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Working through the why and the how of reading Scripture in the original languages. Free, ungated, and written to be read.
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Three Years on the Path: What Level 16 Actually Looks Like
Joshua Lubben started with BMA in January 2023 with no previous Greek experience. Three years later he is at Level 16, reading the Psalms from the Septuagint before work and the Greek New Testament on his lunch breaks. This is what he shared with a newer member who asked what the path ahead looked like.
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Do we need to analyze the Bible?
The New Testament authors wrote naturally, not parsing their grammar. Why analyze it so closely? Because inspiration reaches the words, and exegesis demands it.
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The cost of losing Greek
The church is losing its ability to read and exegete Greek. How the languages slipped from the seminary, and why their recovery is the church's task to demand.
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Did Jesus Speak Greek?
Jesus spoke Aramaic, and almost certainly Greek too. An excursus on the languages of first-century Palestine and the question of a lost Aramaic Matthew.
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How did Greek come to be significant for the church?
Jesus spoke Greek. How Alexander's conquests made Greek the language of Israel, the Septuagint, and the early church, and why that heritage still matters.
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The benefits of learning Greek
Most modern Christians engage Scripture only through translation. This is the case for closing the language, time, cultural, and worldview gaps by learning Greek.