An Introductory Hebrew Grammar With Progressive Exercises in Reading, Writing and Pointing (Classic Reprint)

Book excerpt: Excerpt from An Introductory Hebrew Grammar With Progressive Exercises in Reading, Writing and Pointing AT the request of the publishers I have undertaken the revision Of the late Professor A. B. Davidson's Heerew Gmmmar. With some reluctance, I confess; for it is always dangerous to touch the work of another man, especially when that other is a master, and his work, in its original form, has achieved an almost unique popularity, as attested by eighteen successive editions. But two considerations decided me to make the attempt. Firstly, eighteen years of experience in teaching the grammar and dealing with students in their initial struggles with the language, have convinced me that there were not a few perplexities which did not readily resolve themselves to men who had only an average stock of patience and linguistic interest. And secondly, the publishers gave me an absolutely free hand. Of the liberty thus generously accorded, I have made very ample use. With the exception Of the vocabularies (which, however, have been slightly extended by the addition Of proper names) and of the exercises for translation (which again have been in places considerably modified) little remains Of the original Grammar but the order of the sections. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.