BibleMesh Biblical Languages Track

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About this Learning Track

The Biblical Languages Track will enable you to learn essential vocabulary and grammar for both biblical Greek and biblical Hebrew and to thus develop a reading facility in both biblical languages. In this way you will have laid a foundation for the lifelong study and teaching of Scripture in its original languages. Completion of this track means that you have achieved the pinnacle of what BibleMesh currently offers in biblical language training. This track offers the equivalent of two years of formal instruction in Hebrew and two years of formal instruction in Greek.

A passing grade for all the courses in this track will demonstrate competence in biblical Hebrew and biblical Greek vocabulary, grammar, and reading and will qualify you for a certificate of completion.

Please contact us if you are interested in receiving college or seminary credit for this track of study.

Courses

Course 1 :
Greek Immerse: First Steps

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12 Month Access ($39.00 USD)

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Course 2 :
Greek Reading 1

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Stand-Alone Course ($199.00 USD)

About this Course

In Greek Reading 1 you will learn Greek grammar and vocabulary as you translate chapters 1–3 of the Gospel of John. Accessing our online course at your own convenience, you will read text-based resources, watch instructional videos, listen to audio recordings, use our cutting-edge vocabulary building application, and engage our extensive assessment tools. Using this combination of learning methods, you will master Level 1 grammatical concepts, learn all vocabulary that appears 100 times or more in the Greek New Testament, and take an important step toward being able to confidently read the New Testament as it was originally written.

This course is suitable for beginners who have completed the Greek First Steps course as well as seasoned students who are looking to refresh their knowledge of Greek.

Example Timeframe: 8–10 hours per week in order to complete in 16 weeks

Course Overview

You will learn vocabulary words that appear 100 times or more in the Greek New Testament (about 200 words total) as well as key information about the following grammar topics:

  • Greek case system
  • Nominative case
  • Predicate nominative
  • Genitive case
  • Dative case
  • Accusative case
  • Vocative case
  • Gender
  • First and second declensions
  • Adjectives
  • Article
  • Prepositions
  • Conjunctions
  • Adverbs
  • Verbal tense and aspect
  • Present tense/aspect
  • Present active indicative forms
  • Imperfect tense
  • Imperfect active indicative forms
  • Active voice
  • Indicative mood
  • Person and number
  • Εἰμί: Basic usage and forms
  • Present active infinitive

Course 3 :
Greek Reading 2

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Stand-Alone Course ($199.00 USD)

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In Greek Reading 2 you will continue to learn Greek grammar and vocabulary by translating the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5–7). Accessing our online course at your own convenience, you will read text-based resources, watch instructional videos, listen to audio recordings, use our cutting-edge vocabulary building application, and engage our extensive assessment tools. Using this combination of learning methods, you will master Level 2 grammatical concepts and review Level 1 grammatical concepts. Upon completion of the course, you will also know all vocabulary that appears 50 times or more in the Greek New Testament. Your guided reading of the Sermon on the Mount will deepen your understanding of the Greek language and increase your confidence to read the Greek New Testament.

This course is suitable for you if you have completed Greek Reading 1 or if you have previously studied Greek and are looking to refresh your knowledge. 

Example Timeframe: 8–10 hours per week in order to complete in 16 weeks

Course Overview

You will learn vocabulary words that appear 50–99 times in the Greek New Testament (about 125 words total), review the content of Level 1, and learn key information about the following grammar topics:

  • Nominal uses of genitive and dative cases
  • Uses of Αὐτός
  • Personal pronouns
  • Possessive pronouns
  • Demonstrative pronouns
  • Present middle/passive indicative forms
  • Imperfect middle/passive indicative forms
  • Aorist tense/aspect
  • First aorist active indicative forms
  • Future tense/aspect
  • Future active indicative forms
  • Future middle indicative forms
  • Future forms with contract verbs
  • Middle voice
  • Passive voice
  • Imperative mood
  • Commands and prohibitions
  • Present active imperative forms
  • Present middle/passive imperative forms
  • First aorist active imperative forms
  • First aorist middle imperative forms
  • Subjunctive mood
  • Contract verbs
  • Verbal roots and stems
  • Square of stops
  • Aorist and future forms with labials, palatals, and dentals
  • Present middle/passive infinitive form
  • First aorist middle infinitive form
  • Participles introduction

