Biblical Languages Central
Biblical Languages Central
By Donald L. Potter
The Mission of Biblical Languages Central is
to provide effective material for learning to read the
Judeo-Christian Scriptures in the Hebrew, Koine Greek, and Church Latin.
The Menu at the top of this page will take you to the page where material for learning each language is presented. On this "Home" page, I want to refer anyone who is struggling with their English to visit my Don Potter Phonics website for a free program in English phonics for anyone wishing to improve his or her English reading and writing ability.
I would also like to highly recommend memorizing the Sermon on the Mount as an aid to improving English and mastering Koine Greek and Church Latin. By memorizing word-for-word the Sermon on the Mount in the KJV, NJKV, ESV, NASV or other literal version, you will be able to use it as a kind of Rosetta Stone to investigate the other languages by comparing the English translation with the Greek and Latin. I recommend this because I have found it to be true. The link in this paragraph is to material I have prepared for memorizing the Sermon on the Mount with the KJV, Greek TR, Jerome's Latin Vulgate, and the RVR 2015 Spanish version.
I make it a practice to recite from memory the Sermon on the Mount once every day as part of my daily devotions. I highly recommended the practice. I memorized the sermon when I was 27 years old, but 50 years later when my friend, Raymond Blue, challenged me to recite it, I discovered to my dismay that I was couldn't. When I asked Ray how he was able to remember it over several decades, he revealed his secret, "I recite it to myself every evening before going to bed." I was stunned. That's when I committed myself to memorize it all over again and recite it everyday w/o fail. It is ever fresh and never grows old.
Here are flashcards for memorizing the Sermon on the Mount in KJV Translation.
Here is the link to my material for memorizing the Sermon on the Mount in English, Greek, Latin, and Spanish.
Here are links for listening to Alexander Scourby's audio of the Sermon on the Mount: Matthew 5, Matthew 6, Matthew 7.
I also recommend memorizing and meditating on Psalms 23.
Here is Ben Douglas' recording of the King James text of Matthew 5, 6 & 7.