Master Biblical Greek—One Small Step at a Time...
Enjoy clarity and confidence reading the New Testament through manageable, consistent steps tailored to your schedule.
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Read the
Greek New Testament
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Imagine this:
On a warm, sunny morning, you sit down to read your Greek New Testament with a cup of coffee (or tea if you prefer…).
No translations, no interlinears, no lexicons, and without dependency on Logos Bible Software, or some other tool.
It’s just you and your Greek New Testament – and you’re able to read and understand it!
The New Testament is fresh.
The words have more meaning and depth because you’re reading more carefully and you finally understand how the original language works.
You’re growing in confidence not only with Greek, but also in your understanding of scripture as you gain clarity as you read.
What once seemed so distant by comparison is now alive in your hand and you’re able to read it for yourself, interact with serious biblical scholarship, and analyze biblical thinking in ways you never imagined!
The premier membership to
master the Greek New Testament
Supportive Community
Join our vibrant network of learners on the same journey as you.
Our community is a rich source of encouragement, shared insights, helpful resources, supporting and encouragement on the journey.
Start with Beginning Greek
Our Beginning Greek in Small Steps course is designed to teach the concepts necessary to read and study the New Testament at a flexible pace. Even if you’ve never looked at Greek, we’ll provide everything you need to know.
Flexible Live Teaching
Join one of our cohorts for consistency or learn at your own pace using our call replays. Our experienced teachers are available on live calls and inside the community to answer your questions. We start new beginning Greek cohorts each quarter and provide you with replays to watch if you can’t make it live.
Advance your Skills
When you’re ready for more advanced Greek, we incorporate intermediate Greek courses with reading the Greek New Testament so that you learn to read and study the most difficult Greek texts starting with John’s Epistles, progressing into Paul’s epistles, and then learning to do exegesis, text criticism, and more!
Learn on your Schedule
Our courses are broken into small, consistent steps to keep you moving forward, and learning. We host courses suitable for all timezones, and provide replays if you can’t make it. We also have Office Hours calls, and provide help in the community.
Regular Progression
The entire Greek New Testament is broken into small, achievable levels which are the backbone of the membership, and provides you with short videos, a new text to read and vocabulary for you learn to read each book of the Greek New Testament systematically, starting from the easiest to the most difficult.
Comprehensive Learning Roadmap
How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time!
Our program is broken into three stages with six levels in each. The first 5 levels cover the concepts in beginning Greek. In level 6 and 7, you’ll learn intermediate Greek, while learning to read the Greek New Testament. Additional, more advanced courses such as exegesis, text criticism, and interpretation are available in levels 8-12 as your experience and knowledge grows.
The Greek Mastery Membership is a language-first program that will take you further in your exegetical capabilities and your ability to read the Greek New Testament than seminary can, while fitting your schedule!
Even with limited time, you can achieve mastery of the Greek New Testament!
Your success is just $65/month, join now, cancel any time.
Reading biblical Greek is not
only the work of
pastors and scholars.
I wanted to learn Greek, and ended up going to seminary.
There I discovered that Seminary didn’t teach you to read and study the Greek New Testament, only to study it.
I created the Greek Mastery Membership to help you learn how to read and study the Greek New Testament without depending on tools and software.
I’ve created an entire systematic approach that anyone can follow, even if you have a job, family, and ministry commitments!
Dr. Darryl Burling
Founder
Biblical Mastery Academy
Study the
Greek New Testament
confidently
Use the latest technical commentaries and understand the grammatical arguments they present.
No more back and forth not knowing who is right.
Being able to read and study the Greek New Testament ensures that you can evaluate the arguments and come to your own conclusions.
Will Hendrick
Greek Mastery Member
Here's 4 Ways That Learning Greek Benefits You:
When you read your New Testament in Greek…
1. You’ll have greater clarity about what the writers of the New Testament books have communicated. As one of our members put it, “I feel like I’m getting to know the authors.”
2. You’ll have greater confidence in your understanding of scripture. You’ll understand the decisions that translators have wrestled with and be able to articulate exactly what the Greek says and means.
3. You’ll also see incredible gains in efficiency because you’re less dependent on the work of others. Instead of spending 10 hours in the commentaries, you spend a short time reading the text for yourself and then briefly consult the most advanced commentaries to make sure you’ve not missed any insights, saving hours of reading.
