Best Book for Learning Hebrew | Learning Biblical Hebrew by Kutz and Josberger

There are a lot of good books for learning biblical Hebrew. In this video, I tell you about why this one is my favorite. That book is Learning Biblical Hebrew by Karl V. Kutz and Rebekah L. Josberger published by Lexham Press, 2018. It has everything and more you want in a grammar. This is my go to book when I teach Hebrew or just need a refresher.
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This review is just my opinion and is not sponsored. I just genuinely love this book!
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[@shinobiloco-on1rg]

And there's a wonderful KZbin channel called Alef with Bet, where they have videos that would teach you how to learn Hebrew, and it's free!

[@zinzhao8231]

What book do we use?

[@jumpingjoker21]

Thank you! Answer to prayer! 🙏 If you like, I'd post a direct link to the workbook. Had to search for it on Lexham Press's website

[@michaelmcknight8419]

כל הכבוד! עברית אינה שפה קלה.

[@bitesizeseminary]

!תודה Thanks!

[@donaldharris1763]

I saw the book price, does this include the work book as well?

[@mrtdiver]

Dr. Kutz was my Hebrew instructor. I haven't watched your video yet, but it is an excellent grammar. I think it should be called an intermediate Hebrew grammar. I have other grammars, but they are just not on that level. If a person just has this grammar and a good grasp on vocabulary (with Hebrew flashcards) they will be in a good place to read the Hebrew Bible. The Hebrew students that come out of University Wisconsin/Madison seem to be pretty good.

[@bitesizeseminary]

So cool!! Yes it’s definitely a full and excellent grammar.

[@miriavagheni4480]

Its good, but you can also create a group of discution in hebrew in the way of improving Hebrew and be more views by others thanks

[@MichaelSmith-yy8fw]

I handled Greek to where I can read the simpler books of the GNT pretty well but Hebrew escapes me. I struggled through the alphabet, basic pronunciation and easy vocabulary but verbs got me cold. Great book recommendation. Thank you. I might try again. MikeInMinnesota

[@bitesizeseminary]

Thanks for watching Mike! Hebrew is definitely a bit of a different animal than Greek!

[@MB-gd6be]

@@bitesizeseminary Funny, may also depend on the individual. I have so far liked Hebrew more. The language seems very devotional. I also find, when learning languages, the weight of grammar makes it easy to forget once you are finished with the class. would like more classes to focus on fluency. many people forget "paradigms" etc.

[@bitesizeseminary]

​@@MB-gd6be Agreed, definitely depends on the person! Reading through Jonah for the first time in Hebrew was really transformative for me on a personal level. Great suggestion too! Thanks!

[@davidbarber3821]

Omg I've always heard Greek is way harder than Hebrew

[@russianvideovlogguy]

if you think Hebrew is difficult, try learning English!

[@theburningelement.6447]

Hebrew is such a deep language

[@drewgentry8020]

Nice books for a pretty penny. A free pdf textbook by Dr. Barrick is available available online, which I used to learn grammar. It was free

[@bitesizeseminary]

You’re definitely right. Thankfully there’s some good free resources out there too! Thanks for watching!

[@marymontoro7109]

All of a sudden, it became available again on Amazon! Yay!!!

[@bitesizeseminary]

Wonderful!! Thanks for watching too!

[@josephbattaglia3690]

is there an audio file that comes with the book? i would like to hear the words that i read.

[@patriciagraves9311]

I bought the Learning Biblical Hebrew text and workbook. So exciting! Also bought the BDB Lexicon…. I’m taking my first online class (or first class ever, since high school-some 40+ years ago). Thank you so very much for your instruction,

[@graxav]

I find the use of קטל (slaughter) as a paradigm source, totally incongruent with the mind of Elohim or the teachings of Yehoshua haMashiach. Though I realise that this use started a long time ago - it is not a good choice of verb to inculcate with the study of Hebrew and haDavar Elohim.

[@ing-mariekoppel1637]

If that many books why don't I seem to find any in my online book stores ????

[@r.mercado9737]

You have my attention! BTW, that’s a sharp haircut! Semper Fi

[@JetADR]

Is there an online class that uses this Textbook?? I would Love to take it!

[@zinzhao8231]

Is biblical Hebrew also the Torah? Why did they name is like that?

[@bitesizeseminary]

Great question! Torah is the Hebrew word for "law" or "instruction." It's also used as a term for Scripture or more specifically the first five books of the Old Testament.

