Perpetua Language Tools (PLT) is a flashcard program designed to assist in the learning of ancient languages, particularly those languages that are used for advanced Bible study. PLT has flashcard sets for the follow languages:
* Biblical Greek (1300 words)
* Biblical Hebrew (1700 words)
* Biblical Aramaic (400 words)
* Middle Egyptian (1000 words)
* Akkadian Vocabulary (400 words)
* German (1000 words)
Greek, Hebrew, and Aramaic are the three languages that used directly in the Bible, and this flashcard programs includes all the words that appear 9 times or more in the New Testament and 18 times or more in the Old Testament.
Egyptian and Akkadian are cognate languages that are used in comparative studies. Modern German while not an ancient language is a very important language in Biblical scholarship, which is why it is included in Perpetua.
These flashcards are intended to be used with several popular textbooks which are listed in the user manual in the software; however, the flashcards will also be useful for novices and those who are brushing up on past language work even without the textbooks.
What makes Perpetua distinct from other flashcard programs is our automated flashcard management. Probably the greatest impediment to learning new vocabulary is dealing with card management. Even with a small deck of cards, card management proves to be an arduous task, especially given the fact that it takes between twenty to forty card set repetitions to learn a set of forty new words. And if one does not have card management of some kind, one has to flip the cards between 800 and 1600 times. PLT gradually and automatically withdraws cards that are well-learned but occasionally returns them to the deck so that the user does not forget what has already been learned.
Perpetua presents many advantages over traditional paper flashcards both in affordability and convenience. And when combined with the power of an Andriod phone or internet tablet, Perpetua Language Tools makes learning languages a less daunting prospect.
