Experience Genuine Spiritual Transformation Through a Richer Understanding of God’s Word
We hear it over and over:
"Learning Biblical Greek is just too hard for me."
You might feel this way too. Like there seems to be no easier option to learn Greek that would work for you.
Sure, you want to go deeper in the Bible by learning Greek, but…
You’re working full time, or running a home – Surely you don’t have the time.
Or you’re older – No way you can keep up with all the learning required.
Or perhaps you’ve tried to read one of those Greek grammars written for seminary – It’s just too much information, right?
With Biblical Mastery Academy, you can overcome these problems and learn Biblical Greek!
Our Greek Mastery Membership is designed to fit into your life!
Introducing the
Greek Mastery Membership
Small, Consistent Steps To Mastery
Our low cost, high value memberships are designed to give you the skills to read and study the Bible like a scholar. We’re convinced that our approach to learning Biblical Greek & Hebrew will take you deeper, faster than any other comparable course or product. Through small, consistent steps, you’ll gain the clarity and confidence you need to handle the word of God skillfully.
We’ve seen the challenges students have with seminary courses and grammars. That’s why we’ve created our own unique course from scratch, breaking each lesson down into small, bite-sized steps.
Most Greek grammars provide multiple concepts at once. We aim to provide just one or two key concepts per lesson. For each lesson, we provide exercises to help you learn and practice each new skill, while reviewing and building on what you’ve already learned.
We call it Beginning Greek in Small Steps, and students absolutely love it!
Lock In Your Price
Whatever price you join at, you get to keep it as long as you remain a member in good standing. We will NEVER put your price up, but we will keep looking for ways to deliver more value.
All Access Flat Rate
Our flat rate gives you access to everything included in your membership. That includes courses, cohorts, and much more. The only additional cost is optional Greek Certification.
Take Classes Until Mastery
You can repeat the courses in your membership as often as you like. Feel free to jump between cohorts as well - you don't even have to tell us. Just keep taking small steps!
What You'll Be Able To Accomplish With The Greek Mastery Membership
Membership Features
Greek Courses
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Beginning Greek
Course Outcome: You can read 1 John in Greek
Course Length: Varies (6-12 months) -
Reading Greek
Course Outcome:Reading fluency in the Greek of John's 3 epistles and 4 of Paul's
Course Length: 10 weeks -
Interpretation of Ephesians
Course Outcome:Skills and ability to accurately study the Greek New Testament, high proficiency in Ephesians
Course Length: 10 weeks -
Greek Syntax
Course Outcome:Deep exegetical skills for studying challenging passages like a scholar
Course Length: 15 weeks -
Milestones
Course Outcome:Learn to read every book of the New Testament and understand their grammar
Course Length: Self Paced, 3+ years while completing the courses above
Exclusive Grammar
For Greek Mastery Members Only
Greek Instructors
Dr. Darryl Burling
Dr. Burling is the founder and CEO of Biblical Mastery Academy. He is also the author of Beginning Greek in Small Steps. He has been teaching Greek since 2017.
Stephen Hackett
Stephen's passion for the biblical Greek led him to self-study Greek before he joined Biblical Mastery Academy where he started building his vocabulary and took our more advanced courses. He's been teaching biblical Greek at Biblical Mastery Academy since 2020.
Neil Ellson
After trying to learn Greek for 20 years, Neil joined Biblical Mastery Academy, and joined three Beginning Greek cohorts at once. After Beginning Greek his knowledge took off, and he started teaching in 2021 before joining full time in 2023.
Biblical Mastery Academy Makes Learning Greek Easier
With the features of the Greek Mastery Membership you have a clear path to take you from total beginner to reading at least 12 books of the New Testament with just 18 months of consistent study. Let us help you read and study Greek like a scholar!
