I am currently learning Hebrew and it is great fun!

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Richard
CofE
UK

That's how I found it also.

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Yours sincerely,


"Illum oportet crescere me autem minui."

Granted I am at the beginning of my studies but even learning how to differentiate between the dagesh lene and dagesh forte and between the silent sheva and vocal sheva is enjoyable.

For those who may be interested; if you read this before embarking on studying Hebrew or Greek you will be greatly helped

Should I wait to study Greek if I am still studying Latin? By the end of the school year I will have had 2yrs of Latin. I will continue to study Latin, but I want to study Greek next year or over the summer.

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Traci
Lynnwood OPC
Psalm 52:8-9
8 But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.
9 I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.

Exactly! I would rather go from Attic to Koine than vice versa.

How much Latin have you made it through in 2 years?

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Davidius
Husband of Emilia
Member: First Reformed Presbyterian Church of Durham (RPCNA) - Durham, NC
Student: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, German Literature and Classics

This may explain the old adage about Baptists being Methodists with shoes, and Presbyterians being Baptists who can read. To round out the adage, Lutherans might qualify as Presbyterians who drink to excess, and Episcopalians as Lutherans who know when to say when. - D.G. Hart

Well - it's fun to translate Greek back into Aramaic, too, especially since our LORD spoke in Aramaic (see, e.g. Matthew Black). I studied Aramaic at university, incl. Targums. I found it enriching.

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Independent Reformed Baptist Church (NE England, nr. Durham)

So far I have learned all the cases, 1st-3rd noun declensions, learned imperative mood recently, 3 of the 4 verb conjugations present, future, & perfect tense, lots of translation, just started reverse translation of English into Latin. I am not sure what the rest of the year will hold. I am taking it with my kids so I have no idea how fast or not fast we are going compared to a college Latin course.

hmm Original Language? Well, we all know that Adam and Eve spoke Hebrew. Ha Ha. I couldn't resist.

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Timothy Johnson
First United Presbyterian of Moline
PCUSA (Yea, I know)
Theology/Philosophy Sunday School Teacher
Davenport, IA

Almost all of the grammar required to read most texts is covered during the first year of college instruction, but one obviously wouldn't do so much so quickly when studying at home with children. It sounds like you're doing really well. I don't imagine that there would be any reason not to go ahead and begin Greek studies.