It's been a joy to be a part of the first iteration of this as you develop the content! I look forward to its completion as well as my own development in the language.
I’m starting a Masters in Old Testament and Hebrew at the same time. There’s no Greek in the program, so I’d love to start Greek after I have a semester of Hebrew under my belt. Your course looks about 10 million times more doable than Mounce!
I learned using Mounce, then taught it for a few years. This comes after seeing what students struggle with in that and also with Beginning with NT Greek. Both are good, but are designed for seminary not for self study. I look forward to serving you!
Literally, you coulndt have said it better! I spent a long time vetting which direction to go and weighing the pros and cons. I debated for too long on starting this ... and the debate is over. Sometimes when God says jump, you just need to obey. I don't regret it for even a second!
This is such an inspirational video. One of the problems with many first-year Greek texts is that they are either too streamlined, so that much of the morphology and vocabulary needed for intermediate understanding is lacking; or else there is too much detail, leaving the student overwhelmed. I would like to see a compromise on that front, which would include a lower level intermediate program that begins extended reading and expands syntax, but also further develops the morphology and vocabulary needed to read more advanced texts. Too many students jump into Wallace without being adequately prepared.
I've got a Reading Greek course that I'm also going to work on. I'm still on the fence whether I incorporate it into this grammar or make it its own resource. I agree regarding Wallace. I've found most people don't know why you'd want to know advanced Greek after learning to read, so we teach interpretation (hermeneutics and exegesis) before we teach advanced Greek. Hermeneutics provides context for the more advanced grammatical discussion.
A great video Darryl. You expressed the benefits of your course/program without putting seminaries or other grammars down, in fact you mention their strengths whilst it is clear where yours are. I will share the video in my Facebook group.
This sounds amazing! I’ve been attempting to learn by way of self study. I’ve made progress but still left with a lot of questions. Very excited to join the membership and try this course.
Hey Darryl, it’s Gordon, don’t worry if you don’t remember, goal for 2024 to get back to Greek as I left it off far too long, gonna look to get signed back up in membership here soon, all the best until then!!!
Thank you Darryl for putting in the time and thought to open up the Greek language for the common man. You have put your finger on a much needed service.
2:44 Totally agree with you regarding information overload, Mark! I can understand that approach if you are a full-time student and only have a few classes. But for many of us adult learners we feel like we're a square peg being shoved into a round hole with that approach. I'd love to know what your thoughts are about learning case endings separate from vocabulary. For example, where one can identify the nominative, dative, genitive, etc. in a sentence even if you are still learning the words. I'm working through the book of James and I'm beginning to see the function of the words within the context of the sentence, even when I don't know what the word means. Not saying it's the right way, but it is kinda fun to at least begin to see patterns that might help me become familiar with what words look like (even unfamiliar ones) when it's the subject, or a direct object, or possessive, or a preposition, etc.
As a current member of BMA, I can highly recommend not only this new course but the whole program. BMA facilitates success because each student learns at their own pace. As Darryl says in the video, there really is no stick in the BMA method, just tons of encouragement and help.
