Key Features Included in the New Edition
- Textual errors in the first edition corrected
- Incorporates developments in Hebrew linguistics since the first English edition in 1991
- Expanded citations and bibliography
Praise for the First 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 . . . Joüon-Maraoka 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
About the Translator
Takamitsu Muraoka was born in Japan and educated at the Tokyo Kyoiku University in English Philology (B.A. 1960), Greek, Hebrew, and general linguistics (M.A. 1962), and Hebrew and Semitic Linguistics (Ph.D. 1970) at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He taught Hebrew, Aramaic, Syriac, and Ethiopic at the University of Manchester, U.K. (1970–1980). He was Professor of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Melbourne, Australia, teaching those languages (1980–1991). He was Professor of Hebrew at Leiden University, the Netherlands (1991–2003). His publications include Emphatic Words and Structures in Biblical Hebrew (Jerusalem/Leiden, 1985), Modern Hebrew for Biblical Scholars, (Wiesbaden, 1998), and A Greek-English Lexicon of the Septuagint (Chiefly of the Pentateuch and the Twelve Prophets) (Leuven, 2002). With B. Porten he also wrote A Grammar of Egyptian Aramaic (Leiden, 2003), Classical Syriac: A Basic Grammar with a Chrestomathy (Wiesbaden, 2005), as well as many other books and articles. Professor Muraoka has recently received the distinction of being elected as an Honorary Member of the Academy of the Hebrew Language in Jerusalem (2006).
Additional Information
- Title: A Grammar of Biblical Hebrew
- Original title: Grammaire de l'Hébreu biblique
- Author: Paul Joüon
- Translator: Takamitsu Muraoka
- Rome: Pontifical Biblical Institute
- First edition: 1923
- English translation: 1990
- Revised English translation: 2005
- 772 pages
Benefits of the Logos Bible Software Edition
As the leading digital publisher of biblical resources, Logos Bible Software is the best choice for building a digital library that is comprehensive, yet affordable; powerful, yet easy to use. Whether you are a new Christian, seasoned pastor, or advanced scholar, Logos has thousands of high quality digital resources perfectly suited to meet your needs. All of our products can be used by themselves, but are greatly enhanced when added to one of our base packages. The Libronix Digital Library System dramatically enhances the value of any resource by enabling you to find what you are looking for with lightning speed and incredible precision. Your investment is safe when you choose Libronix. Your books and licenses are backed up on our server and are easily restorable, and your resources are updateable to be compatible with future versions of Libronix.
With Logos Bible Software, biblical references and Hebrew words given as examples will be tagged as datatypes, for easy searching. This greatly multiplies the usefulness of the book. For example, a collection of grammars (Gesenius, BHRG, and Waltke-O'Connor) can be included in Passage Guide. Then whenever you run Passage Guide, it will locate every place one of the grammars cites a verse from your passage as an example of a grammatical structure.
Related Titles:
Sample Pages from the Print Edition