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The Biblical Languages Podcast (brought to you by Biblingo)

How Linguistics Helps Us Understand the Bible

55 min • 8 december 2020

In this episode, Biblingo Product Manager Dr. Josh Mann talks with Biblingo founder and CEO Kevin Grasso about how linguistics helps us understand the biblical texts. They define the field of linguistics, describes a few areas of study within it, and offer an example in both Hebrew and Greek to demonstrate how a knowledge of linguistics can illuminate the Bible.

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How to Read and Understand Different Bible Translations (New Testament Bible Translation: Part 6)

29 september 2023 | 51 min

The NIV Bible and Pauline Theology with Doug Moo (New Testament Bible Translation: Part 5)

13 september 2023 | 45 min

Ephesians and the New Living Translation with Lynn Cohick (New Testament Bible Translation: Part 4)

6 september 2023 | 69 min

The Legacy Standard Bible with William Varner (New Testament Bible Translation: Part 3)

30 augusti 2023 | 61 min

The Second Testament with Scot McKnight (New Testament Bible Translation: Part 2)

23 augusti 2023 | 51 min

Exploring Translation Theories with Anthony Pym (New Testament Bible Translation: Part 1)

16 augusti 2023 | 58 min

Pronunciation of New Testament Greek with Ben Kantor

3 augusti 2023 | 76 min

The Meaning of εὐαγγέλιον (Gospel) and πίστις (Faith/Allegiance) with Matthew Bates

16 maj 2023 | 53 min

Metaphors in Biblical Hebrew: Deuteronomy 6:5 and the Meaning of לֵבָב ("Heart"?)

28 februari 2023 | 10 min

The Shema in Biblical Hebrew: Deuteronomy 6:4 and the Meaning of אֶחָד (One or Alone?)

25 januari 2023 | 14 min

Reading the Septuagint and Greek New Testament in a Year with Matthew Thomas

30 december 2022 | 74 min

Key Terms and Texts in Pauline Theology (Key Terms in Pauline Theology: Part 7)

2 november 2022 | 102 min

The Inward Jew: Romans 2:28-29 and Biblical Greek Syntax

24 oktober 2022 | 23 min

The Meaning of Ισραήλ (Israel) in Paul with Jason Staples (Key Terms in Pauline Theology: Part 6)

19 oktober 2022 | 97 min

Gentiles and Torah: Romans 2:14 and the Nature of Biblical Greek Adverbs

14 oktober 2022 | 11 min

The Meaning of νόμος (Law or Torah) in Paul with John Collins (Key Terms in Pauline Theology: Part 5)

12 oktober 2022 | 57 min

Justified or Made Righteous? Biblical Greek, Lexical Semantics, and Romans 3:24

8 oktober 2022 | 18 min

The Meaning of δικαιόω (Justify) in Paul with James Prothro (Key Terms in Pauline Theology: Part 4)

5 oktober 2022 | 105 min

From the Faith for the Faith: Pistis in Romans 1:17 and Habakkuk 2:4

30 september 2022 | 12 min

The Meaning of πίστις (faith) in Paul with Teresa Morgan (Key Terms in Pauline Theology: Part 3)

28 september 2022 | 66 min

The Jesus-Christ-Faith: Galatians 3:22 and The Pistis Christou Debate

23 september 2022 | 13 min

The Meaning of Χριστός (Christ) in Paul with Matthew Novenson (Key Terms in Pauline Theology: Part 2)

21 september 2022 | 56 min

Christ is the τέλος of the Law? A Better Translation of Romans 10:4

16 september 2022 | 14 min

The Significance of Jesus as Messiah with Joshua Jipp (Key Terms in Pauline Theology: Part 1)

14 september 2022 | 76 min

How to Analyze Word Order in the Biblical Languages (Part 8 of Word Order)

27 augusti 2022 | 33 min

The Syntax of Negation in Biblical Greek with Chiara Gianollo (Part 7 of Word Order)

