Ok, let's recap 2022 for Greek and look forward to Hebrew!
GreekSo far I have reviewed a good bit of Greek using Duff's textbook (which I am not a fan of). I reviewed the noun, adjective and pronoun systems (for most declensions), propositions, and gotten a basic feel for various verb tenses and moods. Work remains yet on the verb front (and other's I'm sure!), but progress has been made. We made it to about lesson 8 in Duff's book. I have sense switched back to the tried and true book that I think is one of the best for Biblical Greek, Mounce's
Basics of Biblical Greek. I intend to prioritize completing Mounce's venerable tome this year. I plan to complete it by Summer, but we'll see how it all works out. Regardless, my plan once I have finished the textbook is to read from the Reader's Edition of the New Testament I have (which is based on the UBS5 text; I tend to prefer the NA text myself but I can't complain, especially not at this stage of my study) and/or from the Reader's Edition of the Septuagint I also have. I'll probably start with the New Testament, and eventually break into the Septuagint, but hey, you never know.
I used to post readings and parsing on another forum (UL) as I was working through reading New Testament texts back a few years ago, so that others could comment and correct my errors. I might do the same here in some fashion. I found it helpful then and see no reason why it wouldn't be now. I'll just have to work out the implementation of it once I get that far.
I also plan to add in some Attic Greek (probably from Mastronarde's
Introduction to Attic Greek, but maybe I'll end up going with
Reading Greek instead) this Summer. That way I can get a feel for the wider Ancient Greek world. After I lay proper foundations with Greek I'll tackle Latin for my own personal amusement/enjoyment. But this isn't the time to worry about Latin.
HebrewThis one I am largely sitting on my hands until February for now. I am not sure what textbook will be used for the class, nor can I predict at what speed it will go. I did bring a copy of Kutz & Josenburger's
Learning Biblical Hebrew: Reading for Comprehension with me, but as I cannot say with any certainty that is the text we are using, I dare not touch it much in the meantime. I suppose I could use it to get a jump start, but considering I kind of already have a jump start being able to read Hebrew, and remembering basics such as the noun system and the very basics of verbs, it's probably best to just hold off. I don't want to look like too much of a smart ass. Either way, I intend to finish a textbook (whether it is the one for the class I am taking, or I do something similar to Greek and switch back to Kutz & Josenburger) by the end of 2023. After that, the plan is basically the same as Greek. Read from my Reader's Edition of the Old Testament. Depending on how the course goes, I will tentatively plan to finish my Hebrew textbook in the Fall sometime. It will gain just as much priority as Greek once the course starts up.
I will plan to post updates every three days, but may slacken the pace to weekly depending on the circumstances. I'll post my first set of goals for this week tomorrow January 1, 2023.
