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Originally Posted by trevorjohnson  Learning Greek and Hebrew takes precedence. These can easily enough be "lost tools of learning" whatever that means (presumably from Douglas Wilson's book on inculturating kids into Western culture). Arabic, Mandarin or (if Roman script is desired) Indonesian can provide grammar lessons and the mental work in linguistics just as well as latin.
Again: outside of the Bible, most any language will do - if it has a purpose.
My point again, is that once you make the biblical languages a priority, your 3rd and 4th priorites are based on need rather than any appeal to western heritage. Latin need not be on any pedestal higher than Arabic.
Perhaps learnings Spanish after Greek and Hebrew might be asserted as a clear priority in our country. |
Trevor, the Lost Tool of Learning was a speech that Dorothy Sayers delivered at Oxford. Doug Wilson may also have been influenced by the speech along many many others. Here is a link to the speech:
http://www.gbt.org/text/sayers.html
Don't let DW put you off of a style of learning that is centuries old and trained some of the best minds in the world.