Course 4 :
Greek Reading 3

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Stand-Alone Course ($199.00 USD)

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In Greek Reading 3 you will continue to learn Greek grammar and vocabulary by translating all of 1 Thessalonians. Accessing our online course at your own convenience, you will read text-based resources, watch instructional videos, listen to audio recordings, use our cutting-edge vocabulary building application, and engage our extensive assessment tools. Using this combination of learning methods, you will master Level 3 grammatical concepts and review Level 1–2 grammatical concepts. Upon completion of the course, you will also know all vocabulary that appears 25 times or more in the Greek New Testament. Your guided reading of 1 Thessalonians will deepen your understanding of the Greek language and increase your confidence to read the Greek New Testament.

This course is suitable for you if you have completed Greek Reading 1 and Greek Reading 2, or if you have previously studied Greek at an intermediate level and are looking to refresh your knowledge. 

Example Timeframe: 8–10 hours per week in order to complete in 16 weeks

Course Overview

You will learn vocabulary words that appear 25–50 times in the Greek New Testament (about 125 words total), review the content of Level 1 and Level 2, and learn key information about the following grammar topics:

  • Stative Verbs
  • Perfect Indicative Forms
  • Second Perfect Indicative Forms
  • Infinitive with Prepositions
  • Stative Infinitives (with Infinitive Forms Review)
  • Subjunctive Forms
  • Participles: Substantival and Adjectival Uses
  • Participles: Adverbial Uses
  • Participles: Special Uses (e.g., Genitive Absolutes, Periphrastics)
  • Participle Forms Overview
  • Imperfective Participle Forms
  • Perfective Participle Forms
  • Optative Mood
  • Liquid Verbs
  • Changes in Aspect Stems
  • Μι Verbs
  • Third Declension Forms
  • First and Second Declension Irregularities
  • Genitive Case: Adjectival and Adverbial Uses
  • Dative Case: Adverbial Uses
  • Accusative Case: Advanced Uses
  • Relative Pronouns
  • Reflexive Pronouns
  • Indefinite and Interrogative Pronouns
  • Reciprocal Pronouns
  • Conditional Sentences
  • Special Uses of the Article

 

Course 5 :
Advanced Greek: Analyzing the Narrative Discourse of Mark 1-8

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Stand-Alone Course ($199.00 USD)

About this Course

In Analyzing the Narrative Discourse of Mark 1–8 you will learn about discourse features of biblical narrative. Some concepts taught are the discourse-level function of Greek conjunctions, background and foreground analysis, principles of Greek word order, and analyzing structural boundaries.

This course is suitable for you if you have completed Greek Reading 1, 2 and 3 or if you have previously studied Greek at an advanced level and are looking to refresh your knowledge.

Example Timeframe: 8 hours per week in order to complete in 16 weeks

Course Overview 

You will learn vocabulary words that appear 24–29 times in the Greek New Testament (about 100 words total), review the content of Greek Reading 1–3. The titles of articles within this course are as follows:

  • Morpology, Syntax, and Discourse Grammar
  • Discourse Segmenting with Δε
  • The Function of Γάρ: Signaling Explanatory Information
  • And What? Understanding Και
  • Understanding Ἀλλά: Signaling a Correction
  • Introduction to Background and Foreground
  • Default and Marked Constructions
  • Aspect and Background/Foreground
  • Background and Foreground in Subordinate Clauses
  • Marked Verbal Forms and Background/Foreground
  • Introduction to the Historical Present
  • Background and Foreground Review
  • Participants, Location, and the Historical Present
  • Not X Except Y: The Function of Εἰ μή and Έὰν μή
  • Mark 3:28–35: A Text in Review
  • Introduction to Greek Word Order
  • Referential Points of Departure
  • Situational Points of Departure
  • A Review of Constituent Order in Mark 4:32–34
  • Mark 4:35–41: A Text in Review
  • Introduction to Focus Constructions
  • Narrow Focus
  • Clause Focus
  • Focus Constructions in Mark 5:27–34
  • Mark 5:35–43: A Text in Review
  • Making Sense of Multiple Preverbal Constituents
  • Focus Constructions Review
  • Postverbal Constituent Order
  • Mark 6:53–56: A Text in Review
  • Reviewing Background and Foreground
  • Reviewing Connectives
  • Reviewing Focus Constructions
  • Reviewing Points of Departure
  • Mark 7:31–37: A Text in Review
  • Introduction to Boundary Features
  • Deictic Centers and Boundary Levels
  • Genitive Absolutes
  • Mark 8:31–38: A Text in Review

