Greek NT on CD

Ken Smith kens at 180solutions.com
Fri Jan 12 14:38:18 EST 2001


To answer just the first question (my wife got me the series for
Christmas), Spiros uses a modern Greek pronunciation (OI, H = "ee", AI =
"ay", no rough breathings, etc.).  I have to confess that his voice is
somewhat grating, especially compared to the stuff out on
http://www.greeklatinaudio.com/, but he reads more slowly and somewhat
more distinctly, though still with some feeling.

Ken

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vincent M. Setterholm [mailto:Vincent at zeteotech.com]
> Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 7:25 AM
> To: Biblical Greek
> Subject: [b-greek] RE: Greek NT on CD
> 
> 
> What pronunciation does Spiros use on his recordings?
> 
> Also, regarding pronunciation, is anyone aware of a reference 
> work that treats the eta in depth?  In works of classical 
> phonology, there seems to be a range from 'like the a in 
> stag' to 'equivalent to the dipthong epsilon + iota'.
> 
> Are there any serious treatments of Hellenistic Phonology in 
> print (or out of print, for that matter)?  (I notice many 
> authors claiming that, for example the 'd' sound in zeta 
> dropped out, and theta, phi, and chi became frictives, but I 
> have not found any reference works that demonstrates when 
> those changes occured, leaving me wondering if that shift in 
> language really happened as early as the textbooks claim.
> 
> Thanks!
> Vincent
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