TY - BOOK AU - Fields,Lee M. TI - Hebrew for the rest of us: using Hebrew tools without mastering Biblical Hebrew SN - 9780310277095 (pbk.) AV - PJ 4567.3 .F54 2008 PY - 2008/// CY - Grand Rapids, Mich. PB - Zondervan KW - Hebrew language KW - Grammar KW - Textbooks KW - Textbooks for foreign speakers KW - English N1 - Includes bibliographical references; Week 1: "Getting to know you": consonants and the history of Hebrew. It doesn't look like Greek to me - the Hebrew alphabet -- Whose language is dead? - the history of Hebrew -- -- Week 2: "Getting to know all about you": vowels and how we got the OT. Get the point? - the Hebrew vowels -- Canon, text, and versions -- -- Week 3: Roots, clauses, and function words. Getting to the root of the matter - Hebrew word roots -- "Yes, Virginia, there are ... clauses" -- Wow! - the conjunction waw and friends -- Prepositions come before -- -- Week 4: Nominals. What's in a name? - overview of nominals -- Be sure you read this! - The article -- A tale of two states - case functions -- An apt description - Adjectives -- -- Week 5: Verbals. Where the action is - overview of verbs -- When the perfect comes - perfect forms -- There's nothing wrong with ... imperfect forms -- Where there's a will, there are ... volitional forms -- To infinitives and beyond! - Infinitives & participles -- -- Week 6: A method to our madness. What do you mean? - Hebrew word studies -- Tools of the trade - books in paper and electronic form -- If it's not poetry, it's ... Hebrew prose -- It may not rhyme, but it's still ... Hebrew poetry ER -