Frequently Asked Questions | Biblical Mastery Academy

Start with Greek Tutor. It begins with the alphabet and builds from the ground up, with no prior knowledge assumed. The Consistency Score guides your daily practice and the success path shows you exactly where you are going. If you are unsure whether Greek or Hebrew is the right starting point, the quiz can help you find your path.

Yes. Many BMA members come with some Greek behind them and find they learn to read for the first time. The starting-point quiz includes a short check of the grammar and vocabulary you still remember, and places you at the lesson your Greek carries you to, so you do not repeat what you have already mastered. Seminary Greek typically produces the ability to analyse but not to read fluently. BMA addresses both.

Greek Tutor is the complete self-paced learning environment: grammar, vocabulary, exercises, the Consistency Score, and the full success path. It is a standalone product you can start now. The Greek Mastery Membership adds the human layer: live Beginning Greek classes, a community of fellow learners, weekly Office Hours calls, and Cohort Review sessions embedded at every exercise. Many members start with Tutor and join the membership when enrolment opens.

Take the starting-point quiz. If you have no prior Greek, you start at Level 1, Lesson 1. If you have studied Greek before, the quiz includes a check of about six minutes that places you at the right lesson anywhere up to Level 6, where reading the New Testament begins. The Start button on your plan takes you to sign-up with that starting point already chosen.

No. Vocabulary is the foundation, but Greek Tutor includes the full grammar text for Beginning Greek, concept quizzes, parsing and identify-forms exercises, translation exercises in both directions, the full success path through the New Testament, and a Bible reader that glosses only the words you have not learned yet. Everything is in one place.

Beginning Greek lessons include concept quizzes, identify-forms exercises, parsing exercises, translation from Greek to English, and translation from English to Greek. Advanced levels add final translation exercises linked to Cohort Review recordings. Vocabulary is delivered through spaced repetition throughout.

The Consistency Score is a number from 0 to 100 that reflects how regularly you have done the work your level calls for over the last thirty days. Aim for 70 or better, which Tutor calls Consistent. Below that it tells you where you are, Building while you find your rhythm or Rebuilding after a dip, rather than handing you a verdict. It shows how consistent you have been, not how clever you are, and This week on your Today screen shows what to do each week to keep it climbing. From Level 6 your week focuses on vocabulary and reading, and the score is hidden unless you choose to see it.

Yes. From Level 2, Tutor includes a Bible reader with the Greek New Testament, the Septuagint and the Apostolic Fathers. It is a reader's edition made for you: Tutor knows which words you have learned, so it puts a gloss under each word you have not learned yet and leaves the rest alone. As your vocabulary grows, the glosses fall away. Tap any word for its lexical form, parsing, gloss and every verse it appears in. Hebrew Mastery members read the Hebrew Bible, and Premium Languages members read all four texts, with the Hebrew and the Septuagint side by side.

Yes. As you read, you can write notes on a word, a verse or a passage, add section headings and cross-references, and write your own translation with translator's footnotes. You can also keep word studies, which appear wherever that word occurs, and articles placed at the passages they discuss. Everything you write is kept in My Study Bible on every device you use, and you can export it as a PDF or Markdown.

No. Streaks, Mastery Points, celebrations and the elephant are there for the people they help. You can turn streaks and celebrations off in Tutor's settings, hide the elephant, and choose which blocks appear on your Today screen. Your progress is tracked either way.

Yes. Greek Tutor is a progressive web app. Open it in any browser, add it to your home screen, and it works like a native app on iPhone, Android, iPad, or computer. Your progress syncs across all your devices.

Tutor uses email-based login. Enter your email address and you will receive a magic link. Click it and you are in. You can also set a password from your account settings if you prefer.

The Greek Mastery Membership opens several times a year. Join the waitlist and we will notify you as soon as the next intake opens. An Academic cohort also runs from August, designed to align with the academic school year and complete Beginning Greek in one year rather than fifteen months.

The Hebrew Mastery Membership opens several times a year. Join the waitlist and we will notify you when the next intake opens.

Greek Tutor is available to start now with no enrolment window. The Greek Mastery Membership, Hebrew Mastery Membership, and Premium Languages Membership open several times a year. If enrolment is currently closed, join the waitlist and we will let you know when it opens.

The Premium Languages Membership combines the Greek and Hebrew tracks with four exclusive additions: the Grammar Assistant, Advanced Greek Grammar Workshops, Cohort Reading Calls from level 8 of the success path, and Greek Certification included at no additional cost. It is designed as an upgrade for members already on one of the single-language tracks. At $89 per month (rising to $99 on 1 December 2026) it costs less than both memberships separately.

Yes. You can cancel any time from your account settings. Monthly memberships cancel at the end of the current billing period. Annual memberships are not refunded on cancellation but remain active until the end of the paid year.

Yes. Greek Mastery, Hebrew Mastery and Premium Languages members qualify for the Logos Academic Program: 30% off a Logos subscription, plus discounts on books and libraries. The membership card in your Tutor profile has the instructions for applying.

Monthly billing gives you maximum flexibility. Annual billing gives you one month free and is the better value if you are committed to the path for the year ahead.

A live class is a structured group of members who start a course together and work through it at a shared pace with a live instructor. Beginning Greek classes run several times a year. As a member you can join at no additional cost. See the cohorts page for full details.

Cohort Review lets you watch short recordings from past classes covering the exact exercise you are working on, embedded directly in Tutor alongside your own translation. It is available to all Greek Mastery and Premium Languages members, whether or not you are enrolled in the current live class. You do not have to search through a full recording. The relevant segment plays automatically.

Missing a live session does not mean missing the instruction. Cohort Review embeds the relevant recording at the exercise level in Tutor, so you can review the session whenever you are working on that exercise.

Office Hours are weekly calls where Darryl and Neil answer member questions directly. Bring your question to the call and talk it through live. Between calls, the best place to ask is the community, where everyone benefits from the answer.

Yes, as a Greek Mastery or Premium Languages member. Book a one-to-one coaching call with Neil from inside Tutor for $75 USD: choose a time from his calendar and tell him what you'd like help with so he can prepare. If regular calls would help, Neil can set up a three-month block of weekly or fortnightly coaching.

Greek Certification is a formal assessment of Greek reading and exegetical competency, in three stages. It costs $100 USD per stage for Greek Mastery Members and is included in the Premium Languages Membership. You track every requirement in Tutor, sit the exam in the annual certification round, and receive a certificate anyone can verify. See the certification page for what each stage covers.

When Greek Mastery Membership enrolment is open, you can upgrade directly from within Greek Tutor via your profile settings. Join the waitlist if enrolment is currently closed and we will walk you through the upgrade when the next intake opens.

Support requests can be submitted from within Tutor. Tap the gear at the top of the screen and choose Support Requests. Neil handles member support and aims to respond within one business day. You can also email support@biblicalmastery.academy.

Yes. In Tutor, open Billing Details from your profile and choose Paying through an employer or school? to add the details your organization needs. Tutor adds them to every invoice and receipt you download.