Biblingo exists because Kevin Grasso watched a Bible translation team in Mexico render the Old Testament from Spanish into Nahuatl, a translation of a translation, since no one on the team knew Hebrew.^1 He built a web and mobile curriculum so pastors, translators, students, and families can go from zero Greek, Hebrew, or Latin to reading Scripture in those historic languages.^2 Grasso, Biblingo's co-founder and CEO, holds a PhD in Hebrew Language from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and master's degrees in linguistics and comparative religion.^1
The method follows linguistics and second-language research: vocabulary through pictures and video filmed in Israel, grammar in context, then graded stories in the biblical world before the biblical text itself.^3 The Greek and Hebrew paths each run 52 lessons; Latin currently has 14 and will ultimately have 52.^3 Bite-sized lessons fit a spare fifteen minutes. Homeschool families, churches, and teachers have their own paths, and a free flashcard track covers all three languages.^2
Subscription add-ons unlock Learn and Read modules and a community. In the Read module, the full Hebrew Bible or Greek New Testament is indexed by the percentage of words you know in each book or chapter, so you can start with the sections you can already read; the Latin Vulgate is coming soon.^3 A lifetime option covers every language on the roadmap.^4 The point is not another language streak. It is sitting with the words God spoke, the way David, Josiah, or the church in Galatia first heard them.^2
More than 50 seminaries and schools use Biblingo to train fluent readers, and curriculum partners receive a free teacher subscription with classroom quizzes and slides.^2 Biblingo is also a state-approved vendor for homeschool education savings account funds in a growing list of states.^6