19 augusti 2022 | 56 min

Topic, Focus, and Questions in Biblical Greek (Part 6 of Word Order)

12 augusti 2022 | 79 min

Basic Word Order in Biblical Greek: VSO, SVO, or Both? (Part 5 of Word Order)

14 juli 2022 | 73 min

Practicing the Biblical Languages 30 Minutes Every Day with Alan Cossey

7 juli 2022 | 30 min

Speaking Ancient Languages, Translating vs. Glossing, and Explicit Grammar

29 juni 2022 | 60 min

Grammar-Translation, Communicative Approaches, and Ancient Languages

23 juni 2022 | 65 min

The VS vs. SV Debate in Biblical Hebrew (Part 4 of Word Order)

10 juni 2022 | 84 min

How to Pass a Hebrew (or Greek) Competency Exam with Teresa Kovac

3 juni 2022 | 26 min

Copula and Existential Clauses in Biblical Hebrew with Daniel Wilson (Part 3 of Word Order)

27 maj 2022 | 71 min

Basic Word Order in Biblical Hebrew with Vince DeCaen (Part 2 of Word Order)

20 maj 2022 | 68 min

Introduction to Word Order with Paul Kroeger (Part 1 of Word Order)

13 maj 2022 | 72 min

Basic Pragmatics Concepts (Part 4 of Biblical Language Linguistics)

29 april 2022 | 58 min

Basic Syntax Concepts (Part 3 of Biblical Language Linguistics)

23 april 2022 | 68 min

Basic Morphology Concepts (Part 2 of Biblical Language Linguistics)

15 april 2022 | 61 min

Basic Semantic Concepts (Part 1 of Biblical Language Linguistics)

8 april 2022 | 52 min

A Quick Update - 2022 Kickoff

6 april 2022 | 4 min

Do We Really Need Exegesis?

16 december 2021 | 49 min

The Role of the Biblical Text in Language Learning

9 december 2021 | 22 min

Biblical Hebrew Verb Classes and Alternations

2 december 2021 | 56 min

Who Killed Deponency?

17 november 2021 | 22 min

How To Refresh Your Greek Curriculum (with Bob Jones University)

3 november 2021 | 54 min

How to Know What Biblical Hebrew Words Mean (Part 8 of Lexical Semantics)

27 oktober 2021 | 49 min

Bonus Episode: Data, Fallacies, and Objections (Part 7 of Lexical Semantics)

20 oktober 2021 | 50 min

How to Know What Biblical Greek Words Mean (Part 6 of Lexical Semantics)

13 oktober 2021 | 60 min

Biblical Hebrew Word Study (Locative Verbs) with Keren Dubnov (Part 5 of Lexical Semantics)

6 oktober 2021 | 50 min

Biblical Greek Word Study (πίστις) with Nijay Gupta (Part 4 of Lexical Semantics)

29 september 2021 | 72 min

Biblical Hebrew Lexicography with Reinier de Blois (Part 3 of Lexical Semantics)

22 september 2021 | 64 min

Greek and Septuagint Lexicography with William Ross (Part 2 of Lexical Semantics)

15 september 2021 | 68 min

Foundations of Lexical Semantics with Malka Rappaport Hovav (Part 1 of Lexical Semantics)

8 september 2021 | 63 min

The Future of Biblical Language Pedagogy (Part 6 of Biblical Language Pedagogy)

11 maj 2021 | 60 min

Current Trends in Biblical Language Pedagogy with Rob Plummer (Part 5 of Biblical Language Pedagogy)

3 maj 2021 | 64 min

Biblical Language Pedagogy in Crisis with David Miller (Part 4 of Biblical Language Pedagogy)

26 april 2021 | 61 min

Speaking the Biblical Languages with Christophe Rico (Part 3 of Biblical Language Pedagogy)

19 april 2021 | 62 min

Comprehensible Input and Communicative Methods with Bethany Case (Part 2 of Biblical Language Pedagogy)

12 april 2021 | 39 min

The Four Strands of Language Learning with Paul Nation (Part 1 of Biblical Language Pedagogy)

