The Ancient Hebrew Language and Alphabet: Understanding the Ancient Hebrew Language of the Bible Based on Ancient Hebrew Culture and Thought
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The Ancient Hebrew Language and Alphabet: Understanding the Ancient Hebrew Language of the Bible Based on Ancient Hebrew Culture and Thought
The Hebrew Bible, called the "Tenach" by Jews and "Old Testament" by Christians, was originally written in the Hebrew language using an ancient pictographic, or paleo-Hebrew, script. Through the study of this ancient language and script the words of the Bible will come alive to the reader in a way never seen before. When we read the Bible from our modern western perspective the original meanings of the words within the text are lost to us. Only by understanding these words in their original Hebraic context can we read the Bible through the eyes of the original authors. This book will examine the origins and history of the ancient Hebrew language and script and their close relationship to the culture of the ancient Hebrews. Included are detailed charts of the evolution of the ancient Hebrew script as well as many other related Semitic and non-Semitic scripts. Also included are the details of the root system of the Hebrew language, and a lexicon of ancient Hebrew roots to assist the reader of the Bible with finding the original cultural context for many Hebrew words.
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
Foundation for more work.... As he said...:
You will want the Lexicon that he wrote, obviously with Strong's Guide, or as Albert Einstein said that the trick to invention is hiding your sources... This book is worth reading and thinking about. As expected with a do-it-yourself book, there are errors (excluding the fact of a bunch of unknowns). The concept of a proper translation in English is brought to life. Some words just are not found at all, in Strong and his Lexicon (probably figuring Strong's knew, and that's another supporting fact that... more info
A helpful tool:
This is a great tool for one who wishes to study the ancient Hebrew text of the Bible. I believe much is lost in the English translation which is slanted by Western thinking. Well worth the price of the book
If you want to understand Hebrew READ THIS:
This book is a wonderful introduction to the world of the Hebrew Language. I have been struggling to teach myself Hebrew, and frankly was having trouble learning the aleph-beit. So many letters that look similar! Such a different type of writing! And why do they have three letters than mean "s", more than one "K" and two that don't have any sound, anyway? THIS BOOK ANSWERS THOSE QUESTIONS, and more! This book explains the origins of Hebrew, and allows you to see what each of the ancient letters... more info
Excellent Info for Any Bible Student:
The book actually contains only about 50 pages of simple to understand background information on the ancient Hebrew language. The rest of the book deals with specific appendices that detail information on the pictographic and alphabetic characters themselves. All told, the info opens up a wide area of additional information on Bible names.
