Intro to Biblical Language Linguistics Course

A self-paced introduction to the linguistics behind reading biblical Greek and Hebrew — semantics, morphology, syntax, and pragmatics.

Taught by Dr. Kevin Grasso, author of Reading Greek Deeply

4 modules
25 lessons
25 quizzes
4 section exams
about 4 hours of video
about 66 minutes of reading
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What you'll learn

Analyze meaning precisely: lexical vs. functional meaning, entailment vs. implicature, sense vs. reference, and truth conditions.
Break Greek and Hebrew words into their morphemes and tell derivation from inflection.
Read sentence structure: heads and phrases, arguments and adjuncts, and movement.
Recognize what a text communicates beyond its literal words: implicature, presupposition, topic and focus.
Bring these tools to bear on real passages from the Greek New Testament and the Hebrew Bible.

Course curriculum

4 modules · 25 lessons · 4 exams · about 4 hours of video · about 66 minutes of reading

Start hereWelcome1 lesson · 2 min video

What linguistics is, why it matters for reading the Bible in Greek and Hebrew, and how this course is organized.

IntroIntroduction to Biblical Language Linguistics▶ 2 min · 5 min read · quiz

Module 1Semantics7 lessons · exam · 49 min video

How meaning works: lexical and functional morphemes, compositionality, entailment and implicature, sense and reference, and truth conditions.

Watch the full semantics lecture

Module 2Morphology5 lessons · exam · 60 min video

The structure of words: morphemes and lexemes, and how derivation and inflection build the forms of Greek and Hebrew.

Watch the full morphology lecture

Module 3Syntax7 lessons · exam · 67 min video

How morphemes combine into phrases and clauses: heads and phrases, arguments and adjuncts, movement, and the structure of the clause.

Watch the full syntax lecture

Module 4Pragmatics5 lessons · exam · 57 min video

What speakers mean beyond what they say: implicature, speech acts, presupposition, and information structure.

Watch the full pragmatics lecture

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