[B-Greek] Greek audio sample
TuNeCedeMalis67 at aol.com
TuNeCedeMalis67 at aol.com
Fri Sep 16 14:24:33 EDT 2005
Thanks, but I figured out what the problem is.
WOW, Mark 2 is quite different in the Textus Receptus than from the Wescott
Hort!! I knew I wasn't quite THAT stupid about changing a few vowels :-0
I'm printing out your notes though and will study them! They are quite
helpful :-)
Kat Doe
In a message dated 9/16/2005 11:24:43 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
papaweiss1 at yahoo.com writes:
> I downloaded the sample of Mark 2. What verse is it starting with. If
it's
> verse one I'm in big trouble :-0
Yep, it begins with 2:1 (after he says "Chapter 2").
Give yourself about 3 weeks of listening to Zodhiates before giving up. He
starts out slowly in a
book, and then increases his speed as he gets further along in the book. MAKE
SURE YOU
ARE READING ALONG with the text, at least initially.
The harder things to get used to, after being accustomed to Erasmian:
I, EI, U, OI, H all being pronounced as "ee"
NT being pronounced as "nd" - e.g., PANTA is pronounced like "pahn-da" or
"puhn-da"
O and W being pronounced the same
NO ROUGH BREATHING PRONOUNCED
Other things:
AI being pronounced as E
The guttural and "y"-sound given to G
B as "v" and D as "th" (as in "these")
Also, Greek does not generally contract syllables in terms of their length.
The accented
syllables are stressed, but this does not result in the unaccented syllables
being shortened as
we do in English.
I bought the Zodhiates tapes a few years ago, and then "graduated" to the
CDs (available for
half price at the Evangelical Theological Society meeting - which this year
(November) will be in
Valley Forge, PA - great book deals!!!). I'm tempted to buy a new iPOD Nano
and put them on
it. It's hard to make the switch, but once made, it's hard to go back to
Erasmian.
Eric S. Weiss
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