The study guide is a complete Hebrew course, which includes an introductory phonetic section, a basic grammar and syntax course, a reader and reference materials. The author of the textbook is priest Alexander Zinovkin, candidate of theology, teacher of the Hebrew language and secretary of the SPbDA Academic Council. The textbook is intended both for students of theological seminaries and academies (as part of a training course or for self-study), and for everyone who wants to study the Hebrew language and read biblical texts in the original language. The author's goal was to present the material systematically, compactly and at the same time in a language accessible to the reader, without using complex scientific terminology. A distinctive feature of the book is that from the first lessons students are offered the original texts of the Old Testament. This publication is published under the editorship of the Candidate of Historical Sciences and Associate Professor of the Department of Biblical Studies of St. Petersburg State University K. A. Bitner. Compared with the first edition, the text of the textbook has been significantly revised and corrected.