Author - Kevin Grasso

3 articles

Dr. Kevin Grasso (PhD, Hebrew University) studies modern syntactic and semantic theory and applies it to the biblical languages. He has published on both Greek and Hebrew grammar. Within New Testament studies, he works on law, faith, messianism, and justification in Paul. He is the co-founder of the software platform Biblingo (biblingo.org), which utilizes the latest research in second language acquisition to make the biblical languages more accessible and easier to learn.

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Biblical Languages Scholarship

How to Use Linguistics to Understand the Bible

Kevin GrassoMarch 24, 2023

This post will offer a fresh perspective on the grammar of a much-debated, and theologically loaded, verse in the Hebrew Bible: שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ יְהוָה אֶחָד Listen, Israel! YHWH is our God. YHWH is the one. My interpretation is a...

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Biblical Languages Scholarship

Pistis Christou as “The Christ-Faith”: The Linguistic Case for the Third View

Kevin GrassoOctober 17, 2022

Galatians 2:16 reads, “But knowing that a human is not justified from works of the law but through pistis Iesou Christou, we also trusted in Jesus Christ in order that we might be justified from pistis Christou and not from works of the law because...

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Biblical Languages Biblical Studies Scholarship

Recap of BHLAP Workshop 2018, Jerusalem

Kevin GrassoJuly 10, 2018

With a total of 14 talks from scholars throughout Israel and Canada, and over 60 people in attendance, this year’s Workshop on Biblical Hebrew Linguistics and Philology at the Hebrew University (HU) in Jerusalem was an all-around success. Cutting...