[B-Greek] How do modern Greeks pronounce Biblical Greek

Paul Buchan jpbuchan at gmail.com
Thu Apr 14 03:08:48 EDT 2005


Would anyone know if there are any recordings available of the (original) 
Greek NT using modern Greek pronunciation?
 Paul Buchan
 On 4/14/05, David Bielby <dbielby at bloomingtonvineyard.org> wrote: 
> 
> My two bits on this.
> 
> A few weeks ago I did a highlight comparison on BibleWorks 6.0 between
> Modern Greek NT and the NA27th edition. I found so many words were spelled
> the same way between these two languages. So one huge advantage for using
> modern Greek pronunciation would be that we would have a lot of vocabulary
> that would directly transfer into a contemporary spoken language. This
> multi-use sure would be handy if one was on a trip to Greece.or even just
> visiting a Greek restaurant here in the USA. I wish my teachers had used
> Modern Greek pronunciation instead of the Erasmus method. I decided awhile
> ago to relearn my pronunciation and am consciously retraining myself to 
> use
> Modern Greek. Further.I wish that bible software programs offered us the
> option of getting the sound files for words using authentic modern Greek
> speakers..because then the flash card system could double as a language
> training tool.or at least as a vocabulary tool.
> 
> David Bielby
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