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Title: Frustrating introduction
Review: Lambdin provides an obtuse reference, not an introductory text. Having worked through an Elementary Hebrew class, I am now able to wade through most of the bewildering density of this book, but even so I remain frustrated by inconsistent paradigm charts (verb tenses are shown in their typical 3rd-1st person order while pronomial endings are shown 1st-3rd; the infamous irregular verb "to be" isn't even given in its entirety) and the intrusive use of transliterations, sometimes even to the exclusion of the actual Hebrew. This is a dry, self-satisfied description of the Hebrew language which fails to engage the learner, manages to confuse the beginner, and completely misses the immediacy and excitement of the Hebrew Bible... which is, I believe, the whole point of learning this language.
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