The Hebrew for the Rest of Us Video Lectures features 21 lessons (on 3 DVDs), each corresponding to a chapter in the accompanying textbook Hebrew for the Rest of Us by Hebrew scholar and teacher Lee M. Fields.

The lectures offer an engaging and accessible introduction for English-only readers that will help you learn the essentials of biblical Hebrew so you can better understand the language of the Old Testament. The lectures will teach you how to:

• Recite the Hebrew alphabet
• Read and pronounce Hebrew words
• Learn the Hebrew noun and verbal system
• Conduct effective Hebrew word studies
• Decipher why translations are different
• Read better commentaries Understand the information displayed by Bible software

The Hebrew for the Rest of Us Video Lectures are designed with the learner in mind; each lecture is approximately 20 minutes in length. These lectures are an indispensable resource that will help you gain a sound knowledge of basic Hebrew so you can learn how to use tools that will add muscle to your Bible studies.

Session Titles and Runtimes:

1 - It Doesn't Look Like Greek to Me: The Hebrew Alphabet (32 min)

2 - Whose Language is Dead?: The History of Hebrew (26 min)

3 - Get the Point?: The Hebrew Vowels (26 min)

4 - Canon, Text, and Versions (23 min)

5 - Getting to the Root of the Matter: Hebrew Word Roots (24 min)

6 - "Yes, Virginia, There Are ... Clauses" (13 min)

7 - Wow!: The Conjunction Waw and Friends (27 min)

8 - Prepositions Come Before (11 min)

9 - What's in a Name?: Overview of Nominals (9 min)

10 - Be Sure You Read This!: The Article (14 min)

11 - A Tale of Two States: Case Functions (32 min)

12 - An Apt Description: Adjectives (25 min)

13 - Where the Action Is: Overview of Verbs (23 min)

14 - When the Perfect Comes: Perfect Forms (19 min)

15 - There's Nothing Wrong with ... Imperfect Forms (14 min)

16 - Where There's a Will, There Are ... Volitional Forms (17 min)

17 - To Infinitives and Beyond!: Infinitives and Participles (16 min)

18 - What Do You Mean?: Hebrew Word Studies (31 min)

19 - Tools of the Trade: Books in Paper and Electronic Form (6 min)

20 - If It's Not Poetry, It's ... Hebrew Prose (20 min)

21 - It May Not Rhyme, But It's Still ... Hebrew Poetry (20 min)