Subject Index

Accordance (software), 123, 130, 145, 147

accountability, 92–99

Aramaic, 28, 165–81

BibleWorks (software), 145

breaks between academic terms (summer or winter)

accountability during, 92–99

communities of learners, 107–9

comparison to children’s reading program, 89–90

competition during, 106–7

enjoyment of learning plan, 105–6

goals for, 103–4

planning for, 99–103

children, teaching Hebrew to, 202–3

commentaries, 8, 12, 151–52

community (for learning), 91, 107–9, 150, 199–201

diglot, 123

diligence, 27–29, 40, 43

discipline, 29–31, 105–6

distractions of technology, 34, 39, 43, 53–54, 143, 190

goals, 1–9, 26, 32–33, 103–4

grammatical textbooks for Hebrew

advanced level, 160–61

beginning level, 157–59

intermediate level, 159–60

habits, 25–26, 31–33, 118

handbooks for the Hebrew Bible, 101–3, 150–51, 177, 200

Hebrew grammars. See grammatical textbooks for Hebrew

interlinear, 121–23

laziness, 11, 26–29, 31

learning strategies

hearing, 60–61

limiting new material, 54–56

optimal study times, 52–54

professional assistance, 201–2

reading texts, 57–58

repetition, 47–48, 50–51

senses employed in, 56, 137, 199

short study times, 50–51

singing, 61–62

spaced reviews, 51–52

speaking aloud, 58–59

writing texts, 59–60

lexicons, 126–29, 148–49

Logos (software), 119, 123, 130, 144, 145, 147

memorizing English verses while referencing Hebrew, 134–36

memory competitions, 71

memory devices. See mnemonic devices

mnemonic devices

acronyms, 73–74

association, 56, 71–72

cognates in English, 75–76

imagination, 71–72

loci (memory palace), 77–80

memory palace (alternative method), 80–82

memory palace (loci), 77–80

stories, 74–75

substitute words, 72–73

morphology, 74, 152–54

objections to the study of Hebrew

impractical, 15–17

too difficult, 9–11

unnecessary, 11–15

pledge of Hebrew readers, 206

privilege of studying Hebrew, 3, 17–20

reader’s Hebrew Bible, 123–26, 131–32

reader’s lexicons, 126–28

reader’s pledge, 206

reading the Hebrew Bible

digital texts, 129–30

diglots, 123

fast reading, 148

interlinears, 121–23

length of time, recommended, 130

lexicons used while, 126–29

order of reading, recommended, 119–20

pledge of, 206

reader’s editions, 123–26, 131–32

reader’s lexicons used while, 126–28

ritual of, 198–99

slow contemplative reading, 147–48

slow exploratory reading, 147

slow grammatical reading, 146–47

technological competency as goal, 144–46

reasons to learn Hebrew

efficiency in study, 7–9

improved interpretive skill, 5–7

language of the Old Testament, 3–5

valuing God’s word, 9

resurrecting your Hebrew, 192, 201

returning to your Hebrew, 187–205

ritual, 198–99

singing Hebrew, 61–62

smartphone apps

for study of the Hebrew Bible, 39, 42, 130, 144–45

for vocabulary, 52

software for the study of the Hebrew Bible, 123, 144–48

summer. See breaks between academic terms (summer or winter)

technology, distractions of. See distractions of technology

time management, 33–35, 103, 190

websites

for instruction in Hebrew language, 145

for study of the Hebrew Bible, 145

winter. See breaks between academic terms (summer or winter)

word-study tools, 148–49