 

Course 6 :
Hebrew Immerse: First Steps

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12 Month Access ($39.00 USD)

About this Course

The Hebrew First Steps course is suitable for beginners and provides the essential information that the new student needs to start reading Hebrew, including the alphabet, pronunciation, and 50 of the most frequent Hebrew vocabulary words. This course fulfills the prerequisite requirements for Hebrew Reading 1.

Example Timeframe: 20 hours

Course Overview
  • Consonants
  • Vowels
  • Matres lectionis
  • Diphthongs
  • Dagesh (including BeGadKeFat and guttural letters)
  • Shewa
  • Syllabification (including quiescent letters)
  • Stress and accents
  • Maqqef, mappiq and metheg
  • Pausal forms: Introduction
  • Qere/Kethiv
  • Orientation to Biblemesh’s iKnow vocabulary learning application
  • Typing in Hebrew
  • Learn 50 basic vocabulary words

 

Course 7 :
Hebrew Reading 1

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Stand-Alone Course ($199.00 USD)

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In Hebrew Reading 1 you will learn Hebrew grammar and vocabulary as you translate Ruth and the narrative sections of Jonah. Accessing our online course at your own convenience, you will read text-based resources, watch instructional videos, listen to audio recordings, use our cutting-edge vocabulary building application, and engage our extensive assessment tools. Using this combination of learning methods, you will master Level 1 grammatical concepts, learn all vocabulary that appears in Jonah 1, 3–4 and Ruth, and take an important step toward being able to confidently read the Old Testament as it was originally written.

This course is suitable for beginners who have completed the Hebrew First Steps course as well as seasoned students who are looking to refresh their knowledge of Hebrew.

Example Timeframe: 10–12 hrs/wk: complete in 16 weeks

Course Overview

You will learn vocabulary words that appear in Jonah 1, 3–4 and Ruth (about 450 words total) as well as key information about the following grammar topics:

  • Independent prepositions
  • Inseparable prepositions
  • Inseparable prepositions plus suffixes
  • Prepositions כ and מן plus suffixes
  • Conjunction
  • Definite article
  • Particles of entreaty
  • Definite direct object marker
  • Nouns (masc, fem, segholate and irregular)
  • Construct state (all forms)
  • Nouns (ms, mp, fs, fp, irregular) and suffixes
  • Adjectives (forms and uses)
  • Comparative and superlative
  • Demonstrative adjectives זה and אלה
  • Overview of Hebrew verb system
  • Wayyiqtol and w-qatalti
  • Qal strong verb (all forms; meaning and morphology)
  • Negative imperative
  • Relative pronoun and relative clause
  • Personal pronouns
  • Verbless clause

Course 8 :
Hebrew Reading 2

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Stand-Alone Course ($199.00 USD)

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In Hebrew Reading 2 you will continue to learn Hebrew grammar and vocabulary by translating 1 Kings 17–20 and Exodus 1–4. Accessing our online course at your own convenience, you will read text-based resources, watch instructional videos, listen to audio recordings, use our cutting-edge vocabulary building application, and engage our extensive assessment tools. Using this combination of learning methods, you will master Level 2 grammatical concepts and review Level 1 grammatical concepts. You will learn all vocabulary that appears in 1 Kings 17–20 and Exodus 1–4. Your guided reading of these Old Testament chapters will thus deepen your understanding of the structure and forms of Hebrew narrative.

