[B-Greek] Pronunciation of Abraham

Albert Pietersma albert.pietersma at sympatico.ca
Fri Jun 24 16:52:56 EDT 2005


The use of false aspiration (of which HABRAAM is an instance) is well 
documented for the Roman and Byzantine periods by Gignac vol. 1 p. 135 
ff. and for the LXX by Thackeray (Grammar) 124ff. with references to 
Mayser.
Al
On Jun 24, 2005, at 4:15 PM, william zeitler wrote:

> What WAS Koine pronunciation? Or where might one find out?
>
> william zeitler
> L.A.,U.S.A.
>
>> <snip>... you will do
>> well to acquaint yourself with the way that Greek was being pronounced
>> in the Roman period of the Koine ( seven vowels, fricative voiced
>> consonants) late Roman period (six vowels, fricatives = modern) and
>> Byzantine (five vowels, fricatives = modern). You will naturally read
>> the texts like the scribes. PEILATOS will sound right whether spelled
>> PILATOS or PEILATOS.
>> ERRWSO be well, 'av a nais de
>>
>> Randall Buth
>>
>>
>>
>> Randall Buth, PhD
>>
>> Director, Biblical Language Center
>>
>> www.biblicalulpan.org
>>
>> and Director, Biblical Studies in Israel
>>
>> Hebrew University, Rothberg International School
>>
>> ybitan at mscc.huji.ac.il
>>
>>
>>
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