
The Biblical Languages Podcast (brought to you by Biblingo)
The Biblical Languages Podcast hosts discussions and interviews related to learning the biblical languages and issues relevant to biblical exegesis.
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Sep 14, 2022 • 1h 16min
The Significance of Jesus as Messiah with Joshua Jipp (Key Terms in Pauline Theology: Part 1)
In this episode of the Biblical Languages Podcast, Kevin Grasso talks with Dr. Joshua Jipp about the significance of Jesus as Messiah in Pauline Theology.
Dr. Jipp has taught New Testament in a variety of settings, including as a Teaching Fellow at TEDS, before joining the faculty at Trinity. He has published essays in Themelios, Journal of Theological Interpretation, Journal for the Study of the New Testament, Catholic Biblical Quarterly, Bulletin of Biblical Research, New Testament Studies, Horizons in Biblical Theology, Journal of Biblical Literature, and Journal of Theological Studies. He loves reading novels, playing all kinds of sports (esp. baseball) with his kids, being outdoors, listening to music, and having great conversations with his wife.
Kevin and Josh discuss a variety of questions, such as:
How do we decide what terms are central to a Paul's letters, or any given corpus?
How has recent scholarship changed our understanding of Χριστός ("Messiah")?
If Jesus is the messiah, how does that affect Paul’s understanding of our response to him, specifically as it relates to πίστις ("faith")?
Given Jesus as Messiah, how does that affect Paul’s understanding of νόμος ("the Torah")?
How does the Messiah’s coming change the identity of Ἰσραήλ (“Israel”)?
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Show notes available at: https://biblingo.org/blog/the-significance-of-jesus-as-messiah-with-joshua-jipp/

Aug 27, 2022 • 33min
How to Analyze Word Order in the Biblical Languages (Part 8 of Word Order)
In this episode of the Biblical Languages Podcast, Kevin Grasso discusses how to analyze word order in biblical Greek and biblical Hebrew.
Show notes at: https://biblingo.org/blog/how-to-analyze-word-order-in-the-biblical-languages/

Aug 19, 2022 • 56min
The Syntax of Negation in Biblical Greek with Chiara Gianollo (Part 7 of Word Order)
In this episode of the Biblical Languages Podcast, Kevin Grasso talks with Dr. Chiara Gianollo about the syntax of negation in biblical Greek.
Show notes here: https://biblingo.org/blog/the-syntax-of-negation-in-biblical-greek-with-chiara-gianollo/

Aug 12, 2022 • 1h 19min
Topic, Focus, and Questions in Biblical Greek (Part 6 of Word Order)
In this episode of the Biblical Languages Podcast, Kevin Grasso discusses topic, focus and question words in biblical Greek, and how each of these affects word order.
Show notes available here: https://biblingo.org/blog/topic-focus-and-questions-in-biblical-greek/

Jul 14, 2022 • 1h 13min
Basic Word Order in Biblical Greek: VSO, SVO, or Both? (Part 5 of Word Order)
In this episode of the Biblical Languages Podcast, Kevin Grasso discusses the basic word order of biblical Greek.
Show notes: https://biblingo.org/blog/basic-word-order-in-biblical-greek/

Jul 7, 2022 • 30min
Practicing the Biblical Languages 30 Minutes Every Day with Alan Cossey
In this episode of the Biblical Languages Podcast, Nick Messmer talks with Alan Cossey about his experience learning biblical Greek and Hebrew, including how he has managed to practice 30 minutes nearly every day for 2 years.
Show notes at: https://biblingo.org/practicing-the-biblical-languages-30-minutes-every-day-with-alan-cossey

Jun 29, 2022 • 60min
Speaking Ancient Languages, Translating vs. Glossing, and Explicit Grammar
This episode is a recording of a livestream event hosted by the Ancient Language Institute. They invited Nick Messmer, co-founder of Biblingo and co-host of the Biblical Languages Podcast, to be a part of their roundtable discussion about how to learn ancient languages, specifically in light of modern second language acquisition research. The conversation was about 2 hours long, so we're splitting it up into 2 parts for the podcast. In this second part, we talk about speaking ancient languages, the difference between translating and glossing, and the role of explicit grammar.
Show notes at: https://biblingo.org/blog/speaking-ancient-languages-translating-vs-glossing-and-explicit-grammar/

Jun 23, 2022 • 1h 5min
Grammar-Translation, Communicative Approaches, and Ancient Languages
This episode is a recording of a livestream event hosted by the Ancient Language Institute. They invited Nick Messmer, co-founder of Biblingo and co-host of the Biblical Languages Podcast, to be a part of their roundtable discussion about how to learn ancient languages, specifically in light of modern second language acquisition research. The conversation was about 2 hours long, so we're splitting it up into 2 parts for the podcast. In this first part, we talk about about our backgrounds, the grammar-translation method, comprehensible input, and communicative approaches.
Show notes at: https://biblingo.org/blog/grammar-translation-communicative-approaches-and-ancient-languages/

Jun 10, 2022 • 1h 24min
The VS vs. SV Debate in Biblical Hebrew (Part 4 of Word Order)
In this episode of the Biblical Languages Podcast, Kevin Grasso and Nick Messmer discuss the VS vs. SV debate in biblical Hebrew.
Show notes at: biblingo.org/blog/the-vs-sv-debate-in-biblical-hebrew

Jun 3, 2022 • 26min
How to Pass a Hebrew (or Greek) Competency Exam with Teresa Kovac
In this episode of the Biblical Languages Podcast, Nick Messmer talks with Teresa Kovac about her experience learning biblical Hebrew, including self-studying to pass a Hebrew competency exam and place out of first semester Hebrew.
Show notes at: https://biblingo.org/blog/how-to-pass-a-hebrew-or-greek-competency-exam-with-teresa-kovac/
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