Resource list for Classical Hebrew Continuers stage 6
The new Classical Hebrew Continuers syllabus may be implemented with minimal variation in the resources currently used, though additional items may be added as they are identified.
About the resources
The following list has been developed by practising teachers of Classical Hebrew, in the light of the new syllabus.
The list of general resources is not definitive and has been provided for guidance only.
Print resources (recommended for students)
Brown, Driver & Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament, Oxford University Press, 1968.
Feyerabend, Karl, Langenscheidt’s Pocket Hebrew Dictionary to the Old Testament – Hebrew-English, Methuen & Co, London, 1963.
Weingreen, Jacob, (Recent edition). A Practical Grammar for Classical Hebrew, Oxford University Press.
Shanks, Hershel, Ancient Israel, Print edition, Biblical Archaeological Society, 1999.
Print resources (recommended for library)
Encyclopaedia Judaica, CD-ROM or book form.
Jastrow, Marcus, A Dictionary of the Targumim, The Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi and the Midrashic Literature, Pardes Publishing House Inc, New York, 1950.
Biblical Archaeological Review, PO Box 7026, Red Oak, Indiana 51591–7026.
Danby, Herbert, The Mishna Volume I, Oxford University Press, 1945.
Artscroll Mishna Series, (relevant volumes), Mesorah Publications, 1987.
Landes, George M, A Students’ Vocabulary of Biblical Hebrew, Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, 1961.
Fishman, Isadore, Gateway to the Mishna, Valentine Mitchell Publishing, 1956.
Browning, W R F, Oxford Dictionary of the Bible, Oxford University Press, 1996.
Beall, Banks & Smith, Old Testament Parsing Guide, (2 Volumes), Moody Press, Chicago, 1990.
Anderson, B W 1996, The Living World of the Old Testament (4th Edition), Longman.
Dillard, R B & Longman III, T, An Introduction to the Old Testament, Apollos Publishing, 1995.
Lasor, Hubbard & Bush, Old Testament Survey, Eerdmans Publishing, 1996.
Brown, Driver & Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament, Oxford University Press, 1968.
Elinar, E, Mirsky, A & Kill, Y, (eds) Da’at Mikrah, (Commentary on the Tanach), Mosad Harav Kook, Jerusalem
Rabinowitz, HD, Da’at Soferim, (18 volume commentary on the Tanach), Da’at Yisrael, Brooklyn, New York
Rosenberg, AJ (ed), Books of the Bible, (Traditional commentaries in English), Judaica Press, New York, 1995.
The Anchor Bible Series, Doubleday.
The New Interpreter’s Bible Series. Abingdon.
The New International Commentary on the Old Testament, Eerdmans Publishing, Chicago.