[B-Greek] Greek NT Audio
Louis Sorenson
llsorenson at hotmail.com
Mon Sep 22 06:51:03 EDT 2008
Hello all,
(Hopefullly this post is not hashed by my email client)
The
following audio recordings of some or all the GNT are available. Are
there any I am missing? Also, is any other than Buth's and Zodhiates
totally reliable for accentuation (regardless of the system used)? I have included 18 facets (described below) for each recording. Ones I am not sure of I put a "?" after the number.
Marilyn
Pheister http://www.ccel.org/a/anonymous/gnt/mp3/
(2-Female, 3-American, 4-OK speed, 5-poor phrasing, 6-stilted flow,
7-Erasmian pronunciation, 8-Consistency of pronunciation?, 9-Correct
accentuation?, 10-harsh tones, 11- clear pronunciaiton, 12-oddities?,
13-Wescott-Hort, 14-full NT, 15- good quality, 16- free for download or
cd-rom availalbe; 18-mp3)David Field http://www.davidpfield.com/audio-gnt/Gospels-Acts/Gospels-Acts.htm
(2-male, 3-British, 4-good speed, 5- good
phrasing, 6- smooth flow with meaning, 7- Erasmian; 8-inconsistent in
some vowels; 9- incorrect accentuations, 10- well rounded tones, 11-
clear pronunciation, 12- pronouces eta as ae, 13- Greek text?, 14-
Matthew, more to
come, 15-good quality, 16- free on internent, 18-mp3 )J. Simon http://www.greeklatinaudio.com/ or http://www.helding.net/greeklatinaudio/greek/
(2-male, 3-American, 4-Very Fast speed, 5-good phrasing, 6-smooth flow
with meaning, 7-Modified Modern Greek, 8- consistent pronunciation,
9-accentuation correct?, 10- good tones, 11- clear pronunciation,
12-with some American pronunciations, 13- Greek text?, 14-entire NT,
15-good quality, 16-free on internet, 18-mp3.Spiros
Zodhiates http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/product?item_no=571492#curr
(Modern Greek, Nestle Aland 26, $78, cd only; good reviews, clear and methodic pronunciation)Jonathan
Pennington Zondervan (http://www.talking-book-store.com/title.aspx?titleId=10444
; (2-male, 3-American, 4-medium slow speed, 5- good phrasing, 6-smooth
flow, 7-Erasmian system, 8-inconsistent pronunciation, 9-incorrect
accentuations, 10- smooth tones, 11- clear pronunciation, 12-oddities?,
13- USB4, 14-1st John, Sermon on the Mount, all passages in Mounce's
graded reader, 15-excellent quality, 16-purchase from bookseller or
available as download $11.99, 18-file format?
Randall
Buthhttp://www.biblicalulpan.org/Sound_files/1John1.MP3
(2-male, 3-Hebrew, 4-quick and lively, 5-excellent phrasing, 6- smooth
flow, 7-Living Koine
(restored 1st century pronunciation), 8- consistent pronunciation,
9-correct accentuations, 10- smooth tones, 11-clear pronunciation, 12-
oddities?, 13-USB4, `14- 1 John 1, 15-excellent quality, 16-free on
internet; more recordings as part of a cd-rom purchase?, 18)mp3
If
anyone has anymore information on any other audio readings, or want to
'grade' the ones listed above, please send the information in and I
will add them to the list. Please include the following elements:
1) Speaker Name, 2) Speaker Gender, 3) Foreign Accent of speaker 4)
Pace of reading, 5) Phraseology i.e. keeps phrases together, 6)
Smoothness of delivery, 7) System of pronunciation i.e. Erasmus',
Restored Attic, Living Koine, Modern, modified xxxxx, 8) Consistency of
Pronunciation, 9) Correct Accentuation 10) Voice tones i.e. pleasant,
harsh, 11) clear pronunciation i.e. no mumbling, muffled syllables 12)
Oddities and peculiarities 13) Greek Text Used, 14) List of texts: e.g.
All NT, Mt-Luke, etc., 15) Quality of recording, 16) availability of
text i.e. free internet, purchase, etc. 17) website(s) found or
available for purchase, 18) file format i.e. mp3, cd-rom, 19) your
comments and overall impression
I am amazed that no web site
out there contains a list of all available audio files. Those that run
websites should perhaps add such an page. For now, I am creating a page
on my humble site. It can be found at http://www.letsreadgreek.com/resources/ntaudio.htm. (soon to be created) I'll try to add my ratings for the audio files I have heard.
I would encourage all on the list to take time to add an aural element
to their Greek learning. I'm planning on making a cd-rom for my commute
using several of the recordings regardless of the 'dialect' (i.e.
Erasmian,
Restored Attic, Living Koine or Modern Greek); the mind is usually able
to follow along with a little conditioning. I have found one of the
harder elements in listening
- at least in the early stages - is the speed of the speaker. Too fast
- and it easily goes over one's head. The plateau to which one should
aspire is to listen without reading the text. If you can hear it and
follow mentally, you know you are making progress.
The b-Greek archives have a lot of content on pronunciation (at least
one thread a month). It seems that the hardest element of restoring a
non-spoken dialect is 1) consistency in pronunciation and 2) the accent
of the speaker. The modern Greek recordings do not have the consistency
issue. Most of the criticisms that have been mentioned in posts are
that a speaker is inconsistent in pronunciation of certain vowels, miss
accents, ignore word groups and read without meaning.
As
a fan of Dr. Buth's pronunciation system, and from my experience both
trying to record Epictetus' Enchiridion and teach a beginning Greek
class, I have become acutely aware of my inconsistencies. As in life,
you become what you surround yourself with - both my sisters have moved
south (TN, SC), and their pure Minnesota American non-accent is now
corrupt. So what we need is a freely available, solid, consistent,
recording of the Greek New Testament from multiple speakers - all
speaking the same Koine dialect. Someone on the list once mentioned
creating a dramatized Greek NT, such a feat would require multiple
speakers.
So I suggest that those fans of either system out
there record 1 John 1 (epistolary), Matthew 5:1-17 (monologue) and
Matthew 27:11-31 (dialogue). It would be a great exercise for those who
want to add speaking and listening to their skills. Such an activity
in surely not a part of any existing curriculum, is it? We could all be
graded by our peers, should we post them - which would help one know
what they are doing right or wrong. Perhaps the passages in Mounce's
graded reader would be a good place to continue.
Louis Sorenson
_________________________________________________________________
See how Windows Mobile brings your life together—at home, work, or on the go.
http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/msnnkwxp1020093182mrt/direct/01/
More information about the B-Greek
mailing list