BIBLICAL LANGUAGES BOOTCAMP: GREEK

Begin to read the New Testament in Greek in five weeks with no prior knowledge!

Enroll in the September 18 – October 16, 2024 online class now.

Early registration ends September 4.

Feel the Heartbeat of God: Experiencing Scripture in the original languages connects you with God’s love.
Lifetime of Spiritual Growth: Each verse and chapter becomes a deeper well to draw from, enriching your faith.
Fresh Insights: Regular “aha” moments will give you new perspectives.
Themes and Nuances: Discover subtle themes and theological nuances, like the use of the prefix “pro-” in Ephesians 1, which reveal God’s intentionality in loving and choosing us.
Sit Beside the Authors: Feel as though you are with Paul in a damp prison cell when reading the prison epistles.
Independence from Translations: Understand the texts for yourself while appreciating the translation (and interpretation) choices made by various versions.
Start a Virtuous Cycle: Your growing understanding and engagement will motivate improvement in your skills.
Better Able to Apply: With a crisper understanding of the Word, you’ll be better able to put it into practice.

Read and understand your first biblical text (1 John 1:1-10).
Stay motivated by unlocking the power of handwriting a verse with understanding.
Learn the alphabet of your target language (Greek).
Learn the basic building blocks (noun, verb, adjective, etc.) necessary to understand a text.
Simple sentence diagramming.
How to maximize the free Blue Letter Bible app.
Learn the best English translations for comparative study.

What is Our Secret Sauce?

Rapid Comprehension: We want you to understand a text within your first ten hours. You will learn the most critical skills that will allow you to achieve this goal. Most introductory courses require 50 to 100 hours before understanding a text.
Lasting Application: This course is designed to motivate you to engage more and more Scripture in an original language long after the course is completed. Most seminary language courses have a 50-80% attrition rate (no longer using the target language) after one year.
Meaningful Text v. Details: We focus on learning complete units of text (a sentence) instead of grammar details (e.g. parsing verbs). Our brains learn languages best through exposure and pattern recognition. The more you are exposed to complete, meaningful sections of text, the more you will understand and be motivated to continue.
Context-Based Learning: You will learn words in context instead of memorizing lists.

Module 1: You will understand the benefits of investing in a biblical language and the keys to “rapid-reward” learning.
Outcome – You will learn the Greek alphabet and begin to use the Blue Letter Bible app.

Module 2: You will understand the importance of humility, simplified sentence diagramming and the basic building blocks of nouns, adjectives and cases.
Outcome – You will diagram 1 John 1:1-3.

Module 3: You will understand the end goal is increased intimacy with Christ, the best English translations for comparative study and different verb tenses.
Outcome – You will diagram 1 John 1:4-6.

Module 4: You will understand the building blocks of prepositions, conjunctions and articles.
Outcome – You will diagram 1 John 1:7-10.

Module 5: You will understand how to stay motivated in your Greek learning, how participles function and how to understand variant readings.
Outcome – You will diagram 1 John 2:1-6.

A five-week, mentored experience: The next online course begins September 18, 2024. Each live session will be on Wednesday at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time (UTC -7.00, use this time zone converter). Live sessions are recorded and made available for further review. Sessions dates are Sept 18, Sep 25, Oct 2, Oct 9, and Oct 16.
One hour weekly live classroom: After registration, you will receive a link for our Zoom video conferencing service that will require a plug-in for your computer. You may also download the Zoom app from the iTunes store or Google Play for a mobile device, but we strongly recommend using a computer for the best learning experience.
Two hours of independent work: Each week there will be two hours of work outside the class for a total of three hours per week (15 hours total for the course).
Supporting Materials: Supporting documentation such as lesson outlines and additional resources will be available online via Google Drive.
Take the course with a friend or teammate: The course will be richer if you take the course with a friend or teammate. This will provide mutual encouragement. There are group discounts (2 or more people) available when you sign up with others.

Anyone interested in learning a biblical language. This course is focused on New Testament Greek, but the same methodology can be readily applied to Hebrew.
Anyone who wants to grow closer to God by drawing nearer to the original languages of the Bible.
Pastors and teachers who want to better prepare messages by understanding the original languages.
Anyone who wants a fresh start in learning a biblical language. If you’re like me (Clyde the instructor), you studied the languages in seminary but never used the knowledge and quickly forgot what you studied.
English speakers. This course is taught in English.

Early bird pricing is available for registering and paying at least two weeks before the first class session.
Discounts for “majority world” (non-Western) individuals are available.
Group discounts are available for two or more who register and pay together.

A computer and internet connection for the Zoom meetings and access to the Blue Letter Bible app (A mobile phone for using the app is nice, but not necessary).
4×6 inch (A6, 105 x 148 mm) cards (or paper) and a pencil for handwriting the verses we’ll be learning.