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Brett H.

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Hello שׁלוֹם or χαῖρε, I am Brett. I graduated with a Masters (MA) from Polis Institute in Jerusalem (accredited by UIC Barcelona, Spain) in 2021 and began teaching on Wyzant later that year. Despite needing only 126 credit hours for my MA, I took an extra year's worth of electives in Ancient Greek and Hebrew (3 years total). I love teaching enthusiastic students the ancient beautiful languages of Hebrew and Ancient Greek. I am a "going the extra mile" sort of teacher/tutor (take a look at my...

Hello שׁלוֹם or χαῖρε, I am Brett. I graduated with a Masters (MA) from Polis Institute in Jerusalem (accredited by UIC Barcelona, Spain) in 2021 and began teaching on Wyzant later that year. Despite needing only 126 credit hours for my MA, I took an extra year's worth of electives in Ancient Greek and Hebrew (3 years total). I love teaching enthusiastic students the ancient beautiful languages of Hebrew and Ancient Greek. I am a "going the extra mile" sort of teacher/tutor (take a look at my reviews). It is not uncommon for me to spend some hours in preparation for a class that I would only get paid one hour. It's okay; I enjoy it. Let me help you reach your goals.

What do I teach? For Ancient Greek, I mean Classical Greek aka Attic and and later Koine (pre-Byzantine period) dialect, and for Hebrew, this includes Biblical and Modern. My methodology for teaching these languages is a combination of traditional grammar methods taught in English, as well as speaking the target language (Greek or Hebrew) to practice speaking them. Why speak these languages? Because in recent decades it has been shown that languages are internalized best by speaking, listening, writing, and reading any language. Come, let us get you started learning at YOUR pace, some easy vocabulary, building sentences together gradually getting harder, as well as speaking these amazing languages together while we read, write or discuss what we see in pictures, read a text, have conversations and more.

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Education

University of Central Florida
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Polis-The Jerusalem Institute of Language & Humanities
Masters
University of Central Florida
MBA

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  • Hourly Rate: $55
  • Rate details: * No-shows & cancellations, are subject to a half hour charge. * Rescheduling accommodated if reasonably cancelling.
  • Lesson cancellation: 2 hours notice required

  • Background check passed on 4/2/2025

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Bible Studies

Bible Studies

My MA in Ancient Philology from Polis Institute in Jerusalem (two years there) had 4 semesters of New Testament (NT) Greek and Old Testament (OT) Hebrew. I feel my greatest source of expertise is having studied extensively for years the earliest Christian writings we have outside of the Bible, called the Ante Nicene Fathers. In particular, the first 3 or 4 volumes that are dated from late first century CE to the beginning of the third century. In addition, I have studied for well over a decade the NT and OT extensively, the Mosaic Law, the Prophets and the Psalms, in addition to Christology (OT passages about the Messiah (Christ in Greek). I personally feel that modern Seminaries have departed from the Historic Faith in some ways. One thing I think is important for students is to learn the "big picture chronology" of the OT, i.e. can someone walk me through from Genesis to the end of the OT narratives explaining the events from Adam to the end with Ezra and Nehemiah? This is an important basis to understand the history that segways into the NT story of the Messiah.
English

English

Having studied academics for twenty years (High school + two Masters and Bachelors), and teaching Hebrew and Ancient Greek, I have mastered English Grammar to a high proficiency. If you are learning a foreign lanuage, come improve your English Grammar first, which will help you with a second language. Parents & students, let me help you. Get an improved understanding of the Subject of a sentence, the Verb, its Object, Prepositional phrases, Adjectives, Adverbs, etc.
Grammar

Grammar

Having studied academics for twenty years (High school + two Masters and Bachelors), and teaching Hebrew and Ancient Greek, I have mastered English Grammar to a high proficiency. If you are learning a foreign lanuage, come improve your English Grammar first, which will help you with a second language. Parents & students, let me help you. Get an improved understanding of the Subject of a sentence, the Verb, its Object, Prepositional phrases, Adjectives, Adverbs, etc.
Greek