[@zinzhao8231]

@@bitesizeseminarywhich Hebrew should I learn if I want to read the Torah

[@christsavesreadromans1096]

@@zinzhao8231 Biblical hebrew

[@bitesizeseminary]

Yes, Biblical Hebrew is what you want to learn. Check out the book I mention in this video or any grammar on Biblical Hebrew will do. Check out the Aleph with Beth channel on KZbin for free videos too. They're really good!

[@daleknight777]

​@@bitesizeseminaryits good to try and understand Aramaic to,as alot of it is in scripture as well.

[@peterblair4781]

I liked your plene joke. Great Dad joke.

[@ginabisaillon2894]

But what if I'm not learning biblical Hebrew? I have ordered a book of verbs which is how are usually learn languages.

[@ingela_injeela]

I can recommend listening through the "Jesus" film, from the Gospel of Luke, over and over in Hebrew. I did that, knowing only "Shalom" at first. Now I understand everything! (Also one month of Hebrew Duolingo has been great to get my reading skill greatly improved. Despite its shortcomings, I can recommend Duolingo to get a head start.)

[@marymontoro7109]

So sad that this book isn’t available anywhere at this time! I was looking forward to reading it!

[@bitesizeseminary]

Glad you were able to find it! :)

[@marymontoro7109]

@@bitesizeseminary Thanks, me too! It was weird how Amazon didn’t have it one minute, and then had it all of a sudden! I ordered the workbook too!

[@Ironturbine]

I just ordered it on amazon

[@dougevans9975]

Is is worth buying? Are you actually learning from it? ​@@Ironturbine

[@daleknight777]

I have the first hehrew primer 3rd edition. It has the book of Ruth in it. and several Bibles with greek and hebrew and a concordance.and learning ancient Aramaic plus some modern Hebrew. ברך הבה בשם יהוה הללויה ישוע מלך

[@bitesizeseminary]

Awesome! May the Lord bless you in your studies! :)

[@davidbarber3821]

Animated Hebrew is the best

[@russianvideovlogguy]

How does a man make coffee in the morning? Hebrews it

[@bitesizeseminary]

😂😂

[@Ironturbine]

Its on amazon

[@dusttalking6871]

K/J finally arrived. Was waiting for the text while I already had workbook. I see why you recommended it. Thank you! I think John Schwandt’s introduction to Biblical Greek may be similar?

[@bitesizeseminary]

Nice!! Hope you enjoy it 😊 I’m not super familiar with Schwandt’s book. I’ve skimmed it a bit but I don’t have a copy of it. It seems heavier on morphology, which is helpful(!), but for me that approach is a little taxing and laborious. My favorite Greek grammar is Rodney Decker’s Reading Koine Greek. I think this is fairly comparable to K/J’s Learning Biblical Hebrew. It has really good explanations for things like verbal aspect and the middle voice. I really like his approach to morphology as learning formulas not just wrote memory of whole paradigms. It simplifies the memory work a bit. This is the Greek grammar I teach out of. I’m hoping to make a video about it soon too. 😀

[@dusttalking6871]

@@bitesizeseminary I liked your recommendation on Decker enough to order a copy! I also have a copy of Intermediate Greek Grammar by Mathewson and Emig coming to use after I finish Mounce. Have you an opinion on Vine's Greek Grammar?

[@bitesizeseminary]

@@dusttalking6871 Nice! Hopefully you like Decker! I actually just made a video on it, like 2 days ago. 😄 I really, really like Mathewson and Emig's book too. My one gripe is the chapter on noun/adj cases. I find it's not super clear for a student. But other than that really solid book. Unfortunately, I don't know about Vine's Greek Grammar. I tried to start learning Greek out of it on my own a long time ago. But never really got past the alphabet. I just haven't returned to it since actually learning Greek. 😂

[@jeanthaikamei1232]

Can you please show for exegesis books or tools

[@bitesizeseminary]

Hi! Here's a couple videos I've made for some more tools. I'm hoping to have more coming soon too! Thanks for watching! kzbin.info/www/bejne/g2rWoGufdqdqa7M kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYXIfKuHbpeknKc

[@sethjohnson6539]

Where can I get the book?

[@bitesizeseminary]

You can buy it from the publisher Lexham Press. Here’s a link: lexhampress.com/learning-biblical-hebrew Or Amazon has it too. :)

[@voiceintheopen345]

could you please provide us with that book in pdf, will be much appreciated, and thanks for the advise

[@russianvideovlogguy]

yes, screw the authors and publishers out of their profits! Don't get me wrong, knowledge should be free, but, seriously bro, don't be cheap. besides, there are no banks in Heaven, spend the money while you can!!!!

