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The grammar-translate method is the standard approach to teaching Biblical Greek and Hebrew. But what is its history, and how do scholars in the field of second language acquisition view it today?

Here's a response video to Biblical Mastery Academy's Darryl Burling about why GTM is not producing the results that students want.

Why the current approach to teaching New Testament Greek *actually* doesn't work The grammar-translate method is the standard approach to teaching Biblical Greek and Hebrew. But what is its history, and how do scholars in the field of sec...

Does your Bible mistranslate Isaiah 7:14?

Head over to our new TikTok account to see Kevin's response to a recent video by Dan McClellan.

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This week on The Biblical Languages Podcast, we chat with Dr. Esther Chazon about the Dead Sea Scrolls.

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As always, this episode is brought to you by Biblingo, the premier solution for learning, maintaining, and enjoying the biblical languages. Visit ⁠our website⁠ to learn more and start your 10-day free trial.

The Dead Sea Scrolls with Esther Chazon In this episode, we talk to Dr. Esther Chazon about the dead sea scrolls.Esther Chazon is professor emeritus at Hebrew University where she remains active. S...

"What Language Was the Bible Written In?"

You might think the answer to this question is simple: the Old Testament was written in Hebrew (and some Aramaic), and the New Testament was written in Greek.

But the simple answer is not the whole story.

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While Duolingo and Biblingo have a lot in common, there are key differences besides the fact that only Biblingo teaches Biblical Greek and Biblical Hebrew.

Check out our recent blog post detailing the differences between Biblingo and Duolingo:

Does Duolingo Offer Biblical Languages? - Biblingo While Duolingo and Biblingo have a lot in common, there are key differences besides the fact that only Biblingo teaches Biblical Greek and Biblical Hebrew. As one Biblingo user has put it: “I was worried it [Biblingo] was just going to be a Duolingo clone, but at least it’s actually teaching the...

Get a sneak peak at Kevin Grasso's forthcoming Greek textbook!

In this excerpt, Kevin gives a very brief introduction to how voice interacts with lexical meaning (and why we should not abandon the term deponency).

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Voice, Verb Meaning, and Why NT Greek Grammarians Should Readopt "Deponency" - Biblingo This is an excerpt from a Greek textbook I am working on (hoping to finish in the next few months). It is a very brief introduction to how voice interacts with lexical meaning and why we should not abandon the term deponency.

Today at 11am Eastern we're going live on YouTube to discuss the textual history of the Greek New Testament with Peter Gurry. Join our conversation here:

https://youtube.com/live/t3s3DPt7nAM

We'll leave some time at the end for questions as well!

The Text of the Greek New Testament with Peter Gurry Join us for a live episode of the Biblical Languages podcast where audience members will have the last 15 minutes to address their questions to Dr. Peter Gur...

Join us for a LIVE episode of the Biblical Languages Podcast, tomorrow (4/25) at 11am EDT! We're interviewing Dr. Peter Gurry on the textual history of the New Testament. You'll also have a chance to ask Dr. Gurry your own questions at the end. Streaming here: youtube.com/live/t3s3DPt7nAM

Tomorrow (Friday) is the last day to register for our upcoming live classes! Our live classes are the fastest, most efficient path we offer to achieve a high degree of proficiency and fluency in reading the biblical languages. Learn more here:

Biblingo Live - Biblingo If you want a fast track to reading the Bible in the original languages, our online classes are designed to supercharge your learning process.

New podcast episode! We talk to Dr. Jennifer Noonan about her book "A Handbook of Second Language Acquisition for Biblical Studies." She talks about the relationship between explicit and implicit language knowledge, the raw materials of language acquisition, the importance of reading fluency, and the nature of vocabulary acquisition.

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As always, this episode is brought to you by Biblingo, the premier solution for learning, maintaining, and enjoying the biblical languages. Visit ⁠our website⁠ to learn more and start your 10-day free trial.

"To my pleasant surprise, after only using Biblingo since October 2023, I can basically read 80% of the Old testament in Hebrew at the time of this writing."

Full review here:

Full biblingo review (app review too short) | Biblingo Community Last fall I mentioned to a co-worker of mine about possibly auditing a Hebrew class since I was interested in learning the original biblical languages to be able to read more academic commentaries which referrenced more greek/hebrew in their content. H...

Special holiday podcast episode!

Dr. Kevin Grasso takes us through four key texts surrounding Jesus' death and resurrection. We examine how the messianic prophesy of Isaiah 53:7 should be properly translated (hint: every English translation is missing something). We look at the significance of Jesus' response before the high priestly court in Matthew 26:63-65: "You have said so." We dig into the complicated question of what language Jesus was speaking when he cried out "My God, My God, why have you forsaken me" in Matthew 27:46 and Mark 15:34. We unpack the way Psalm 22 serves as a motif in the passion narrative. And we detail the meaningful textual nuances of the restoration of Peter in John 21:15-19.

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As always, this episode is brought to you by Biblingo, the premier solution for learning, maintaining, and enjoying the biblical languages. Visit ⁠our website⁠ to learn more and start your 10-day free trial.

New podcast episode! We talk to Dr. Max Botner about his book "Beyond the Greek New Testament." This resource shows students how to read Greek texts beyond the New Testament - and why it matters.

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As always, this episode is brought to you by Biblingo, the premier solution for learning, maintaining, and enjoying the biblical languages. Visit ⁠our website⁠ to learn more and start your 10-day free trial.

New podcast episode! We talk to Mark Jeong about his book "A Greek Reader." This volume is a companion resource for use with N. Clayton Croy’s Primer of Biblical Greek, featuring dozens of simple, enjoyable narratives to reinforce the content and skills introduced by Croy.

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As always, this episode is brought to you by Biblingo, the premier solution for learning, maintaining, and enjoying the biblical languages. Visit ⁠our website⁠ to learn more and start your 10-day free trial.

“It's not that we have little time, but more that we waste a good deal of it” – Seneca

With as little as 15 minutes a day, you can make substantial progress in learning biblical Greek and Hebrew.

Here are some quick tips for making time each day! 👇

For most of us, there are probably some obvious things we could cut out to make time for the biblical languages: Netflix, social media, etc.

But there some ways you can incorporate learning into your day WITHOUT adding OR subtracting anything - by multi-tasking!

The key is multi-tasking with activities that don't take a lot of brain power. Here are some of our favorites:

- Making coffee or a meal (3 min, 3x/day)
- Walking the dog (15 min/day)
- Between sets working out (15 min/day)
- Brushing your teeth (3 min, 2x/day)

That's 45 minutes per day! 🤯

Now, you don't always do Greek/Hebrew during all of these activities every single day. Sometimes days might, but other days you might only do it for some of them.

Regardless, that's 45 minutes of potential learning time. Even if you only use 1/3 of it, that's enough to make steady progress!

A key element for this working is the method of learning you use. Doing 3 minutes of textbook study while brushing your teeth likely won't be effective. But you could easily get through 300 words of comprehensible input, some vocabulary decks, or some fluency drills in that time!

This is one way Biblingo makes learning the biblical languages so accessible. The activities are designed to be completed in just a few minutes, and the app is always right there in your pocket!

So, what are some ways you could (or already do) carve out some time to learn the biblical languages? 👇