Nathanael Kuechenberg

In fall 2008, I began to study Koine Greek as an 11-year-old home schooler. Then over the next few years, I added some basic Hebrew, Latin, and German. When I was 16 years old, I had published my own translation of the Greek Gospels in chronological order, called As Jesus Walked: The Four Gospels In One, published in fall 2013. I updated this in 5 subsequent editions.

In summer of 2019, I was inspired to learn how to teach classical languages to younger children. I had realized how blessed I was to have started to study Biblical Greek at 11, Hebrew at 13, and Latin at 14. My goal was to establish more of a trend in teaching younger kids classical languages to a higher level sooner. My only hurdle at the time was that I had dropped out of college not once but twice due to unlucky circumstances and was working the summer in a factory. But I was determined to return to college and get a degree in classics since this was the area of my God-given talent. So, that is what I did. At 22 years old, I returned to the University as a full-time student while working nights full-time as a Youth Care Worker for a state detention facility for teenagers. I finished a lot of homework during those nights. 

Then 4.5 years later, at age 26, I graduated from the University of Evansville with my BA in Classics with Language and Literature Concentration. Around the same time, I also earned an additional certificate online in Linguistic Context of the Bible, which focused on a detailed study of Genesis in Biblical Hebrew, knowledge of the basic Hebrew grammar, and enough Biblical Aramaic to read through Daniel, Ezra, and Jeremiah 10:11.

Between Spring 2022 and 2026, I visited Weston Classical School in Paris, TN a total of twelve times as a much welcomed "guest teacher." During those visits, I gave multiple lectures sometimes in spoken Latin and other times in Modern Hebrew. 

As of Fall 2026, as a TA, I will be assisting Dr. Valerio Caldesi Valeri with CLA 131 Medical Terminology and also working with Mr. Michael Garen in CLA 135 Greek & Roman Mythology.

Additionally, over the past 5 years, I have been hosting my own platform on Zoom, where I teach classical languages. I have started students off as young as 6 years old as well as taken adult learners. I teach a wide range of students from varying religious backgrounds both home schooled, private schooled, and students from Jewish schools preparing for their Bar Mitzvah.

I currently have 7 Classical Greek students, 5 Latin students, and 2 Hebrew students.