[B-Greek] Modern Greek NT Audio

Michael J Miles mjmorthotics0 at msn.com
Sun Dec 6 13:28:15 EST 2009


Louis, and all, I was prepared, and had intended yesterday morning to reply, 
but needed to re-listen to the tape and to check some details; but then your 
good link to the ABA site needed me to join, register, and install their 
program in order to download the entire 500+ mg file; then checking the net 
for more info time took flight;  then my wife hurried me off to a Messianic 
Jews' meeting;  then my job and one of my sons needed me.........  Here is 
what I got: I am listening to the Vellas' Audio Greek NT as I write; 
Vellas' text seems to be his own slight revision of the Byzantine Greek 
Orthodox texts in vogue; he uses the movable nu, or should we coin it 
removable nu, in the verbs, as in εγεννησε(ν) EGENNHSE(N), he inserts the 
article before each personal name, and so forth; his reading slows down 
after the geneaology;  he is the only reader throughout; I use to follow him 
with the two Orthodox editions that I have, one the older version, the other 
the new; his reading is more consistent with the older; the tape set 
consists of 18 cassettes, with the Greek titles and books written on one 
side and the English on the the reverse; "The New Testament,  Translation by 
V. Vellas © United Bible Societies 1967 Distributed by Greek Archdiocese of 
North and South America.  The internet did not help much; Google register 
the "Greek Modern Revised New Testament", Athenai (Athens) 1967, but due to 
unknown copyrights restricts access;  this ought to be corrected and if the 
rghts are non-restrictive ought to be available to all (ABA of the Faith 
comes  by Hearing site may hold the info; the Greek site on the net refers 
th Vellas' He Kaine Diatheke "traditional Byzantine text with parallel 
Modern Greek" ABS with a workbook.   I did discover the Wikipedia's article 
on Modern Greek to be instructive; I commend to your labors the work of 
Peter Mackridge on the whole subject, especially the interview "The 
Phenomenon of Diglossia
Language and National Identity".  Well must go to work today, not my usual 
for Sunday.  I like the the idea of a B-Greek list audio Grek NT, LibriVox 
is a ready host and format tool to do so without much fuss. Mike.


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From: "Louis Sorenson" <llsorenson at hotmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 05, 2009 6:40 AM
To: "B-Greek List mail to all" <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [B-Greek] Modern Greek NT Audio

>
> 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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