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| Jedidiah Newbie United States Joined 4822 days ago 5 posts - 6 votes | Message 1 of 6 20 September 2011 at 8:18am | IP Logged | ||
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Does anyone know where I could find Biblical Greek audio lessons in the modern
language? I need to learn Biblical Greek. But I’d like to learn it in the authentic Greek pronunciation (i.e., the modern language), not in the North American seminary standard (which is basically the American English pronunciation). I can’t seem to find the materials anywhere. The closest thing I found is simply the New Testament Bible read in the modern Greek language. I would like to find materials similar to Bill Mounce’s (i.e., all his lessons, exercises, etc.), except that they’d be in the authentic pronunciation. Does anyone know where I could obtain Biblical Greek audio lessons in the authentic modern language? I would greatly appreciate your help!! Edited by Jedidiah on 20 September 2011 at 8:22am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| obsculta Newbie United States Joined 5823 days ago 36 posts - 83 votes  Speaks: English* | Message 2 of 6 20 September 2011 at 3:52pm | IP Logged | ||
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Librivox.org has beautiful recordings of Matthew's gospel and several other NT books (Corinthians, I can't remember what else) in a modern Greek accent. The reader's name is Athena (correction: I remembered incorrectly, her name is peaceuntoyou, and it was recorded in Athens), and her style is slow and meditative. While not explicitly a pedagogical tool, I think it would be valuable even for beginners. And, btw, as someone who used the Erasmian pronunciation for several years and later switched to a modern Greek pronunciation, I do think the latter feels much more like a 'real' language. Edited by obsculta on 20 September 2011 at 11:07pm 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Jeffers Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4912 days ago 2151 posts - 3960 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Hindi, Ancient Greek, French, Sanskrit, German | Message 3 of 6 20 September 2011 at 9:17pm | IP Logged | ||
The pronunciation you would be learning in seminary is not an American pronunciation, but, as the other poster pointed out, the Erasmian pronunciation. It is used in England and Europe as well as in America. Of course, many Americans turn the Erasmian pronunciation into an American version, just as the same Americans would do with any foreign language. CCEL had audio files of the entire Greek NT in the Erasmian pronunciation, but unfortunately read with a strong American accent. There are still a couple of advantages to the Erasmian pronunciation. Some of the diphthongs in modern Greek are pronounced the same, while in Erasmian the sounds would be distinguished. So it is easier to connect sounds to spelling with Erasmian. Of course, if you learn modern pronunciation, it helps to open up another language, which is no small advantage! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| fanatic Octoglot Senior Member Australia speedmathematics.com Joined 7149 days ago 1152 posts - 1818 votes Speaks: English*, German, French, Afrikaans, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Dutch Studies: Swedish, Norwegian, Polish, Modern Hebrew, Malay, Mandarin, Esperanto | Message 4 of 6 21 September 2011 at 2:02am | IP Logged | ||
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Spiros Zodhiates has released audio packages for NT Greek using modern pronunciation. I just did a search on amazon.com and found these entries.
Koine Greek (2 Volume Set: Modern Greek Pronunciation of the Complete Greek New Testament by Dr Spiros Zodhiates (Hardcover - Jun 1998) - Audiobook 1 new from $59.99 2 used from $30.00 Books: See all 14 items Koine Greek New Testament (Ancient Greek and English Edition) by Spiros Zodhiates (Audio CD - Jun 15, 2004) - Audiobook 9 new from $38.66 7 used from $38.65 I know he is an advocate for learning the modern pronunciation for NT Greek. It makes sense to me as well. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Jedidiah Newbie United States Joined 4822 days ago 5 posts - 6 votes | Message 5 of 6 22 September 2011 at 7:44am | IP Logged | ||
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"The pronunciation you would be learning in seminary is not an American pronunciation,
but, as the other poster pointed out, the Erasmian pronunciation." Thanks, Jeffers, for letting me know that (the American version of) the pronunciation is called Erasmian. Now I know how to refer to it properly... and know what to avoid learning.*_* Now if I could only find the lesson materials in the modern authentic Greek pronunciation… 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Jedidiah Newbie United States Joined 4822 days ago 5 posts - 6 votes | Message 6 of 6 22 September 2011 at 7:47am | IP Logged | ||
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Thank you, fanatic. Spiros Zodhiates’ audio NT Greek is the very item I was referring to
on my query-post (i.e., “The closest thing I found is simply the New Testament Bible read in the modern Greek language”). SZ’s NT audio would certainly be an indispensible item for me in the future. But I need the foundational lesson materials to help me hear and learn the words and phrases in smaller chunks first. I need to learn to walk first before I could run.^^; Edited by Jedidiah on 22 September 2011 at 8:06am 1 person has voted this message useful |
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