5 april 2021 | 58 min

How to Interpret Biblical Greek Verbs (Part 5 of the Verbal Systems of the Biblical Languages)

23 februari 2021 | 60 min

How to Interpret Biblical Hebrew Verbs (Part 4 of the Verbal Systems of the Biblical Languages)

10 februari 2021 | 65 min

The Biblical Greek Verbal System with Steve Runge (Part 3 of the Verbal Systems of the Biblical Languages)

1 februari 2021 | 58 min

The Biblical Hebrew Verbal System with John Cook (Part 2 of the Verbal Systems of the Biblical Languages)

25 januari 2021 | 55 min

Tense, Aspect, and Modality with Nora Boneh (Part 1 of The Verbal Systems of the Biblical Languages)

18 januari 2021 | 54 min

An Interview with Dr. Robert Holmstedt on Intermediate Biblical Hebrew

23 december 2020 | 50 min

An Interview with Dr. Matthew Bates on his book, Gospel Allegiance

15 december 2020 | 52 min

How Linguistics Helps Us Understand the Bible

8 december 2020 | 55 min

Studying the Cultural Context of the Bible

1 december 2020 | 47 min

How to Learn the Biblical Languages

16 november 2020 | 47 min

Why Learn the Biblical Languages?

2 november 2020 | 45 min

How Linguistics Helps Us Understand the Bible

Senaste avsnitt

The Biblical Languages and Apologetics with Wes Huff

The Grammar of Christmas

ETS/SBL Conversations 2024

The Oxford Annotated Mishnah with Shaye J.D. Cohen

A Review of Campbell's "Basics of Verbal Aspect in Biblical Greek" (Pt 3)

How to Interpret Biblical Greek Verbs

A Review of Campbell's "Basics of Verbal Aspect in Biblical Greek" (Pt 2)

Tense, Aspect, and Modality with Nora Boneh

A Review of Campbell's "Basics of Verbal Aspect in Biblical Greek" (Pt 1)

How to read deeply in Greek and Hebrew

The Dead Sea Scrolls with Esther Chazon

The Text of the Greek New Testament with Peter Gurry

Second Language Acquisition for Biblical Studies with Jennifer Noonan

The Grammar of Good Friday and Easter

Greek Readings Outside the New Testament with Max Botner

A Greek Reader: Companion to A Primer of Biblical Greek with Mark Jeong

Paul and the Resurrection of Israel with Jason Staples

The Reading Brain: Insights from Neuroscience with Maryanne Wolf

How to Read and Understand Different Bible Translations (New Testament Bible Translation: Part 6)

The NIV Bible and Pauline Theology with Doug Moo (New Testament Bible Translation: Part 5)

Ephesians and the New Living Translation with Lynn Cohick (New Testament Bible Translation: Part 4)

The Legacy Standard Bible with William Varner (New Testament Bible Translation: Part 3)

The Second Testament with Scot McKnight (New Testament Bible Translation: Part 2)

Exploring Translation Theories with Anthony Pym (New Testament Bible Translation: Part 1)

Pronunciation of New Testament Greek with Ben Kantor

The Meaning of εὐαγγέλιον (Gospel) and πίστις (Faith/Allegiance) with Matthew Bates

Metaphors in Biblical Hebrew: Deuteronomy 6:5 and the Meaning of לֵבָב ("Heart"?)

The Shema in Biblical Hebrew: Deuteronomy 6:4 and the Meaning of אֶחָד (One or Alone?)