4. And best of all, you’ll have a richness, a vitality in your walk with Christ, a daily joy that is constantly growing deeper.
These results aren’t just for the elite.
I’ve taught hundreds of people to read and study the Greek New Testament.
I would consider it a privilege and delight to help you too!
It starts with beginning Greek!
Beginning Greek in Small Steps is our own tailor-made beginning Greek course designed for people with jobs, family, and ministry commitments so that you can take small, consistent steps to learn or review the basics at your own pace, or with a cohort.
Beginning Greek in Small Steps is broken into 5 parts, each containing 12 lessons. At the end of each of the 5 parts, we provide a review to help you cement what you’ve learned and provide you with confidence before you move forward.
Each lesson is designed to be comfortably completed in a week. Some lessons are designed to be combined. Others will take a little more work.
When you learn beginning Greek with Biblical Mastery Academy we provide you with everything you need:
- Downloadable, comprehensive explanations for every lesson
- Up to date with the latest scholarship
- Our comprehensive workbook you can print out at home or import to your tablet.
- *NEW* Purchase a printed copy of the workbook in five parts as you progress (optional)
- Vocabulary flashcards including the word in a sample verse from the New Testament
- Flashcards to help you learn morphology and forms (i.e. paradigms)
- Concept flashcards to remember what you need to know for each lesson
- Thorough video explanations of each lesson
- Additional bonus lessons to help you get the most from key resources
- Use your web browser, or download our app!
Study at Your Pace or Join a Cohort
A cohort is simply a class that works together at a predetermined pace. Students, as always, are welcome to work at their own pace, but a cohort provides a consistent pace and a group of other students to work with, much as you would in a college or seminary environment. We’ve found this is a great motivator to maintain momentum and to benefit from the collective questions and challenges of the group as they interact with the material under the supervision and tutelage of an experienced instructor.
Each of the 5 parts of Beginning Greek in Small Steps start each quarter, making the progress consistent, and the loading comfortable so you complete each part with confidence.
Join our weekly calls with our instructor, or watch the recording if you can’t make the call.
How Cohorts Work
Want to know how we run our cohorts? This short video explains it in detail:
Your success is just $65/month, join now, cancel any time.
But... it takes too long to learn Greek...
Yes, learning Greek will take time… but learning Greek is not all or nothing.
Start now and in a couple of weeks you’ll be able to translate some simple Greek.
From there, you will learn to read increasingly complex texts with growing understanding. A year from now, you will be able to read long sentences directly from scripture.
Yes, learning Greek takes time and work, but so does the development of any worthwhile skill.
How long did it take you to learn to read English? Did you read English after a year like you read it now? Of course not. You’ve developed the skills to read and honed them over years.
That’s exactly how it works when you learn New Testament Greek!
But as an adult, you have some advantages. You’ve got amazing cognitive capability you didn’t have when you learned your first language, which means you’ll learn faster.
We’ll provide you with the step-by-step instructions and exercises to fast track the process of learning Greek.
I’ve done it with hundreds of others, and I am delighted to help you too!
From Beginner to Mastery
The Greek Mastery Membership
is the Comprehensive and Systematic Approach
I've taught this system to Greek Mastery Members, and here's what they say:
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!
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.
Take a proven path to success with the Greek Mastery Membership
One of the biggest challenges of learning Greek is the sheer size of this task.
That’s why we’ve broken the task into a series of smaller, bite-sized lessons that we’ve put into three stages of six levels each.
These levels walk you systematically through the entire journey from Beginner to Mastery in small, managable steps, that develop your expertise reading and studying.
As you can see in the picture, the books are in a specific order…
That order is from easiest to hardest in terms of syntactical and lexical difficulty.
In other words, you will be reading your way through the Greek New Testament from easiest book to hardest!
What’s more, you will learn vocabulary as you go – meaning that for every book you read, you will learn only the new vocabulary you need, building on your existing knowledge.
I developed this approach to teach myself to read the Greek New Testament
I found this way more effective than learning vocabulary by occurrence, which was what we were required to do in seminary.
While other students were picking through words, dependent on reader’s editions, I could read the whole book!
