Priรciℓℓα ☼ asked:
I’m going to Baptist Bible College in Clarks Summit, PA in January, and my admissions counselor told me that they are going to make me learn so much Greek my brain is going to explode (not in those words)
I’m going to Baptist Bible College in Clarks Summit, PA in January, and my admissions counselor told me that they are going to make me learn so much Greek my brain is going to explode (not in those words)
In Bible College, do they make you learn the ENTIRE Greek language or just certain relevant parts? My parents made me go to Hebrew School was I was a kid, and they only made us learn certain aspects of the Hebrew language.. it was 2 hours of pure misery every tuesday night.
Is Greek a difficult language?
July 23rd, 2010 - 9:33 am
it probably is a hard language to learn…but having to read the bible and learn greek at the same time makes everything more difficult
July 25th, 2010 - 4:49 pm
no, but you will study greek and with any luck learn to read and write it. so …ya, you won’t have to memorize the entire bible. but just like any language, if you can read, it doesn’t matter how long it is or what it is, because you can read it, so essentially if you learn to read it, you’ve learned everything written in greek…sort of…
July 28th, 2010 - 6:55 pm
I think that you will find it challenging, but if you learned Hebrew that will make this easier..
Great that you are going to Bible College..
July 31st, 2010 - 12:01 am
I think it is probably difficult, but I would LOVE to learn Greek!
July 31st, 2010 - 2:54 am
I’ve taken both and Greek will be easier for you because much of English is rooted in Greek. There are some cognates but most of the similarity is in the roots. Also, the alphabet is easier to learn.
It’s not an easy language, but your appreciation for and command of English will be greater after studying Greek. And of course you will understand the New Testament much better.
August 2nd, 2010 - 8:18 pm
Yeah, whaddya ya wanna learn yourself Greek for, anyway? By golly, if English was good enough for Jesus, it’s good enough for me.
August 5th, 2010 - 2:16 pm
“They WON’T teach you how to rearrange the
books of the Old and New Testaments from
reading in-depth, to place the Books of the
Old Testament Prophets, as they had met
each other.”
“For instance, Obadiah’s time was when Elijah
was Leader of the LORD’s Band of Prophets.”
“Yet, his text isn’t found until near the end of
the Old Testament.”
“Also, the Earth wasn’t five hundred years old,
at the time of the Great Flood. Yet, after the
LORD had declared that man shall only Live
for one hundred-twenty years, all of the early
patriarchates were already past one hundred
and twenty years old, except for Noah.”
August 6th, 2010 - 6:28 am
yea it’s a hard language to learn. You will also learn latin, and more Hebrew too. You should feel lucky, I’m becoming a priest for the Catholic Church, I have to learn every language in the world.
August 8th, 2010 - 6:24 am
Greek is easy. If you have even a basic knowledge of Hebrew, Koine Greek should be a breeze. You probably wont even have to worry about accent rules. If you are good at language, you should be able to read the New Testament within a year of studying Greek.
But if you are going to any college, be prepared to have far more than 2 hours of misery every tuesday night. If you are serious about education, you will be pushed harden that you ever have been. Look forward to 5-6 hours of misery every night if you want to maintain a high GPA.
August 10th, 2010 - 5:34 am
It’s no more difficult than Spanish or many other languages.
And no, you’re not going to learn the ENTIRE Greek language. No one knows any ENTIRE language. You don’t know the ENTIRE English language, do you? Of course not, even though you’re fluent in it.
You probably won’t even become fluent in Greek. What you will learn is the alphabet, and most of the words used in the New Testament, and a goodly number of grammatical rules. According to Mounce, there are 5437 words in the NT, but only 319 of them account for 80% of the text. For example, learn the one word “kai” (“and”), and you’ve already learned almost 7% of the New Testament.
Easy-Peezy. (Sort of.)
August 11th, 2010 - 2:49 pm
You will learn biblical Greek (Koine) which is simpler than the classical Greek you might learn at a secular university. (Both are different from modern Greek). Greek is difficult because the grammar is more complex than English and the writing is different. It doesn’t really have anything to do with Hebrew. If you’re interested in the Bible, Greek will open up your understanding, which can be very exciting. Look for Dr. James Voelz on iTunes University and get a head start!