Biography
Tyrone Benson loves language and studied classical languages throughout his undergraduate and graduate careers. He holds a B.A. in Bible and Educational Ministry (double major), an M.A. in Christian Education, and an M.A. in Theology. While in Bible college, before graduating summa cum laude as the valedictorian of his class, he relished four semesters of Biblical Greek, received the distinguished Greek award, and served as lead campus tutor of Biblical Greek. Afterwards, while engaging the classical theological disciplines as a seminary student, he studied further Biblical Greek and Biblical Hebrew, then naturally transitioned into the study and teaching of classical Latin. A lifelong student of various disciplines even as a magister “teacher,” Mgr. Benson ever remains a discipulus (“student"). Mgr. Benson focuses his current studies on the Latin language, particularly its spinal role within a classical liberal arts curriculum, linking language(s) to history, literature, and theology. For six years, he has been using the Latin texts of Classical Academic Press to teach this subject he loves. Students find in Mgr. Benson, along with appreciation for plainness, a subtle, sophisticated sense of humor: such as sudden and surprising allusions to the works of Tolkien, both really relevant to the lesson and rather regular (i.e., in the majority of class sessions). Above all, he seeks to instill in all his students a love of learning in general and a love of language in particular.
