This workbook for introductory level is based on Bibelhebreiska för nybörjare: Övningsbok (in Swedish), which is the first volume of a comprehensive study-kit of Biblical Hebrew. The study-kit includes, apart from this workbook, a workbook for intermediate level, a textbook and an audio-CD package with word lists, exercises, texts and biblical songs.

The present workbook can be used together with any elementary grammar of Biblical Hebrew, whether at university, college, seminary or high school. The student is carefully guided, step by step, towards a thorough knowledge of Hebrew.

THE PEDAGOGICAL FEATURES OF THE BOOK

1. ♦ Many of the tools of modern language acquisition are employed in this book to make the learning of a classical language an active and inspiring process. A classical language can be assimilated in much the same way as a modern language, namely, by diligent many-sided practice based on a wide variety of exercises and a stock of frequently used words which is gradually enlarged and repeated.

2. ♦ Well-known Hebrew names are integrated in word lists, exercises and summaries throughout the book as a pedagogical aid in imprinting grammatical forms and vocabulary items on the memory.

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