Description: Ze Lo Nora was designed with two different readerships in
mind--newcomers and old pros. Beginning and intermediate Hebrew language
students will find in Ze Lo Nora clear, reliable explanations and
memorable examples of all points of Hebrew grammar. It is an
indispensable supplement to any Hebrew textbook. Rules and comments on
style and use are presented in a simple, informative, and non-dogmatic
manner, with examples from the language as it is actually spoken. In
addition to the usual staple of verbs, nouns, and adjectives, the book
covers ""little items"" such as pronouns, prepositions, prefixes, and
discourse ties and ""big ones"" such as clauses, and sentences. It also
touches upon a variety of ""how to"" questions of use. Students and
readers more conversant with Hebrew will find interspersed in the text,
in clearly demarcated sections, more complex structures and structural
explanations, more nuanced discussions of linguistic issues, instructive
historical notes and sample texts of diverse genres. Each unit in the
book is self-contained, making it possible for the user or reader to
pick and choose a topic independent of place and sequence of the book.
All simple examples are voweled and translated whereas the more advanced
ones are not. About the Contributor(s): Rutie Adler is Lecturer and
Coordinator of the Hebrew Language Program at the University of
California at Berkeley. She has a MA in Linguistics from UC Berkeley,
and an MA in TESOL from San Francisco State University. She has taught
biblical, post-biblical, and modern Israeli Hebrew including Israeli
literature and poetry at all proficiency levels. She has extensive
experience in training Hebrew instructors and has also developed
numerous teaching materials and software; her most recent creation is
the UC Berkeley Hebrew site: ivrit.berkeley.edu.
