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Biblical Languages

The Decline of Biblical Languages

In 1816, Harvard University published a circular letter in response to enquiries about admissions standards for ministry students. Candidates for admission, it said, “must be thoroughly acquainted with the grammar of the Latin and Greek languages” and “be able properly to construe and parse any portion” of the Greek New Testament.1 Fast forward to the …

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Home for Bible Translators Partners with BibleMesh Biblical Languages

Home for Bible Translators (HBT) can be found nestled in the Judean hills just outside of Jerusalem in Yad haSh’mona. Mother tongue Bible translators from 35 different countries have made the journey from their own countries to HBT to learn the language of the Bible in the land of the Bible so that they are …

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Daniel Gya, Bible Translator, Nigeria, Talks about Studying Hebrew with BibleMesh

Daniel Gya, a Bible translator from Nigeria, in 2013 spent 6 months in Israel at Home for Bible Translators as part of his training to become a Translation Consultant. Whilst there he had access to Biblemesh’s Biblical Hebrew Program. In this video he is talking to Timothy Edwards about his time in Israel and his …

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Ligon Duncan on “Why Learn Biblical Hebrew in Addition to Greek?”

In August 2013 it was announced that Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III would serve as Chancellor and CEO of Reformed Theological Seminary. For the past seventeen years he has been the senior minister at First Presbyterian Church, Jackson, Mississippi. Dr. Duncan currently also teaches systematic and historical theology at RTS in Jackson, and is the …

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Biswick Nkhoma, Bible Translator, Malawi, on the Importance of Studying Biblical Languages

Biswick Nkhoma is a Bible translator, biblical studies professor, and biblical Hebrew teacher in Malawi. In 2013 he spent six months in Israel at the Home for Bible Translators. Whilst there he supplemented his studies with the BibleMesh Biblical Hebrew program. In the video below he talks about the importance of studying the biblical languages …

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Ligon Duncan on “Why Know the Biblical Languages When There Are Good English Translations?”

In August 2013 it was announced that Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III would serve as Chancellor and CEO of Reformed Theological Seminary. For the past seventeen years he has been the senior minister at First Presbyterian Church, Jackson, Mississippi. Dr. Duncan currently also teaches systematic and historical theology at RTS in Jackson, and is the …

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