Ancient Hebrew. A Student Grammar

Draft Copy. — John A. Cook and Robert D. Holmstedt, 2007. – 233 pages.This textbook is intended for a university classroom. It is divided into thirty lessons, corresponding to the typical thirty-week academic year. Following the sequence of lessons will provide the average student with a cutting-edge understanding of ancient Hebrew grammar and will enable the student to read both prose passages and less complex poems from biblical and non-biblical texts.
Additionally, the textbook introduces the student to the standard Biblical Hebrew lexicon1 and includes an appendix on the Masoretic accents, which may be incorporated into the sequence of lessons at whatever point the instructor desires.
Because of the variety of first-year biblical Hebrew textbooks currently available, it is worth briefly noting what this textbook is not: it is not a reference grammar; it is not meant to be used without supplementation from the instructor; it is not meant for self-study; it is not theologically oriented. What this textbook does not do represents fairly well the character of almost every other available textbook, and thereby indicates that there exists a significant lacuna in the world of Hebrew textbooks. This textbook is intended to fill this hole.