[B-Greek] "proper" pronunciation?
Wayne Leman
wayne_leman at sil.org
Mon Jan 1 18:39:11 EST 2007
>I listened to an mp3 audio seminar by Charles Vanderpool on correct
> pronunciation of koine Greek
>
> http://apostolicbible.com/
>
> His were quite a bit different than what I learned in college NT
> Greek 1 and what I hear theologians speak. For example, his
> pronunciation of the upsilon sound is a long ee, as is the dipthhong
> OI. His premise is that koine Greek correctly pronounced is identical
> to modern day spoken Greek.
This topic has often been discussed on this list. Vanderpool's pronunciation
is probably much closer to how Koine Greek was actually pronounced than is
the so-called Erasmus pronunciation of most Bible school, seminary, and
university professors.
>
> Is there a consensus on this? Or is it simply impossible to ascertain?
I think there is an increasing consensus. No, it is not impossible to
ascertain. If you go through the b-greek archives and read some of the posts
by Randall Buth and others, you will see how it is possible to go back in
time from Modern Greek and get pretty close to how Hellenistic (Koine) Greek
was spoken.
Wayne
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Wayne Leman
Better Bibles Blog:
http://englishbibles.blogspot.com
>
> Thanks,
>
> MichaeL Hinton
> beginning Greek student
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