Does anyone know of any books I could read(or perhaps a website) where I can learn or teach myself to speak and read the Hebrew and Greek languages?
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There is a Greek text book by Ian MacNair that is very good. I do not know the title or the publisher but Ian was a lecturer at London Bible College. The book became their study book for degree level Greek but it is as simple as they get. I cannot recommend a Book for Hebrew!
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Do you know any other language besides English? Biblical Greek is much harder even than Latin. And for most people, Hebrew is vastly harder than Greek. If you know at least one other language you may be able to teach yourself, but if you don't, you will have the frustration of lots and lots of questions you can't get answers to, and will miss out on the explanations that can't fit into the textbook. Heck, I have WRITTEN a Greek textbook, but I didn't just hand it out to the students and say "Final exam is in three months." I taught what was in the text, but explained it in many more words than the text could fit in, and had them do homework and take tests every day. You have to be either really smart or already experienced to teach yourself a complex language. I taught myself Russian, but that was only after having learned seven other languages in a classroom. P.S. don't try to study them both at the same time, and take Greek first because you learn important things about languages during Greek instruction that carry over directly to the study of Hebrew.
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One of my ''Hebrew teachers'' (he actually just helps interpret the Siddur) at my Shul recommended ''Alef isn't tough'' by Linda Motzkin to help learn Hebrew. You can buy it here: http://www.amazon.com/Aleph-Isnt-Tough-Introduction-Hebrew/dp/0807407267 I haven't bought it yet, but the others in the group who have also said it was good.
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Since you are trying to learn these two languages, I will assume that you are doing so in order to interpret Bib;ical writings. If that is indeed the case, make sure that you aren't trying to study MODERN Greek aand Hebrew. You can find a lot of great books at Borders or Barnes & Noble that will teach you "Biblical Hebrew" but I'd be weary, since a lot of these are published by evangelical groups with agendas, and the content may not be quite 100% accurate. But it's still better than nothing. Also, go to a local university and talk to someone in the linguistics department. In the mean time, there is a Book series called "Teach Yourself" that I have often used for other languages, and they have never let me down. I have about 8 of their books and they're all top notch, priced well, and usually you can get them with a CD set as well, and I believe they have a title on "old testament Greek" and one on Ancient Hebrew" as well as "Biblical Hebrew"
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