This course is suitable for you if you have completed Hebrew Reading 1 or if you have previously studied Hebrew and are looking to refresh your knowledge. 

Example Timeframe: 10–12 hours per week in order to complete in 16 weeks

Course Overview

You will learn vocabulary words that appear in 1 Kings 17–20 and Exodus 1–4 (about 375 words beyond Level 1 vocabulary), review the content of Level 1, and learn key information about the following grammar topics:

  • Demonstrative adjectives(That)
  • Use of הנה
  • Uses of כי
  • Interrogatives
  • Locative ה
  • Pause
  • Possession
  • Independent prepositions with suffix of the plural noun
  • Niphal meaning and morphology
  • Piel meaning and morphology
  • Pual meaning and morphology
  • Hiphil meaning and morphology
  • Hophal meaning and morphology
  • Hithpael meaning and morphology
  • Irregular verb introduction and classification
  • Irregular verbs נתן, לקח, הלך, and היה

Course 9 :
Hebrew Reading 3

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Stand-Alone Course ($199.00 USD)

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In Hebrew Reading 3 you will continue to learn Hebrew grammar and vocabulary by translating Genesis 37–41 and Deuteronomy 4–6. Accessing our online course at your own convenience, you will read text-based resources, watch instructional videos, listen to audio recordings, use our cutting-edge vocabulary building application, and engage our extensive assessment tools. Using this combination of learning methods, you will master Level 3 grammatical concepts and review Level 1 and 2 grammatical concepts. Level 3 also introduces you to some of the issues involved in the translation of the Biblical text, as well as introducing you, for the first time, to legal texts in Hebrew through the guided reading of Deuteronomy 4–6. You will learn all vocabulary that appears in Genesis 37–41 and Deuteronomy 4–6. Your guided reading of these Old Testament chapters will thus deepen your understanding of the structure and forms of Hebrew narrative.

This course is suitable for you if you have completed Hebrew Reading 2.

Example Timeframe: 10–12 hours per week in order to complete in 16 weeks

Course Overview

You will learn vocabulary words that appear in Genesis 37–41 and Deuteronomy 4–6, review the content of Level 1 and 2, and learn key information about the following grammar topics:

  • Cardinal Numbers 1-10
  • Cardinal Numbers 11+
  • Ordinal Numbers
  • Adverbs
  • Qal Perfect/Qatal with Suffixes
  • Qal Imperfect/Yiqtol with Suffixes
  • Qal Imperative with Suffixes
  • Conditional Sentences

Weak Verbs:

  • Pe-Aleph Qal
  • Pe-Guttural Qal
  • Pe-Guttural Niphal
  • Pe-Guttural Hiphil and Hophal
  • Ayin-Guttural Qal and Niphal
  • Ayin-Guttural Piel, Pual and Hithpael
  • Ayin-Waw Qal
  • Stative Ayin-Waw Qal
  • Ayin-Waw Niphal
  • Ayin-Waw Hiphil and Hophal
  • Lamed-Guttural Qal and Niphal
  • Lamed-Guttural Piel, Pual and Hithpael
  • Lamed-Aleph Qal and Niphal
  • Lamed-Aleph Hiphil
  • Lamed-Aleph Piel and Hithpael

 

Course 10 :
Hebrew Reading 4

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Stand-Alone Course ($199.00 USD)

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In Hebrew Reading 4 you will continue to learn Hebrew grammar and vocabulary by translating Genesis 1-4 and selections from Genesis 11–22. Accessing our online course at your own convenience, you will read text-based resources, watch instructional videos, listen to audio recordings, use our cutting-edge vocabulary building application, and engage our extensive assessment tools. Using this combination of learning methods, you will master Level 4 grammatical concepts and review Level 1, 2 and 3 grammatical concepts. Level 4 also introduces you to some of the features of Biblical Hebrew poetry. You will learn all vocabulary that appears in the texts studied. Your guided reading of these Old Testament chapters will thus deepen your understanding of the structure and forms of Hebrew narrative as well as introduce you to how to read Hebrew poetry.

