exists to serve the church of Jesus Christ. Learning the biblical languages is imperative for a proper interpretation of the Word of God. Deep love for the glory of God and the advancement of the gospel of Christ is central to our labors. Therefore, we teach free live Hebrew courses and produce free Hebrew and Greek resources for the benefit of the global Church. Our name in Latin has two subjects ("Lingua" and "Gloria") unlike the famous Reformation phrase "Soli Deo Gloria" which has only one. However, these two subjects are central focuses of our mission: to teach languages to the church for the glory of God.
Lingua Deo Gloria
Philosophy of Teaching
Why the biblical languages and why a book? The Scriptures, containing the Hebrew Bible and the Greek New Testament, reveal the glory of the immortal God. There is no other way to know God in a saving relationship than to know God through Christ Jesus, as we learn about him in the Scriptures. Because of this, it is imperative that Christians continue to study the original languages to know their authorial intent for teaching the Church the incomparable riches of Christ.
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Since studying the original languages is ultimately an access point to studying the Scriptures, we take this task seriously. Teaching Hebrew and Greek is important and, therefore, by necessity, how we teach those languages is also important. If Christians teach these wonderful languages in a difficult and challenging way, it will instill exhaustion, confusion, and disappointment in the students. Therefore, as Christians who value honoring God in our labors, we have learned from the field of Second Language Acquisition (particularly the theory of "Comprehensible Input") and the importance of using pictures and stories for enhancing student joy in the learning process.
Sawyer D. Moranville
Sawyer was raised in Montana. He began to study Koine Greek, Classical Hebrew, and Classical Latin at Southern Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky which eventually led to receiving an M.Div. After graduating, he moved to Jerusalem with his wife to study more Hebrew (where their first child was also born). His studies in Israel led to a Master's degree in Classical Hebrew through the Institute for Biblical Languages and Translation (The Whole Word Institute).
Being a mountain lover (having been raised in Montana), husband, father, and Biblical Hebrew teacher, he currently resides with his family in the Greater Philly Metro area and serves as a director of Youth Education at Graterford Bible Fellowship Church. When he is not working his day jobs or spending time with his family and church, he is writing and producing Beit Av and other projects.
Benjamin Eisenberg
Ben grew up in the United States and later moved to Israel, where he became fluent in Modern Hebrew. Becoming intrigued by Biblical Hebrew, he studied Linguistics and Hebrew Language at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (B.A., magna cum laude; M.A. in progress), where he also served as a teaching assistant in Biblical Hebrew and taught a bibliographical guidance course. He spent nearly three years with Whole Word Institute, gaining hands-on experience teaching Biblical Hebrew through a communicative, immersive approach. He also worked with Biblingo and The Tsur Institute for Biblical Research in different supporting roles.
Passionate about linguistics, second-language acquisition, and the Bible, Ben is committed to making Biblical languages engaging and accessible for modern learners globally. He is currently pursuing biblical and theological studies at Reformed Theological Seminary in Charlotte, NC, and in his free time enjoys hiking, board games, and exploring new places with friends and family.
Scott McQuinn
Scott is married to Vanessa McQuinn, and together they have eight children. He is passionate about equipping God’s people to build the Kingdom of God on earth as it is in heaven, primarily through biblical language training. Scott began studying Hebrew and Greek in undergrad in 2005, but was first “awakened” to the Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) approach while in seminary when he and his wife went to Biblical Language Center’s (BLC) six-week Hebrew immersion course in Israel in 2011. He has been pursuing further training in this field and every teaching opportunity he can find ever since. He has a B.A. in Biblical Languages, an M.Div in Biblical Exegesis, an M.A. in Ancient Language Acquisition, and a Th.M in OT/LXX. His M.A. thesis is entitled “Towards a Principled Communicative Methodology for Teaching the Biblical Languages” and has helped many biblical language instructors grow in their ability to teach the languages more effectively. He has worked with the BLC/Whole Word Institute (WWin) since 2014, teaching both Hebrew and Greek, helping develop their online Hebrew curriculum, and co-authoring (with Benjamin Kantor) their more recent Greek curriculum. In addition to BLC/WWin, he has taught for multiple seminaries, universities, Bible translation organizations, and churches, including two trips overseas to train Bible translators. He is excited to bring his experience to Lingua Deo Gloria!