Exegesis — Original Languages

The ficha on Perseus in this section ends with a warning: there is no Hebrew there, and none is planned. Sefaria is the answer to that sentence. It is what Perseus is for Greek, built for the Hebrew library instead. Sefaria is a nonprofit founded in 2011 by Joshua Foer and Brett Lockspeiser, building what…

Biblical Hebrew has a reputation for being the harder of the two languages, and the reputation is deserved for one specific reason: the verb. Greek verbs are numerous but behave predictably — Hebrew verbs are few but mutate, and the student who cannot see the root under the mutation stays stuck for years. Animated Hebrew…

Everything else in this section teaches you the language. Perseus is what you use once you have it. The distinction matters, because arriving here too early is discouraging and arriving here too late means years of reading with one hand tied. Perseus is a non-profit digital library housed in the Department of Classical Studies at…

If you have ever opened a first-year Greek grammar in English, there is a good chance it was Basics of Biblical Greek. Bill Mounce wrote the textbook that much of the English-speaking seminary world has used for three decades, and he keeps a substantial part of his material open to anyone. What is genuinely free…

There is a sentence on the front page of this project that deserves quoting for how unusual it is in theological education: free, no signups, no trials, no tiers. Asked whether the videos will eventually move behind a subscription, the site answers plainly that they never will. Alpha with Angela, published as Free Greek. Forever….

Most people who abandon Biblical Greek do not abandon it in the first week. They abandon it in the second year, after the course ends and nothing replaces the discipline the classroom used to impose. The grammar was learned; the habit never was. Daily Dose of Greek exists to solve that specific problem. Founded by…