[B-Greek] Modern Greek NT Audio
Leonard Isaksson
leonardo1orchardcity at mac.com
Sat Dec 5 10:26:14 EST 2009
Thank you for this post. You have quite the collection of 'Greek
spoken here' (esp. NT Greek)going, this is a helpful web page that you
have up. This is a good thing.
Leonard Isaksson
On Dec 5, 2009, at 8:40 AM, Louis Sorenson wrote:
>
> The entire Greek NT Testament in modern Greek (Demotic?) as read
> Vasilios Vellas can be found online at FaithComesByHearing.com (Faith
> Comes by Hearing). You can get several downloads from that site for
> free. A demo is available. The author reads at lightning speed and
> reminds me of the pace my Serbian relatives speak in a heated
> argument. Of course, all the accents are correct. After listening to
> a lot of Buth's GreekNT audio, one can follow along and get the gist
> of Vellas' audio, but of course eta = [i].
>
> The links are as follows:
> http://www.faithcomesbyhearing.com/store/languageconfig (Select Greek
> for the language)
> http://www.faithcomesbyhearing.com/audio-bible-download/windows
> http://www.faithcomesbyhearing.com/audio-bible-download/mac
>
> The Greek text being read is a modern translation (most probably the
> one produced by Vellas himself). I cannot find the text online, so I
> do not know if it is demotic or katharevousa. It's way different from
> the modern Greek text on UnboundBible.com.
>
> The Greek Bible Society
> (http://en.greekbiblesociety.gr/AboutUs/Translations.dsp) has the
> following blurb about modern Greek texts:
>
> -------start---
> The Greek Bible Society already has offered to the Greek people three
> translations into different language levels.
>
> * a) Translation of the entire Bible by the Archimandrite and
> Neophytos Vambas, Professor of the University of Athens, (1850)
> (sometimes written Bambas)
> * b) Translation of the New Testament by a group of professors of
> the University of Athens led by Professor Vasilios Vellas (1967)
> * c) Translation of the entire Bible into Modern (demotic) Greek
> by a group of 12 Professors of the Theological Schools of Athens and
> Thessalonica (1997)
> -------end---
>
> Perhaps someone who knows more can shed more light on the various
> modern Greek translations, and know if there are any other audio tapes
> of a modern Greek Bible. I'm keeping a list at
> http://www.letsreadgreek.com/resources/greekntaudio.htm.
>
> Louis Sorenson
>
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