Greek Mastery Membership
- Growth Hub & Community
- Greek Hub & Community
- Greek Office Hours Calls & Replays
- Greek Workshop Calls & Replays
- BMA Beginning Greek Course
- BMA Beginning Greek Cohort Calls & Replays
- Reading Greek Course
- Interpretation of Ephesians Course
- Advanced Greek Syntax Course
- Future Greek Courses
- Certification Available (additional cost)
- 2 Month Certification Window
- Monthly or Annual Plans Available
After two years in the Greek Mastery Membership program my ability to read and comprehend the Greek texts has soared. Not only have I become fluent with many Greek texts but I’ve also gained clarity and confidence when it comes to preaching and teaching the Scriptures. Above all else, I’m getting to know my Saviour in a deeper way. So, if you’re committed to the task and joy of learning to read the Greek New Testament, this program will get you there!
See what ordinary people can achieve with the Greek Mastery Membership
1. Its system of learning is clear and systematic. It breaks things down into manageable steps, is easy to follow and you get to see your progress towards the goal of reading the entire GNT.
2. Darryl Burling is really knowledgable, friendly, helpful and he really wants you to be able to read the entire GNT
3.The Community - learning Greek in the courses together with other people who are passionate about the GNT really spurs me on.
Since joining the program I've regained all the Greek that I've lost since Bible college, am now able to read the GNT in my devotion and use it in my sermon prep. I am looking forward to be able to read the whole GNT.
What have you got to lose?
When I wanted to start Greek, I thought it was as simple as buying a Greek Grammar and following along. I was wrong. Learning Greek is like building a brand new set of skills from scratch. It is hard work, and doesn’t happen quickly.
Mastering the language of the New Testament is a marathon, not a sprint. That is why we provide you with a membership. It is possible to learn by just buying an online course and following along, but for most people, it takes more than that. A membership provides you everything you need over the long term, so that you don’t just start learning Greek, but you are encouraged to continue making small, consistent steps from wherever you are to mastery.
Inside the membership we give you the course material, vocabulary, lessons, and exercises you need. But you can also ask questions any time, watch replays of calls, and even join those calls yourself to ask questions of our knowledgable instructors.
There is absolutely no risk. We’re working together to make sure nobody gets stuck, and everyone is encouraged to keep taking those small, consistent steps toward mastery.
Start a 7 day free trial. If you find that learning biblical Greek is not for you, just cancel your membership before the end of the 7-day trial and you’ll not be charged!
— Dr. Darryl Burling
Dr. Darryl Burling
Founder & CEO Biblical Mastery Academy
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes! Our entire system is designed for self-study first. But we provide cohorts and other opportunities to meet with other members and learn together. In short, you can use the membership however it best suits you.
Once you join the membership, the courses relevant to you will be immediately available for self study. We’ll also let you know when the next cohorts are starting, so that if you want to be part of a group and follow a schedule, you can.
Not only can you self-study or work with a cohort, you can even switch between self-study and cohorts and switch cohorts whenever you want – you don’t even need to tell us!
Growth Membership
The Growth Membership is designed for those who simply want to grow in Christ likeness and who are not committed to learning the languages.
Greek Mastery Membership
We assume nothing! Regardless of whether you’ve never learned the alphabet or you’ve been studying Greek for a couple of years, we have courses and lessons to take you all the way to mastery of the Greek New Testament.
Hebrew Mastery Membership
This is a new membership we launched in 2022 with our Beginning Hebrew course. We’re adding new courses and cohorts to develop you to mastery of the Hebrew Old Testament.
Premium Languages Membership
The Premium Languages Membership provides everything in the Greek and Hebrew Mastery Memberships combined. That means you can be a complete newbie and learn both Greek and Hebrew at the same time (which we generally do not recommend).
In the Premium Languages Membership we’re also adding additional group-coaching features to help you speed your way through our Mastery Success Path.
The Premium Languages Membership is designed to be more affordable than paying individually for the Greek and Hebrew Mastery Memberships, and includes certification as part of the price.
We are all for the use of Greek and Hebrew grammars for studying and learning the languages.