Now I’ve transformed what I used into a systematic approach to mastering the entire Greek New Testament book-by-book from the easiest books to the hardest.
Collections of New Testament books are grouped into what I call Milestones…
Our levels are
the foundation of the
Greek Mastery Membership...
So you can achieve small, consistent steps toward mastery.
Every level contains one or more New Testament books to read. Video lessons guide you through grammar concepts in your weekly reading, and provide you with a set of vocabulary words to learn.
Our vocabulary acquisition program is the secret behind being able to read New Testament books with confidence and clarity. Greek Mastery Members have proven that this system is one of the most advantageous for those looking to quickly read a large volume New Testament books.
Compared with other programs, ours boasts of a high reading volume in a relatively short time!
Learning vocabulary in a strategic order makes all the difference.
In the Greek Mastery Membership, we make it easy for you. We provide all the vocabulary in digital flashcards decks, compatible with an app which is available on Apple and Google app stores for a low, one-off fee.
So far, nearly one thousand Biblical Mastery Academy members have had success with our vocabulary acquisition approach as it has helped them read confidently in Hebrew and Greek!
Look at what Hilary, a Greek Mastery Member says about this vocabulary system…
Nothing helps you to learn vocabulary better than to see it immediately in a text you are reading, and nothing helps you to read a text more easily than to have just learned the vocabulary you need for it! Biblical Mastery Academy is like the stabilisers on a training bike, giving support and confidence for the next stage in learning.
Hilary Deneufchatel
People of all ages, backgrounds, and levels of education have had success by adopting this system of learning.
Now you can too!
Your success is just $65/month, join now, cancel any time.
Community
Courses
Cohorts
Achievements
The Greek Mastery Membership offers so much more than just a curriculum.
Personal Support
in our Community Calls
When I created the Greek Mastery Membership, I didn’t want it to just be an “info-dump” with no personal support.
I wanted to make sure members were achieving their goal of learning to read Greek.
So now the membership exists in community where I and other instructors host weekly live calls!
This allows members to have consistent support, wherever they are at with their Greek.
Joining weekly calls = Huge growth in your Greek skills
Every week in our buzzing community we offer an Office Hours Call and two Text Reading Calls.
These calls are an opportunity to check in, bring questions, and make progress with your skills.
Our Community Calls include:
Greek Office Hours Call
An open call for anyone to join and bring any questions about Greek. Whatever you’re working through, use the Office Hours to interact with an instructor and discuss your current challenges. We alternate our office ours calls between these two times each week.
Greek Workshop Call
A call to discuss Greek text with a group and instructor. This call offers you the chance to sharpen your translation skills and grow in your knowledge of Greek through interaction with others following our monthly themes.
Replays are posted soon after calls end
The Community is also a great place to get support, 24/7!
The Community is where members chat, share, and help one another out.
You’ll be able to ask any question in the community and get support from people further ahead than you. You’ll get fast responses because the members of this community love to serve and support each other.
This kind of support is invaluable. Being able to ask a question and have responses within minutes helps you grow so much faster than if you were studying alone!
Your success is just $65/month, join now, cancel any time.
As a member, you get access to an ever-growing curriculum of Greek courses...
To help you systematically learn the grammar and syntax of NT Greek!
One of the huge benefits of studying with a membership is that you don’t pay per course, and there’s no time pressure on when you have to complete courses by.
As a member, you have access to any course you need, as you need it!
We’re currently revising our intermediate courses, but here’s what we’ve offered in the past.
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Beginning Greek in Small Steps
Course Outcome: You can read 1 John in Greek, and you are proficient in Beginning Greek grammar.
Course Length: ~47 weeks -
Reading Greek
Course Outcome: You can read John's 3 epistles and 4 of Paul's. Your grammar knowledge is expanding to match your reading abilities.
Course Length: 10 weeks -
Interpretation of Ephesians
Course Outcome: Greater interpretation skills, and understanding of hermeneutics. Clarity in the text of Ephesians.
Course Length: 14 weeks -
Greek Syntax (Soon to be updated to Greek Exegesis)
Course Outcome: Greater skill in reading, translating, and understanding of the intended meaning of the author. You're prepared for exegesis.
Course Length: 15 weeks
We’re always adding more courses to this membership!
