This book is a guide for English-only readers to understand the language of the Old Testament just enough to work with the Old Testament in more detail and to understand the scholarly literature on the Hebrew Bible. Its specific aims are to aid students to learn.
1. Why translations differ
2. How to do Hebrew word studies
3. What the basics of Hebrew exegesis are
4. How to read more advanced Old Testament
commentaries with greater understanding
Hebrew for the Rest of Us is set up in a workbook format and is a companion volume to Greek for the Rest of Us by William D. Mounce.
