Thursday 11 October 2012

Biblical Hebrews or Not?

At the moment faced with a dilemma for next year's subject choices:

Should I do Biblical Hebrews or not?

One of my main passion for entering Theology College was to try to learn how to read the Bible in its original language - ie Ancient Greek and Hebrews....  However there's a lot of factors now.

1. There's way too many other subjects I want to do, and if I do Hebrews, that'll take up 2 subjects that I could be doing something else.

2. How important is it to be able to read Hebrews?

3. I guess this is actually my main worry - I don't know if I'll be able to become very good at it.  Greek is already starting to wear me down.  I do very well in class and in tests, but when I open up the Bible and try to read it as it is in Greek....I find that I still can't.  There's still so many words I don't know...so many strange forms...  But I will persevere, and hopefully one day I will reach my goal of being able to open up the Greek Bible and just read it without any aids.

But this leads me to Hebrews.  Hebrews has ALOT (and I mean A LOT!!) more vocabs, in a writing style that I've never seen before.  Will I ever be able to master it?

I've seen too many pastors who learn original language only to lose it cuz they never really use it.  If that's gonna be the case with me and Hebrews, then I certainly DON'T want to waste 2 subjects doing it.

There's the option that I can just do the Intensive to get a sense of the grammar and alphabet, so I can read commentaries and stuff better.

In the end... I still want to do it.... but I worry that I'm going to regret it after next year...

But... to be able to read the Bible in its original language.....
         ..... soooo cool....  I want....

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