Christo H. van der Merwe is Professor in Biblical Hebrew and Bible Translation in the Department of Ancient Studies at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. Jacobus A. Naudé is Senior Professor in the Department of Hebrew at the University of the Free State, South Africa, specialising in translation studies and Bible translation as well as the linguistics of Classical Hebrew.
A Biblical Hebrew Reference Grammar by Christo H.J. van der Merwe, Jacobus A. Naude and J.H. Kroeze deserves praise for integrating traditional knowledge of Biblical Hebrew with recent thinking in general linguistics. It fills an important gap in Hebrew scholarship, between the full reference grammars such as Gesenius-Kautzsch-Cowley or Jouon-Muraoka, and the innumerable introductory grammars. This second and entirely revised edition will continue to serve all those who wish to base biblical exegesis on a sound analysis of the source language. * Jan Joosten, Regius Professor of Hebrew, Oxford University, United Kingdom *