This course is suitable for you if you have completed Hebrew Reading 3.

Example Timeframe: 10–12 hours per week in order to complete in 16 weeks

Grammar Overview

You will learn vocabulary words that appear in Genesis 1-4, review the content of Level 1, 2 and 3, and learn key information about the following grammar topics:

  • Curse and Oath Clause
  • Peh-Nun Introduction
  • Peh-Nun Qal
  • Peh-Nun Hiphil and Hophal
  • Peh-Yod/Waw Introduction
  • Peh-Yod/Waw Qal
  • Peh-Yod/Waw Hiphil
  • Peh-Yod/Waw Hophal
  • Peh-Yod/Waw Niphal
  • Lamed-Heh Qal
  • Lamed-Heh Niphal
  • Lamed-Heh Piel and Pual
  • Lamed-Heh Hiphil and Hophal
  • Lamed-Heh Hithpael
  • Weak Verb יכל
  • Geminate Qal
  • Geminate Niphal
  • Geminate Hiphil
  • Geminate Hophal
  • Additional Geminated Stems
  • Double Weak Verbs: Introduction
  • Peh-Guttural / Lamed-Heh: Qal, Niphal and Hiphil
  • Peh-Nun / Lamed-Heh Qal and Hiphil

 

 

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When you have completed this learning track on BibleMesh.com, you will need to enroll here to apply for your certificate of completion. This enrollment will be activated when you have successfully finished all the courses in this track.

Instructors

  • Dr. Timothy Edwards
    Dr. Timothy Edwards

    Timothy Edwards taught Hebrew at the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies and has lectured at the University of Oxford, University of Bristol, and various Bible schools in central Europe. He completed his graduate studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the University of Oxford. He is the author of Exegesis in the Targum of Psalms (Gorgias Press, 2007) amongst other publications. He is currently Fellow of Theology at New Saint Andrews in Moscow, Idaho. 

  • Dr. Mark Dubis
    Dr. Mark Dubis

    Mark Dubis is Professor of Biblical Studies at Union University in Jackson, Tennessee. He has a passion for ancient languages, having taught Greek, Hebrew, and Latin. He also has a special concern for the global needs of Bible translation. He is the author of 1 Peter: A Handbook on the Greek Text among other publications. Mark provides a high-level understanding of both linguistic and exegetical principles and, from his years in the classroom, he knows how to make student learning enjoyable and effective.

  • Dr. Nicholas Ellis
    Dr. Nicholas Ellis

    Nicholas Ellis has been College Lecturer of Biblical and Hellenistic Greek at Wycliffe Hall, University of Oxford since 2009. With an academic background in biblical studies, Jewish studies, and especially New Testament studies, Nicholas provides the team with excellent classroom experience and a background in linguistic, theological, and historical research.


How It Works / FAQs

What is a learning track?

A track is a group of courses that provide a guided program of study in a specific subject area.

Why should I work to complete a track?

You should work to complete a track if you desire to build greater proficiency and a more comprehensive understanding within a particular area of study. Completing a track successfully will give you a sense of satisfaction in a job well done and BibleMesh or one of our partners will acknowledge your work through a track.

Can I go at my own pace?

Although a course subscription only provides access to a given course for a set time period, you may take as long as you wish to complete a learning track.

Can I skip certain courses?

In order to complete a learning track, you must complete every course within that track. Some tracks, like the Biblical Languages tracks, also require courses to be completed in a specific sequence, though this is not true of all tracks.

Can anyone receive a certificate of completion?

Yes. Anyone who enrolls in a course on BibleMesh can work toward earning a certificate of completion.

How do I receive a certificate of completion?

Upon finishing all the courses in a track, you may apply for and receive a certificate of completion.

Is this certificate of completion recognized for credit by colleges and seminaries?

Several colleges and seminaries do accept BibleMesh Biblical Language courses as a pre-requisite or advance placement option. But, if you are interested in earning a credit-bearing certificate that provides degree pathway opportunities to partner academic institutions, you will need to enroll in the BibleMesh Institute. For more information go here.