Reading the Septuagint and Greek New Testament in a Year with Matthew Thomas

Key Terms and Texts in Pauline Theology (Key Terms in Pauline Theology: Part 7)

The Inward Jew: Romans 2:28-29 and Biblical Greek Syntax

The Meaning of Ισραήλ (Israel) in Paul with Jason Staples (Key Terms in Pauline Theology: Part 6)

Gentiles and Torah: Romans 2:14 and the Nature of Biblical Greek Adverbs

The Meaning of νόμος (Law or Torah) in Paul with John Collins (Key Terms in Pauline Theology: Part 5)

Justified or Made Righteous? Biblical Greek, Lexical Semantics, and Romans 3:24

The Meaning of δικαιόω (Justify) in Paul with James Prothro (Key Terms in Pauline Theology: Part 4)

From the Faith for the Faith: Pistis in Romans 1:17 and Habakkuk 2:4

The Meaning of πίστις (faith) in Paul with Teresa Morgan (Key Terms in Pauline Theology: Part 3)

The Jesus-Christ-Faith: Galatians 3:22 and The Pistis Christou Debate

The Meaning of Χριστός (Christ) in Paul with Matthew Novenson (Key Terms in Pauline Theology: Part 2)

Christ is the τέλος of the Law? A Better Translation of Romans 10:4

The Significance of Jesus as Messiah with Joshua Jipp (Key Terms in Pauline Theology: Part 1)

How to Analyze Word Order in the Biblical Languages (Part 8 of Word Order)

The Syntax of Negation in Biblical Greek with Chiara Gianollo (Part 7 of Word Order)

Topic, Focus, and Questions in Biblical Greek (Part 6 of Word Order)

Basic Word Order in Biblical Greek: VSO, SVO, or Both? (Part 5 of Word Order)

Practicing the Biblical Languages 30 Minutes Every Day with Alan Cossey

Speaking Ancient Languages, Translating vs. Glossing, and Explicit Grammar

Grammar-Translation, Communicative Approaches, and Ancient Languages

The VS vs. SV Debate in Biblical Hebrew (Part 4 of Word Order)

How to Pass a Hebrew (or Greek) Competency Exam with Teresa Kovac

Copula and Existential Clauses in Biblical Hebrew with Daniel Wilson (Part 3 of Word Order)

Basic Word Order in Biblical Hebrew with Vince DeCaen (Part 2 of Word Order)

Introduction to Word Order with Paul Kroeger (Part 1 of Word Order)

Basic Pragmatics Concepts (Part 4 of Biblical Language Linguistics)

Basic Syntax Concepts (Part 3 of Biblical Language Linguistics)

Basic Morphology Concepts (Part 2 of Biblical Language Linguistics)

Basic Semantic Concepts (Part 1 of Biblical Language Linguistics)

A Quick Update - 2022 Kickoff

Do We Really Need Exegesis?

The Role of the Biblical Text in Language Learning

Biblical Hebrew Verb Classes and Alternations

Who Killed Deponency?

How To Refresh Your Greek Curriculum (with Bob Jones University)

How to Know What Biblical Hebrew Words Mean (Part 8 of Lexical Semantics)

Bonus Episode: Data, Fallacies, and Objections (Part 7 of Lexical Semantics)

How to Know What Biblical Greek Words Mean (Part 6 of Lexical Semantics)

Biblical Hebrew Word Study (Locative Verbs) with Keren Dubnov (Part 5 of Lexical Semantics)

Biblical Greek Word Study (πίστις) with Nijay Gupta (Part 4 of Lexical Semantics)

Biblical Hebrew Lexicography with Reinier de Blois (Part 3 of Lexical Semantics)

Greek and Septuagint Lexicography with William Ross (Part 2 of Lexical Semantics)

Foundations of Lexical Semantics with Malka Rappaport Hovav (Part 1 of Lexical Semantics)

The Future of Biblical Language Pedagogy (Part 6 of Biblical Language Pedagogy)

Current Trends in Biblical Language Pedagogy with Rob Plummer (Part 5 of Biblical Language Pedagogy)

Biblical Language Pedagogy in Crisis with David Miller (Part 4 of Biblical Language Pedagogy)

Speaking the Biblical Languages with Christophe Rico (Part 3 of Biblical Language Pedagogy)

Comprehensible Input and Communicative Methods with Bethany Case (Part 2 of Biblical Language Pedagogy)

The Four Strands of Language Learning with Paul Nation (Part 1 of Biblical Language Pedagogy)