Beginning German

I've begun brushing up on my German. I decided to re-start it first, rather than Greek, because for the ThD programs I'm interested in working through, I will need to be fluent in either German or French. Since I already have a background in German, and since knowing German is beneficial to learning Greek, this just makes sense.

I've worked my way through the first two lessons in the book. Of course, they're very basic--getting down the pronouns and verb endings, learning the genders, things like that. I'm hoping to be able to read my way through some original German texts before too long. I'm not sure what I'll start with in the realm of theology, but I'll figure that out when I get there.

As for theology, I feel very scattered. I want to study other religions, but I also want to study things in Christianity relating to marriage and to the historical Jesus. I really want a companion to the Qur'an. I think that will be my next purchase, since I've already purchased a couple of books dealing with homosexuality and the Bible/Christianity.