The Vocabulary Guide to Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic by Gary D. Pratico and Miles V. Van Pelt is intended to accompany Basics of Biblical Hebrew Grammar. For the beginning student it is an essential resource companion to aid in vocabulary memorization and acquisition. Updates in this second edition include the addition of a complete Aramaic word list and refinement of definitions.

Features include:

• Hebrew words occurring ten times or more in the Old Testament arranged by frequency
• Hebrew words arranged by common root
• All Aramaic words occurring in the Old Testament arranged by frequency
• Helpful appendices including lists of Hebrew homonyms, nominals, and verbs.

Clear. Understandable. Carefully organized. Basics of Biblical Hebrew Grammar by Gary D. Pratico and Miles V. Van Pelt is the standard textbook for colleges and seminaries. Since its initial publication in 2001 its integrated approach has helped more than 80,000 students learn Biblical Hebrew.

The third edition of Basics of Biblical Hebrew Grammar represents a significant updating and revision of the previous edition with the goal of providing students with the best possible tool for learning Biblical Hebrew.

Some of the key features of this resource's effectiveness:

• Combines the best of inductive and deductive approaches.
• Uses actual examples from the Hebrew Old Testament rather than made-up illustrations
• Emphasizes the structural pattern of the Hebrew language rather than rote memorization, resulting in a simple, enjoyable, and effective learning process
• Employs colored text that highlights key features of nouns and verbs, allowing easy recognition of new forms
• Includes appendices of verbal paradigms and diagnostics for fast reference and a complete vocabulary glossary
• Displays larger font and text size, making reading easier

By the time students have worked their way through Basics of Biblical Hebrew Grammar they will have learned:

• The Hebrew Alphabet
• Vocabulary for words occurring 70 times or more in the Hebrew Bible
• The Hebrew noun system
• The Hebrew verbal system

A robust suite of learning aids is available for purchase to be used alongside the textbook to help students excel in their studies. These include a workbook; video lectures for each chapter featuring the author; flashcards keyed to vocabulary in each chapter; a laminated study sheet with key concepts; audio of the vocabulary for each chapter to aid in acquisition; and a compact guide to help refresh students refresh their memory on language forms, grammar, and word meanings.

This updated workbook is designed with the student in mind and intended for use with the standard-setting Basics of Biblical Hebrew Grammar textbook.

As students complete the assignments in the workbook, the concepts they have been learning from the main grammar textbook are reinforced, making this an invaluable study tool to enhance student learning.

Features:

• Hebrew alphabet and pronunciation guide.
• Memorization assistance for all 506 Hebrew words (excluding proper names) that occur 70 times or more in the Hebrew Bible.
• Exercises arranged in order of difficulty--beginning with parsing and identification of forms and ending with composition.
• Larger reading texts with grammatical commentary.
• Plenty of space for annotation.
• Compatible with a wide variety of English Bible translations.

This report includes a reappraisal of Glueck's excavations at this site in Jordan which were only ever published as a series of preliminary reports. This study should be read alongside these early reports to form a comprehensive final sumamry of the site. Here, Gary Pratico concentrates on the stratigraphy of the site, the architectural evidence, inscriptions, pottery and metal objects.