Advanced Hebrew Supplement (11 vols.)

This is the grammar of Biblical Hebrew for which students – and their teachers – have been waiting for a long time: sufficiently traditional in its use of recognized conventions, but thoroughly up-to-date in style and presentation… it should be entirely accessible to the beginner and a congenial companion for the advanced leaner.

—Professor William Johnstone, University of Aberdeen

The venerable history of this grammar, now in its 27th edition, attests to its usefulness. With considerable modifications, the reviser has tailored it to the pedagogical preferences of the current generation of Hebrew students.

—David C. Deuel, Master's Seminary Journal

With regard to both the scope of the present work and the mode of presentation, we have had in mind the ever-growing group of students who feel it necessary to go beyond the stage of purely factual knowledge and wish to develop their ability to resolve the numerous grammatical difficulties of the massoretic text instead of merely bypassing them. They will find here not only all the fundamental concepts, but also most of the details of minor importance. As for the many minute details and anomalies which can make the study of Hebrew such a discouraging undertaking, we have had to set a limit. Besides, what is important for the student is not so much to know a great number of details as to be able to identify an unusual form and to decide whether it is explicable or, having no comparable form, it is anomalous or incorrect. But where it was found that a detail, even the most trivial, could throw some light on some obscure matter, we did not hesitate to note it. One will find here many point of detail not dealt with by E. Kautzsch; on the other hand, some details given by this grammarian have been deliberately left out.

—Paul Joüon, from the Preface to the Original French Edition

If you cannot read German but you can read English, your native language is not a Semitic language, you have passed elementary Biblical Hebrew and you are reading the Hebrew Bible, you must have the two volumes of Joüon-Muraoka handy! They are indispensable, readable and helpful!

—Steven Blackwelder

Joüon’s Grammaire, with its fine treatment of syntax, aims at reaching those who desire to advance beyond the beginner’s stage but are not prepared to halt at all minutiae.

—F. W. Danker, Multipurpose Tools for Bible Study

...remarkably erudite

—Douglas Stuart, Old Testament Exegesis

Sue Groom. . . guides the reader in a sure-footed way through the study of the nature of Hebrew as a language, the nature of the Biblical text, and the way we may go about understanding the words and the sentences in which their meaning is determined.

—John Goldingay, David Allan Hubbard Professor of Old Testament, Fuller Theological Seminary

I can think of no more effective way of enriching the higher undergraduate and postgraduate study of Hebrew at the present time than by the careful study of this book.

—Graham Davies, Professor of Old Testament Studies, University of Cambrid

This is an admirably lucid, comprehensive and balanced critique of linguistic tools and methods as they have been applied to Biblical Hebrew. . . it is a timely and refreshing study.

—John Sawyer, Professor of Biblical and Jewish Studies, University of Lancaster

Within the genre of the ‘theological dictionary’ the work of Jenni and Westermann is, within the limits of space, outstanding for its conciseness, care, and accuracy. It contains much linguistic information that is not easily accessible in the customary ‘linguistic’ dictionary. Its statistical work and tabulation are particularly valuable. In particular, the criticisms which were directed against theological dictionaries have been taken seriously, and faults have been avoided.

—James Barr, Distinguished Professor of Hebrew Bible, Vanderbilt Divinity School

Like a diamond, highly prized for its fine cut, sparkle, setting, durability, utility, and symbolism, Jenni-Westermann’s Theological Lexicon of the Old Testament has enormous value for a variety of reasons. Its rich data range from the historical to the theological, from the earliest occurrence of a particular word to its post-biblical use, from its distribution in the canon to its attestation in other literature from the ancient Near East, from its grammatical and syntactical peculiarities to its religious nuance. The contributors retain their original perspectives, which give freshness and excitement to the whole. I have long wished for an English translation of this important work so that my divinity students would have access to it.

—James L. Crenshaw, Robert L. Flowers Professor of Old Testament, Duke University