study of Biblical Hebrew.
Two resources in one make this a vital study aid. Over 100 of the most vital charts appear in print, and a CD offers over 450 charts. All charts are referenced to Pratico and Van Pelt’s Basics of Biblical Hebrew and may be used with other leading beginning texts. Also ideal for review by advanced students.
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