In typical scatter-brained fashion, I've been thinking the past week or so about Latin and my own ignorance of the language.

I'm looking for recommendations of primer/introduction types of resources. But I need to make my purposes clear.

I'm not interested in Latin for classics. I'm interested specifically in Ecclesiastical Latin of three sorts:

• The “Old Latin” found in pre-vulgate NT Latin MSS/editions.
• The Vulgate (of course)
• Writings of the Latin Fathers

The “scholarly” Latin found through the 19th century (e.g., Tischendorf's apparatus) is of secondary interest to me. My primary interest is textual criticism. In the long run, I hope to have some sort of familiarity with the languages of the primary early editions: Latin, Syriac, Coptic, Ethiopic, Armenian, etc.

I have absolutely no Latin training, so I need something to inform my pronounciation. But I am familiar with Koine Greek, so anything that points out similarities (and differences) between the two would be nice. A sort of “Latin for Koine Greek Students” would be cool. I'd think that something along the lines of Lambdin's Sahidic Coptic Intro, which specifically notes loanwords from Greek, would be helpful.

I can't help but think with a decent pronounciation guide, some decently annotated paradigms, and some short vocabulary building exercises I could get a decent grasp of the language fairly quickly.

If you have any recommendations for me to check out, I'd appreciate it. If you just say “Get Wheelock”, you'll be summarily ignored unless you explain why Wheelock is appropriate to my situation.

Thanks!