A. Philip Brown II

Ideal for Hebrew students and pastors, A Reader’s Hebrew Bible saves time and effort in studying the Hebrew Old Testament. By eliminating the need to look up definitions, the footnotes allow the user to read the Hebrew and Aramaic text more quickly, focusing on parsing and grammatical issues. A Reader’s Hebrew Bible offers the following features: • Complete text of the Hebrew and Aramaic Bible using the Leningrad Codex (minus critical apparatus) • Shaded Hebrew names that occur less than 100 times • Footnoted definitions of all Hebrew words occurring 100 times or less (twenty-five or less for Aramaic words) • Context-specific glosses • Stem-specific glossed definitions for verb forms (Qal, Piel, Hiphil, and so forth) • Ketib/Qere readings both noted in the text and differentiated appropriately • Marker ribbon Featuring a handsome Italian Duo-Tone™ binding, A Reader’s Hebrew Bible is a practical, attractive, and surprisingly affordable resource.… (mais)

The Hebrew text of the Old Testament with footnotes providing the basic definitions of terms less frequently used.

For its purpose this work is an excellent resource. It allows for the beginning and intermediate reader to read and translate the text in a quicker, more efficient way. The reader's train of thought is not derailed quite as much or as often as it would if they had to keep reaching for the dictionary.

Nevertheless, this work is not suitable for advanced work in the text and/or deep Bible study that demands greater sensitivity to the nuance of form and definition, consideration of the critical apparatus and the masora (neither of which are represented). It is no replacement for BHS.

My edition of the text had a few hiccups in various places, but on the whole, the text is easy to read. A useful resource for a more cursory reading of the text of the Hebrew Bible.… (mais)

A monument to Brown and Smith's skills and dedication. I formerly used Bible software to assist me when I wished to read a portion from the Hebrew OT. Now I have access to the OT without my computer -- or a lexicon.

Brown and Smith have provided an invaluable service by choosing context-relevant glosses, offering multiple sources, and making informed judgments in the places where HALOT and BDB are probably wrong (or offer no guidance). The appendix with differences between WLC and BHS is important, if a bit arcane.

The binding appears sturdy, and the typefaces are quite readable. The format is intuitive.

If vocabulary deficiencies have kept you from the Hebrew OT, then this is the volume for you.… (mais)