From the back cover:

In this volume, in addition to reviewing psychological research on reading Hebrew, the reader is introduced to the Hebrew language: its structure, its history, its writing system, and the issues involved in being fluently literate in Hebrew.

Chapters 1-4 introduce the reader to the Hebrew language and word structure and focuses on aspects of Hebrew that have been specifically researched by experimental cognitive psychologists. Chapters 5-8 briefly surveys the history of the Hebrew language and its writing system, the origin of literacy in Hebrew as one of the first alphabetic systems, and then discusses questions about the viability (or possibility) of having full-scale literacy in Hebrew. Together, the two sets of chapters present the necessary background for studying the psychology of reading Hebrew and literacy in Hebrew.
Table of Contents: Preface. Introduction. The Hebrew Word. Decoding Hebrew Words. Morphological Aspects of Hebrew Words. The Development of the Hebrew Language. The Evolution of the Hebrew Writing System. The Viability of Literacy in Hebrew. Perceptions and Evidence of Early Literacy in Hebrew.
"Its uniqueness lies in its combination of historical, linguistic, and experimental psychology research on both the Hebrew language and writing system. It deals with literacy broadly, citing cultural as well as cognitive perspectives. It certainly deserves a place in all libraries as a serious piece of scholarship on Semitic languages in general and Hebrew in particular."
Charles Perfetti
University of Pittsburg 
Lawrence Erlbaum Publisher