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The lessons in this site are based on Biblical Hebrew Step by Step (but not copied word for word), volumes 1 and 2, copyright 1980 by Menahem Mansoor.
The text has been used for over 20 years by the University of Wisconsin. If you wish to obtain a copy of these two volumes you can find them on Amazon and other retail sales sites.
Amazon has both volumes (as of the printing of this page) Volume 1,
Volume 2. You can also search for this title on Google.