[B-Greek] How do modern Greeks pronounce Biblical Greek
Eric Weiss
papaweiss1 at yahoo.com
Sun Jan 15 18:21:22 EST 2006
> Rodger's subject line asks "How do modern Greeks pronounce
> Biblical Greek?" I took it to mean that he didn't want to
> specify some earlier period of time and learn the
> historical pronunciation used at that earlier time. I
> interpreted his question as asking what modern Greek
> speakers do when reading Biblical Greek. That is, do they
> pronounce it the same as they do their own everyday
> language, or do they do something else, and if so, what?
> Perhaps Rodger can clarify for us.
Every time I have visited a Greek Orthodox Church, they
read and chant and pronounce the NT Readings and the Divine
Liturgy (Koine and Byzantine/Koine Greek) with a Modern
Greek pronunciation. So, I suspect the answer to the
question is that Modern Greeks read/pronounce Biblical
Greek with a Modern Greek pronunciation.
Eric S. Weiss
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