In this way, the value of the membership is continually increasing – even though the price never goes up for existing members.
The Price?
Less than a third of Seminary.
The outcome?
Far Greater than Seminary!
Let me show you...
When I went to seminary, I paid $8621 USD (adjusted for inflation) for seven classes of Greek over 7 semesters.
That included Beginning Greek, two semesters of Greek Exegesis, and then two more semesters of exegeting a few different NT books, and one class reading through the Church Fathers.
But I was not taught how to read Greek (even in my Church Fathers class).
I had to do a lot of self-directed work outside of my regular seminary studies to learn how to read.
The Greek Mastery Membership makes this much more cost effective…
You could learn to read the whole Greek New Testament in 4 years.
The Greek Mastery Membership is just US$60/month, but when you commit to a year up front, you get one month free (total: US$660/year).
So, if you stayed in the Mastery Membership for four years, your grand total would be $2640.
That’s just 30.07% of what I paid for only seven classes of seminary…
And for a far more thorough education in biblical Greek than I ever got!
Most of those who learn Greek in seminary forget what they’ve learned.
Our members continue to grow in confidence and capability in Greek, year after year.
Is that what you want? To learn, to grow, to gain confidence with New Testament Greek?
If so, let’s get started!
Start Your Journey Right Now
Greek Mastery Membership
Everything You Need to Master the Greek New Testament-
Beginning Greek in Small Steps
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Live Cohort Calls
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Replays of All Calls
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BMA Community
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Office Hours Calls
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Greek Workshop Calls
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Additional Advanced Courses
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Small Consistent Steps through the Greek New Testament
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Recognition of your Progress
Premium Languages Membership
Master Greek and Hebrew-
Beginning Greek in Small Steps
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Live Cohort Calls
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Replays of All Calls
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BMA Community
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Office Hours Calls
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Greek Workshop Calls
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Additional Advanced Courses
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Small Consistent Steps through the Greek New Testament
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Recognition of your Progress
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Beginning Hebrew Course
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Hebrew Milestones for Small Consistent Steps
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Advanced Hebrew Courses and Calls
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Greek Workshops (Dive deep in to participles, moods, and more)
Dr. Darryl Burling
Founder & CEO
Biblical Mastery Academy
Join the membership, and if you are not satisfied within 14 days, just let us know, and we will gladly refund your money. We have the most comprehensive system for learning Greek and are confident you can make serious progress from where you are in short order.
Your success is just $65/month, join now, cancel any time.
FAQ
Can I Cancel My Monthly Membership Any Time?
Yes, you can cancel your monthly membership at any point. When you cancel, you must acknowledge you will lose your current pricing. One of the benefits of being a member is that the price will never go up for you.
Can I Pay Annually?
Yes, you can pay annually. When you pay annually, you get one month free each year! Giving you a free month is our way of saying thanks for your commitment! Just move the slider in the top right corner when you check out.
Will I Need To Buy Any Other Resources?
Yes, you will need two apps: ParseGreek and Flashcards Deluxe from the App Store or Google Play store. These are low-priced one time purchases.
Other than that, we provide you with all the written instructions, videos, exercises, vocabulary you’ll need, and more!
Note that support for Beginning Greek in Small Steps in ParseGreek is pending the next update and not something we have any control over. Thanks for your patience!
Do I Have To Start With Beginning Greek?
Not at all. The membership is designed to be flexible! If you’ve already learned Greek, you can start with another course that is more suited to your level, and you can access Beginning Greek to brush up on the basics.
I'm Already Studying Greek. Will This Be Beneficial To Me?
If you are studying Greek in seminary or college, the Greek Mastery Membership can be a great way to go further than your academic course will take you. Many seminary students enrol with us to learn reading skills that they find are not being taught in their courses.
If you’re self-studying, you will be surprised at how much faster you can learn with our complete systematic approach!
Why is this a membership?
There are several reasons why we offer a membership rather than just courses:
- We are invested (actually we’re obsessed) with your success
- Reduces your up-front costs
- Go further in your learning than just a course
We’re committed to a membership because it is the best way to help you get the long term results you’re after, and it allows us to continue to invest in the tools and resources that you need to be successful.
Join today and start your journey to know the word of God better!
Your success is just $65/month, join now, cancel any time.