However, learning alone is challenging. On your own, there is no accountability, no schedule, and, most importantly, no proven system to take you from beginner to mastery. You’re left to figure it all out by yourself. Some can do this, but most struggle.
We have had hundreds of members pass through our courses and come out the other side with greater knowledge of the language than when they were self-studying using a grammar. Even those who studied the languages in the past find the approach in the memberships takes them well past where they have ever been before!
While we’ve been optimizing the grammar translate method for years, our Beginning Greek in Small Steps course is more like a PPP (Present, practice, produce) approach. Our ambition goes beyond merely exegeting the text (like most grammars) to reading the text. The exercise are drawn directly from the Greek New Testament, Septuagint, and the Apostolic Fathers so that you will be reading real Greek texts and passages right from the start. The live classes provide plenty of opportunity for discussion and the community members and leaders are available for questions in between classes.
Each lesson of our courses or milestones contains:
- A video presentation teaching the material or covering key grammatical concepts in the reading
- A vocabulary deck of digital flashcards
- A written lesson summary
- Homework sheets in PDF or MS Word
Depending on the course you’re taking, the lessons may also be keyed to chapters in a grammar, particularly in Beginning Greek and Beginning Hebrew.
We also have regular live calls to give members additional support as they work through courses.
No, we do not charge any additional costs, nor do we charge per course. We provide our Beginning Greek in Small Steps grammar for you in downloadable form (and even explain how to make it into a personal book in Logos Bible Software). We strongly recommend several other low-priced apps as inexpensive one-off purchases, and as you go on, we’ll recommend additional books and resources. All the lessons, vocabulary, etc. are included in your monthly membership fee.
We use an app called Flashcards Deluxe for vocabulary flashcards, available on the Google Play or Apple App store.
Once you have the app set up with your phone, tablet or even desktop for Apple users, you can download the files of flashcards from the member site. We give you one new file per lesson, eventually adding 30 words a week to your vocabulary knowledge. This helps you quickly gain fluency in reading!
Founder and CEO, Dr. Darryl Burling, studied Greek in seminary. While he learned to exegete the text, the focus was not on how to read Greek. Seminaries and other courses typically focus on exegesis, not reading. Biblical Mastery Academy is one of the only biblical language learning providers with a goal to get members to reading fluency, while also growing a deep understanding of grammar and syntax. We’ll also teach you to exegete the text from a languages-first approach rather than in your English Bible!
Also, in our memberships, there is no pressure, no deadlines, no exams, and you don’t pay again if you want to repeat a course! The lack of these pressures has been one of the factors that have made us rethink how to teach beginning Greek. We want you to learn because you want to, not to get a grade.
For our Greek Mastery Membership, additional resources include:
Apps
Flashcards Deluxe (Google Play or Apple App Store)
ParseGreek by Danny Zacharias (Google Play or Apple App Store)
Books
For Beginning Greek: We provide our own Beginning Greek in Small Steps material in Word or PDF format for you to download as part of your membership.
For Reading Greek and Greek Syntax: Intermediate Greek Grammar by Mathewson and Emig (Amazon or Logos)
For Interpretation of Ephesians: Tyndale House Greek New Testament (Amazon or Logos), and Harold W. Hoehner, Ephesians: An Exegetical Commentary (Amazon or Logos)
For our Hebrew Mastery Membership, additional resources include:
Apps
Flashcards Deluxe (Google Play or Apple App Store)
Books
For Beginning Hebrew: Learning Biblical Hebrew by Kutz and Josberger (Amazon or Logos)
Start your journey to learn biblical Greek with our free Getting Started course!
8 Short (2-3 minute) lessons explaining:
- How Greek transforms your Bible reading
- Your path to mastery (from wherever you’re starting)
- What your skill level looks like 1 year from now
- How Beginning Greek in Small Steps works
- How much time you need to learn Greek
- Other resources and tools you’ll need
- A quick tour of the Greek Mastery Membership
Start a free 7 day trial of the Greek Mastery Membership when you’re finished!
Still Got Questions?
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We would love to hear from you!