Someone asked me recently what resources I would recommend to help them get their Greek and Hebrew from seminary back up to speed. Seminary students invest a lot of time and effort in learning the languages, but then we don’t always keep up with them.

These are the resources I would recommend—starting from easiest and least effort expended to most challenging and greatest effort expended. If you’re looking to refresh your Greek or Hebrew in the New Year, I would suggest starting with number one and then working your way forward.

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1) Summary Charts – Quick refresher and review charts; super helpful

• Charts for Beginning Greek Grammar and Syntax
• Charts for Intermediate Greek Grammar and Syntax
• Biblical Hebrew Laminated Sheet

2) Daily Dose Videos – These video sites are great as supplements, but they are not as systematic as the resources listed after them.

• Daily Dose of Greek
• Daily Dose of Hebrew

3) Keep Up Your Biblical Languages Daily Readers – These books start easy and ramp up as you go. They only take a couple minutes a day, but they are great for rebuilding your vocabulary. I have them in both hardcover as well as the bundle from Olive Tree Bible Software. (Note: They are a lot less expensive in Olive Tree!)

• Olive Tree Bundle ($49.99)
• Logos Bundle ($124.99)
• Hardcovers (about $40 apiece)

     – Keep Up Your Biblical Greek Vol. 1 (Easy review)
     – Keep Up Your Biblical Greek Vol. 2 (Advanced review)
     – Keep Up Your Biblical Hebrew Vol. 1 (Easy review)
     – Keep Up Your Biblical Hebrew Vol. 2 (Advanced review)

4) Basics of Biblical Greek (Mounce) – You can’t go wrong with Mounce’s Basics of Biblical Greek or Pratico’s Basics of Biblical Hebrew. These are available in both book and video course formats.

• Hardcover ($36)
• Ebook (free with Kindle unlimited)
• Overview videos (free)
• Full video lectures ($80-$130)

     – DVDs ($87.49)
     – Buy on Prime Video ($89)
     – Online streaming access for a year ($129)
     – Study Gateway (subscription)

5) Basics of Biblical Hebrew (Pratico/Pelt)

• Hardcover ($30)
• Misc. overview videos (free)
• Full video lectures ($89)

     – Buy on Prime Video ($89)
     – Study Gateway (subscription)

* Bonus Resources

• Keep Your Greek: Strategies for Busy People – Constantine Campbell has written a great book on keeping your Greek. This is a book of helpful principles to follow when getting your Greek back up to speed. Of course, a lot of these same principles would apply to Hebrew as well.
• Biblingo – Biblingo is an app you can use on your desktop, cellphone or tablet that will help you learn or review the Biblical languages. The cost is $9/month for a Learner subscription for either language, or $30/month for an Accelerator subscription which covers both languages as well as providing online reading resources.