[B-Greek] Listening to Greek
George F Somsel
gfsomsel at yahoo.com
Sat Oct 11 07:50:05 EDT 2008
These are the same recordings as are on greeklatinaudio.com by John Simon. It is a modified modern pronunciation. I agree with you regarding the concern being the naturalness of the reading. This is the problem with Pfemister's recordings -- they sound wooden. In her defense I might note that when they were first put up on CCEL.org it was stated that she was losing her sight and made the recording so she would have them when she could no longer see. I would tend to suspect that some of the woodenness is attributable to her being unable to easily read the text because of her failing sight.
george
gfsomsel
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From: Michael Abernathy <michaelabernat9001 at sbcglobal.net>
To: B-Greek at lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 11:33:35 AM
Subject: [B-Greek] Listening to Greek
For those interested Haverford college has some audio files available
for download including the New Testament and Herodotus at
http://www.haverford.edu/classics/audio/#newtestament
I haven't listened to much of it but it sounds like the pronunciation is
Modern. You can choose between a natural reading speed or "study
speed." Personally, I'm not so concerned about which pronunciation is
used as I am about how natural it sounds. I'd rather listen to someone
who sounds fluent and can place the appropriate emphasis when reading
whether it is a Modern, Erasmian, or a more accurate rendition of the Koine.
Sincerely,
Michael Abernathy
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