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Biblia Sacra
Biblia Sacra teaches classical Latin through a combination of induction and deduction - natural immersion and grammar instruction - for grammar stage students (3rd graders) and up. Even teens and adults can use this program. It is an independent study curriculum for those with no previous knowledge of Latin.
Biblia Sacra is the name of the great translation of the Greek Septuagint into Latin by Jerome in the 4th century A.D. Its common name is the Vulgate, taken from Biblia Sacra’s subtitle: Vulgatae Editionis, or the Common Edition - meaning Jerome used Latin, which was in common use at the time, so that people could understand what they read (rather than the Greek Septuagint, as Greek was being replaced with Latin as the common language of the people of the Mediterranean.) The curriculum uses the Vulgate as the base text for all its Latin instruction.
Volume One, currently available, uses the text from the gospels, illustrating the major events of the life of our Savior, to thoroughly teach Latin pronunciation and lay a good foundation in vocabulary. An integral part of this course is the tapes that accompany the worktext. Each lesson in the worktext has an accompanying section on the tapes. On the tapes you hear Dr. Bayer, an experienced Latin teacher and homeschooling father, read from the Vulgate as you follow along in the worktext, discuss the vocabulary and grammar introduced, and drill the new vocabulary words. After mastering the vocabulary and grammar introduced on the tape, the student can then work the accompanying worktext exercises. (The answers to the exercises are included in the back of the worktext for the parent’s convenience.)
The grammar introduced in Volume One includes the present, future, and imperfect tenses of the verb “to be” (sum), and the present tense of the first and second verb conjugations, besides learning a great amount of vocabulary.
Beautiful Latin church music accompanies all the lessons as enrichment. The music is introduced on the instruction tapes in sequential order. Therefore all the material for lesson one: reading practice, instruction, vocabulary drill, and Latin music, is recorded before the material for lesson two, and so on. The music selections include Adeste Fideles, Noel Sing We, and Bach’s beautiful Latin music such as B-minor Mass and Cantata #4 among others. All together, four tapes accompany the nine lessons covered in Volume One, which shows the extensiveness of lesson instruction and music enrichment that accompany each lesson in the worktext.
Volume Two is not yet available but will be soon. It uses the text from Genesis of the Vulgate to review the vocabulary and grammar of Volume One and incrementally build a much greater foundation in grammar. When that volume becomes available, I will post a more in-depth description of it here.
Obviously, the big plus with Biblia Sacra is that children study the holy, true, and unchangeable Word of God while they learn Latin. Worktext exercises are taken straight from the text of the Vulgate. This is different from all other Latin programs currently available, which, while they may contain some Latin Scripture, also include the sayings of men -- some classical scholars such as Cicero and Virgil, some Christian scholars such as Augustine and Aquinas, some a combination of both.
Have I answered your curriculum questions about Biblia Sacra? If not, please ask me your question. I am sorry that I cannot tell you which curriculum to buy, but I try to describe the curriculum as completely as possible so that you can make up your mind as to which are best suited for your children.
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