[B-Greek] Introduction, Open Source Greek Audio Files.

David Mackey dmackey at dhq.nu
Sun Oct 29 00:34:05 EDT 2006


All,
    I just joined the group perhaps two days ago and only made one post. 
I appreciate those who have followed up privately with me to inform me 
concerning rules of etiquette and just to welcome me. I wanted to take a 
minute to introduce myself. My name is David Mackey, I am a beginner at 
Greek. I took one year of Greek at Philadelphia Biblical Univ. while 
completing my Bachelors there. I am currently employed as a Network 
Engineer, an entirely unrelated field. But I still desire to read the 
text in the original languages. Which brings me to the second topic 
mentioned in my subject. I tend to do studying by myself, which can help 
me accomplish more but also allows for a greater possibility of 
mispronunciation of new words (and in Greek, all words are new). I found 
during my studies that the pronunciation I would assume and the 
pronunciation of the word were oftentimes two very different things. I 
began searching for audio files that would allow me to learn the correct 
pronunciation of the words, sadly, I could not find any - except some 
older Bible software.
    After mentioning it on the VocabWorks email list I received an email 
from Prof. George Gunn of Shasta Bible College offering me several 
hundred of the most common words on MP3 as pronounced by him. I began 
chopping them up into WAVs and posting them online. I have completed 
nearly 200 words and have around 150 linked to on the website now. It is 
a continuing work that I hope many will utilize. I'd love to see vocab 
software with audio pronunciations as well as bible study software with 
the same pronunciations. I'd welcome you to take a gander at the site 
(http://www.dhq.nu/koinegreek/) and give me any feedback you may have.
Respectfully,
David Mackey.
(B.S. in Biblical Studies with an Emphasis on Pastoral Ministry, 
Philadelphia Biblical Univ.)



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