[B-Greek] "Historic Biblical Pronunciation" vs. Modern?

John Schwandt jschwandt at nsa.edu
Sat May 1 12:12:21 EDT 2004


As far as I know I don't think there is much difference between Randall
Buth's system and what Geoffrey Horrocks has to say, but for the record I
did use Horrocks as my basis for the "historic biblical" pronunciation.

Carl, I don't see the error you mentioned for the diphthong OU.  Can you
give me a little more information.  I am always eager to fix any mistakes.
Did you mean the diphthong OI?  I think this might be one place were
Horrocks and Buth might differ.

Thanks,
John Schwandt




At 8:25 PM -0400 4/30/04, Patrick Narkinsky wrote:
>Based on a link in a previous article, I just took a look at:
>
>	http://www.biblicalgreek.org/links/biblical.html
>
>where they detail the "Historic Biblical Pronunciation."  Can anyone
>comment on any perceived advantages of studying this pronunciation over
>modern pronunciation?  Or is it mostly of academic interest?  The two
>are very similar in almost every case.

This is essentially Randall Buth's recommended pronunciation (I think
there's one error in what's said about pronunciation of the diphthong OU);
it is indeed relatively close to the Modern Greek pronunciation. If there's
an advantage, it lies in speaking/pronouncing/reading Koine Greek the way
it was most probably pronounced when the texts of the GNT were first
written. Only a small advantage, perhaps, but an advantage that the other
modes of pronunciation cannot claim.
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Carl W. Conrad
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