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The Hebrew Old Testament, Reader's Edition
The Hebrew Old Testament, Reader’s Edition combines the text of the Westminster Leningrad Codex (WLC) with a running list of glosses of every word that occurs fewer than 75 times in the Hebrew Old Testament, for an easier reading experience in the original language. Those with limited knowledge of Hebrew can smoothly read the Hebrew text without needing to constantly refer to other reference resources―accelerating their facility with the Hebrew text and making their time more rewarding and more enjoyable as they read the Word of God. Likewise, readers with a more extensive grasp of Hebrew will find the accessible glossing a helpful tool for recalling vocabulary words.
2224 pages, Hardcover
Published October 21, 2021
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February 6, 2026
Crossway sent me a copy of The Hebrew Old Testament, Reader's Edition in exchange for an honest review.
The study of the original languages is a rewarding pursuit. For scholars and seminary students, they'll want an academic edition of the Hebrew Old Testament. What we have in this volume is a finely-crafted book geared toward more common use (in a good way).
To begin, this book is big. It's about the same size as the standard edition of the BHS (the standard academic edition of the Hebrew Old Testament). Like the BHS, it uses the Westminster Leningrad Codex. The paper is thinner, which is completely understandable. If Crossway used paper here like they used for their Greek New Testament, this volume would be unmanageably thick.
The key difference between this and the BHS is the intended audience. The BHS has an extensive critical apparatus, clearly geared for academic use. This book, on the other hand, is clearly intended for everyday use for reading and preaching purposes. It contains no critical apparatus. Instead, it has full parsing of uncommon Hebrew words. In this regard, it's clearly designed to be a companion piece to the Tyndale House Greek New Testament. It's intended audience is either the layman learning to read Hebrew or the preacher who wants to work with the Hebrew in preparation for his sermons.
Altogether, this is a fantastic product! I heartily recommend it if you know/are learning Hebrew but aren't necessarily interested in the academic technicalities of the BHS.
The study of the original languages is a rewarding pursuit. For scholars and seminary students, they'll want an academic edition of the Hebrew Old Testament. What we have in this volume is a finely-crafted book geared toward more common use (in a good way).
To begin, this book is big. It's about the same size as the standard edition of the BHS (the standard academic edition of the Hebrew Old Testament). Like the BHS, it uses the Westminster Leningrad Codex. The paper is thinner, which is completely understandable. If Crossway used paper here like they used for their Greek New Testament, this volume would be unmanageably thick.
The key difference between this and the BHS is the intended audience. The BHS has an extensive critical apparatus, clearly geared for academic use. This book, on the other hand, is clearly intended for everyday use for reading and preaching purposes. It contains no critical apparatus. Instead, it has full parsing of uncommon Hebrew words. In this regard, it's clearly designed to be a companion piece to the Tyndale House Greek New Testament. It's intended audience is either the layman learning to read Hebrew or the preacher who wants to work with the Hebrew in preparation for his sermons.
Altogether, this is a fantastic product! I heartily recommend it if you know/are learning Hebrew but aren't necessarily interested in the academic technicalities of the BHS.
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