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Review: Biblical Hebrew: A Compact Guide & Biblical Greek: A Compact Guide

Following their updated editions of Basics of Biblical Hebrew  and Basics of Biblical Greek,  Zondervan Academic has updated their compact guides to the language: Biblical Hebrew: A Compact Guide  by Miles VanPelt and Biblical Greek: A Compact Guide  by Bill Mounce. These slim, small books (each 4x6" and about 0.75" thick) are designed to be handy references for those with working knowledge of the biblical languages. They stand between a beginning teaching grammar and an intermediate/advanced reference grammar. Organizing their contents roughly according to their respective grammars, these compact guides make excellent companions when doing translations and exegesis. Biblical Hebrew: A Compact Guide The second edition of Biblical Hebrew: A Compact Guide  is not much different from the first; it makes some minor spelling changes and adds a few sections. The most salient change is the expansion of the lexicon to include all words (excluding proper nouns) th...