[@voiceintheopen345]

@@russianvideovlogguy@ atariwarrior2847 I want to know who you are referring to, I tried to purchase online and the link did not allow me anything, so I asked if there is a PDF with the book. In case you are referring to me. I respectfully suggest you think and get more information straight before you call someone cheap, for your knowledge, in case you have some, I have spent more than 100.00 dollars on books, that amount is only a figure, my house is compared to the library of Alexandria, by my friends who visit me, I got hundreds of books, and not precisely pdfs, do not get it wrong, think before you post your comments or before calling someone cheap, think, give it a try sometime, believe me it pays. Have a wonderful evening.

[@venus_envy]

There are a lot of free resources to learn English online. @@voiceintheopen345

[@dusttalking6871]

I’m currently going through the work by Gary Pratico and Miles Van Pelt. Have you checked it out by comparison? I’ll definitely give a look at this work you’ve reviewed. Thanks!

[@bitesizeseminary]

Yes, really good book! I haven’t gone through the whole thing. I used it as a supplement to the grammar I learned out of (Seow). Really good charts and helpful explanations! They’re explanation of the waw consecutive was super helpful! I think Pratico and Van Pelt is a little more concise than Kutz and Josberger. K/J seem like they explain how everything works and originated whereas P/VP more so just state what it is with brief explanation. Thanks for watching!!

[@dusttalking6871]

You present very well and seem like a super nice gentleman. I’m definitely picking up K/J and the workbook. Already ordered. I’m using Hebrewpod101, Mondly, and two textbooks written in 1946/1966, as well as Piece of Hebrew on KZbin for modern. Read/write/speak fluency is the goal.

[@bitesizeseminary]

Check out Aleph with Beth on KZbin too. They teach Biblical Hebrew with a communicative/talking method. Really good videos! Thanks too!

[@dusttalking6871]

Unfortunately, Quizlet didn’t have Pratico & Van Pelt but I have ordered Kurtz & Josberger. You’re an awesome resource, brother, thank you for your channel. Lord bless

[@bitesizeseminary]

@@dusttalking6871 That's too bad! You may also try the "Bible Vocab" app on iOS. They have Pratico and Van Pelt's vocabulary. I haven't personally used the app, but one of my students recommended it. It looks good. Thanks so much for the encouragement!!!

[@ashershaham]

Don't waste time on "Biblical Hebrew" which is only a one facet (out of few) of the Hebrew language. Just learn Hebrew. When you have Hebrew you can very easily master the biblical text. On the other hand, if you even master the "Biblical Hebrew", you will not be able to understand modern Hebrew.

[@Ғарыштық]

It is your opinion,so don't discourage him or others, because you don't think so,besides biblical hebrew is not useless if you trying to understand Bible better or another sources written in the ancient hebrew, because modern hebrew has lost a few grammatical devices,that are not used in modern hebrew and in transcribing Bible into modern hebrew your comprehension of it will be a little bit disproportional in terms of meaning of particular grammatical syntax in certain words and phrases in text itself and so on.

[@ashershaham]

@@Ғарыштық You're right' if you want to understand the bible you need to learn the biblical Hebrew. All I said is that if you master modern Hebrew, the biblical way pf expression ("biblical Hebrew") will be very easy for you to understand. Every Israeli child understands the bible language after a very short time of learning, all because he is a native Hebrew speaker

[@Ғарыштық]

@@ashershaham Yes of course, but for me personally I am not interested in modern hebrew and reasons are simply subjective for instance:I don't like phonetics of modern hebrew,because they are not very variable in sense of sound abilities,which biblical hebrew has and other is that I want strictly to understand the Bible and not to speak with jews in Israel or to know the language simply to read a book or to go to Israel and be able to read signes there.I am more interested in Biblical comprehansion and maybe writing for myself in biblical hebrew just for fun purposes.

[@ashershaham]

@@Ғарыштық Modern and biblical Hebrew sound exactly the same. It depends on your personal preference and the accent you choose. Like American or British English, very similar but a bit different. However, if you study modern Hebrew, the Bible becomes very easy

[@Ғарыштық]

@@ashershaham I don't agree,that they sound the same,because modern hebrew doesn't have sounds like[θˌβˌħˌqˌɬˌɣˌʔˌð and so on]I know that the Biblical hebrew had and has many variants,but this is known to be the standard usually and most commonly met variant of biblical hebrew.The currant version of hebrew is based upon Yidish pronouciation used by jews living in Europe and other countries beside the Mizrahi jews.

[@brockatgmail]

One of the nicest videos I’ve seen on this subject nice job!

[@bitesizeseminary]

Wow! Thanks for the encouragement!