[B-Greek] NT Greek accents
Don Doherty
ddoherty at powerup.com.au
Fri Sep 17 22:07:10 EDT 2004
>From a student perspective - I'm learning from Wenham's "Elements of NT
Greek" which doesn't use accents generally. But I'm adding them from my
other resources as I go. And, yes, I find that by going through that process
I am "catching" accents quite painlessly, as the patterns of usage become
increasingly obvious and recognizable.
I also find accents very useful in indicating stress when pronouncing aloud,
as I want, as far as I can judge it, to regard Koine as a spoken just not
written language.
With thanks to all the wonderfully helpful B-Greek "tutors"! Greatly
appreciated....
Don Doherty
Alexandra Headland
QLD Australia
----- Original Message -----
From: "Perry L. Stepp" <plstepp at kcc.edu>
To: "'Jun Cagas'" <juncagas2002 at yahoo.com>; <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 2:40 AM
Subject: RE: [B-Greek] NT Greek accents
> I've always thought that the accents could be "caught" as well as
"taught,"
> so I don't try to teach the accents. I DO show them to my students, show
> how they behave (for example, when an article and noun are together in a
> text.) I urge (but don't command) my students to pronounce Greek with the
> accents, etc. But I don't give points (or take points away) for accents
> unless it's part of a word (TIS vs. TI/S).
>
> Perry L. Stepp, Ph.D.
>
> Associate Professor of Biblical Studies
> Kentucky Christian College
>
> "The past is never dead. It's not even past."
> --Faulkner
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