Greek

I started independent study of Ancient Greek (NT Greek and the Greek OT called the Septuagint (symbol: LXX)) in late 2015 using various Grammar texts used in seminaries. The next year I attended an 8 week "spoken method" immersion course with Polis Institute at a prominent university in Florida, USA. I continued using the materials into 2017, and that summer, flew to Rome, Italy to attend a continuation 3 week immersion in the Advanced group; we had a placement test Day-One. In 3rd Qtr 2018, I began meeting with a graduate of Polis Institute weekly to read and discuss the Ancient Greek text in Ancient Greek (very little English). This helped me immensely. In Summer 2019 I flew to Jerusalem to attend Polis Institute, from which I obtained a Masters (MA) in Ancient Philology focused on both Hebrew and Ancient Greek.
Hebrew

Hebrew

I began studying Biblical Hebrew in 3rd Qtr 2019 at Polis Institute in Jerusalem; this was to obtain the Masters in Arts (MA), for which I completed four semesters of Biblical Hebrew under the instruction of a brilliant native Israeli teacher named Eyal Nahum. The method was the "Spoken Immersion" method, which is quite challenging, but does get the students listening, speaking, and reading in Biblical Hebrew from Day-One. In the Summer of 2020, I began learning Modern Hebrew, under the advice of our instructor while in Israel, who advised that there is enough overlap between the languages to gain an advantage in Biblical Hebrew; this is certainly the case. I am now Intermediate with Modern Hebrew. I began teaching Hebrew on Wyzant in early 2022.

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Excellent instructor!

Brett is teaching me beginner Hebrew. It is a difficult language, but Brett is patient and thorough in his explanations, and makes learning fun. He provides excellent exercises to help retain the material.

Olga, 92 lessons with Brett
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Dear Olga and Bill, you two are so much fun to meet with and I enjoy creating those Hebrew stories for homework and seeing you two advance so quickly in the Modern Hebrew language. Col Cakh YaPhey!! כל כך יפה!!

great person to learn Greek with!

Super nice and very responsive, he answered all of my questions and provided me with lots of great resources! I am very happy so far.

Michael, 4 lessons with Brett

great person to learn Greek with!

Super nice and very responsive, he answered all of my questions and provided me with lots of great resources! I am very happy so far.

Michael, 4 lessons with Brett

great person to learn Greek with!

Super nice and very responsive, he answered all of my questions and provided me with lots of great resources! I am very happy so far.

Michael, 4 lessons with Brett

great person to learn Greek with!

Super nice and very responsive, he answered all of my questions and provided me with lots of great resources! I am very happy so far.

Michael, 4 lessons with Brett

Engaging and encouraging tutor

Brett is friendly and patient. He creates a welcoming environment for my kids as they start learning Hebrew. I highly recommend him!

Rebecca, 34 lessons with Brett

Knowledgeable and patient tutor

Highly recommend Brett - his patience and kindness made a huge difference in building my son's confidence in learning Greek and start enjoying learning the language. Very supportive, encouraging, and incredible follow up after each class - a fantastic teacher!

Uma, 20 lessons with Brett
Tutor responded:

I am so glad to hear that Uma. Govind made amazing progress in our sessions together with his Classical Greek Athenaze class. I hope he still plans to study over the Summer in preparation for the 2nd semester class of Athenze in the Fall.

Knowledgeble Hebrew tutor

Brett is working with my 14 year old teaching him Hebrew based on the materials from his Jewish school. We had a few lessons so far and planning to continue. He seems to know the subject well, he is patient and helping him with the words he doesn't know as well as reading and writing. They are working through exercises in the book. He is sharing screen for reading and uses whiteboard as well for writing. We are happy so far with the lessons and will continue to study with Brett!

Nataliya, 16 lessons with Brett

Extremely intelligent, well-rounded and concerned titor.

I needed help with translating and understanding specific ancient New Testament passages. Brett was amazing. His knowlege of the passages, verbs and declensions was invaluable. I strongly recommend him.

Holly, 3 lessons with Brett

Outstanding session

Brett took his time with me. I had issues pronouncing the words. He went over the words with me making sure I sounded them out correctly. Helped me to parse the words. I am in a much better place and feel more confident in learning Greek. I definitely will have more sessions with Brett. I would encourage you to setup a consultation with him.

Craig, 1 lesson with Brett
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