Comments on Exegetical Thoughts and Biblical Theology: A Reader's Hebrew Bible: A Review by its Typesette...

Hi, Tony,Zondervan has approved me making the appe...

2009-01-05T10:36:00.000-05:00

Hi, Tony,

Zondervan has approved me making the appendix available, so you can download it from http://apbrown2.net/rhbappendixa.pdf

Blessings,
Philip

Hello Dr. Brown,Have you considered making Appendi...

2009-01-03T02:20:00.000-05:00

Hello Dr. Brown,

Have you considered making Appendix A available as a separate PDF download?

For those of us who occasionally stumble over identifying a more frequent term, it would be handy to have the glossary printed separately so we don't have to flip to the back as often (and also makes for less wear on the volume).

It could also prove handy to have on hand with BHS and BHL.

Thanks so much for developing the RHB. After purchasing the RGNT several years ago, I had hoped that a Hebrew equivalent might one day appear--although I have to admit I didn't hold out much hope since Hebrew OT is so much less popular than the Greek NT. I'm both surprised and very pleased that Zondervan produced this volume!

Hi, Richard,Thanks for the overall positive rating...

2008-11-02T07:21:00.000-05:00

Hi, Richard,

Thanks for the overall positive rating.

I'm a bit perplexed by your comments about small caps and Times New Roman.
1. The chapter and verse number are all in Palatino Linotype not in Times New Roman.
2. I put the page numbers in Times because my editor and I both thought it looked better.
3. The book names and stem names (Qal) are in the standard Palatino Linotype small cap font. They are not, as you apparently thought, combinations of the normal font at different sizes.

Regarding the problem with misplaced hireqs with the yetib accent, my editor didn't want to spent the money to correct those money vowel placement errors at this point. A second edition that updates the base text from WTM 4.4 to whatever is current may be possible with adequate sales. In that case, we would correct those issues.

For a current list of errata, see https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pgvtUNGb0ZrsJiCb86RGMfA

Blessings,
Philip

I've got a second printing.In the main, this is a ...

2008-11-02T03:29:00.000-05:00

I've got a second printing.

In the main, this is a very impressive achievement. I have some experience typesetting Biblical Hebrew and know how fiddly it can be to get it "just right".

In the second printing, some things have indeed been fixed and some haven't. For example, the inverted nuns in Ps 107 are now there, but `im in 1 Ki 1:7 is still wrong.

As for paper, that used for Biblia Sacra Utriusque Testamenti is higher quality but doesn't seem to be any less translucent! Comparing RHB and BS:UT side-by-side they both have a big problem with bleeding.

I really don't like the duo-tone cover. It has the curious property of attracting a vast quantity of dust when left for a day or so.

The thing that sticks out for me most, though, is the page headings. If the English book titles are to be set in caps and small caps, please please please invest in the proper Palatino small caps font. Typesetting caps and small caps using just the normal font at different sizes looks awful. The proper small caps font should also be used for the verb forms (QAL, etc.) in the glosses.

And why are the chapter/verse and page numbers in the headings set in Times Roman? Very unfortunate.

But as I said, overall it's really very impressive.

The only piece of information I have that might he...

2008-05-26T20:29:00.000-04:00

The only piece of information I have that might help is that it normally takes 4 months from the time that a printing is ordered until its arrival in the US. I submitted corrections in March. That suggests 2nd printing copies will not be available until the end of July.

Dr. Brown,Thanks for all your work on this! I loo...

2008-05-25T17:29:00.000-04:00

Dr. Brown,

Thanks for all your work on this! I look forward to purchasing it ASAP.

Could you tell me whether I would receive the 2nd printing (or later) if I ordered it from Amazon.com now? If not, where could I make sure I have the 2nd edition with your corrections?

Thanks!!

So far, I have not found any other issues that wou...

2008-04-18T14:26:00.000-04:00

So far, I have not found any other issues that would require the submission of extensive corrections in the third printing.

Do you expect further corrections in the Third pri...

2008-04-18T10:06:00.000-04:00

Do you expect further corrections in the Third printing? If so, I may hold off buying until then. Zondervan's edition of William Mounce's BASICS OF BIBLICAL GREEK had to await its Fifth printing before its errors were corrected (I learned NT Greek with the First edition, and had to make many, many penciled corrections).

Happily, RHB appears to be being well received. Th...

2008-04-06T17:36:00.000-04:00

Happily, RHB appears to be being well received. The first 1600 copies of the book have already sold and a second printing was ordered this week.

Even more happily, I was permitted to submit corrections for most of the errata listed in this post, so that with the second printing the Genesis segol-tsere issue, the missing sigla in Genesis, the missing inverted nuns, some of the gray screening issues, and several other errata will be fixed. That means students required to have this volume for the Fall will most likely have a copy from the second printing where these errata have been corrected.

I don't have a ruler handy, but Zondervan's dimens...

2008-03-27T11:00:00.000-04:00

I don't have a ruler handy, but Zondervan's dimensions should be accurate. RHB is the same height and width as the Reader's Greek NT, if that helps. There is comparison between toting BDB and BHS around as versus carrying 1 book that has both HALOT and BDB, IMO.

Could you post the other dimensions of the book? A...

2008-03-27T10:50:00.000-04:00

Could you post the other dimensions of the book? At Amazon/Zondervan's site the dimensions are given as 7.2 wide x 9.9 high x 2.1 deep in, which seems large to me (I am looking at it as an alternative when i don't feel like carrying BDB + BHS:)

You're welcome and thank you for supporting the pr...

2008-03-19T11:06:00.000-04:00

You're welcome and thank you for supporting the project. I don't have any bible reading plans myself, but you could check out www.bibleplan.org.

Thank you for your hard work. As a pastor who lik...

2008-03-18T17:00:00.000-04:00

Thank you for your hard work. As a pastor who likes to keep reading the Scriptures in the original languages, i find this invaluable. Do you know of any reading plan to work through the Hebrew Bible reasonable in a few years?