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GREEK PRONUNCIATION 11 (1,000 Words)
This video may come as a surprise to many viewers, including scholars of New Testament (NT) or Classical Greek. The video shows that many words in the Greek NT are used in Modern Greek (Neohellenic) today. Specifically, it shows that over 1,000 sample words from the Greek NT are written, spelled, and understood the same way in Greek today. Additionally, the video shows that these sample 1,000 NT Greek words were also written, spelled, and understood (at their core meaning) in Classical Greek. Regardless of your background or knowledge of Greek, the evidence of what this video claims to be historically true is at the fingertips of anyone with some basic Greek dictionary skills. What this video presents is absolutely indisputable. —Philemon Zachariou, Ph.D.
Note: Some sources give a count of 5,432 Greek words in the Greek New Testament. The number of 4,900 Greek words given here does not include proper names, geographical names, or "Grecianized" words, that is, words that appear to be Greek but are actually of non-Greek origin (e.g., Latin, Hebrew, Aramaic). -
GREEK PRONUNCIATION 8 (“Iota" Subscript - Silent)
This video, GREEK PRONUNCIATION 8, is “silent” (e.g., without music) by way of emphasizing that what is commonly referred to as the “iota” subscript is actually not the letter iota ( ι ) but an iota-like symbol that was never pronounced . . . -
HISTORICAL GREEK PRONUNCIATION vs. ERASMIAN (Abridged)
This video highlights key parts of the book, READING AND PRONOUNCING BIBLICAL GREEK: Historical Pronunciation versus Erasmian (Wipf & Stock). It provides a clear view of what the Historical Greek Pronunciation (HGP) is, and how it is preserved in Neohellenic (Modern Greek). Viewers and readers, especially those wondering about the nature of Erasmian, will be assured not only about the way Biblical Greek ought to be pronounced but also why. This video, under 34 minutes in length, is an abridged version of a longer video (51 min.). —PZ -
HISTORICAL GREEK PRONUNCIATION vs. ERASMIAN
This video will give you a clear view of what the Historical Greek Pronunciation (HGP) is, and how it is preserved in Neohellenic (“Modern” Greek). Viewers of this video or readers of the book, especially those wondering about the role of Erasmian, will be assured not only about the way Biblical Greek ought to be pronounced but also why. —Phil Zachariou -
GREEK PRONUNCIATION 9 (The Lord’s Prayer)
A Greek Pronunciation exercise using The Lord’s Prayer (Matthew 6:9–13). After some pronunciation tips, the Prayer is first read very slowly and then at moderate speed. -
GREEK PRONUNCIATION 8 (Iota Subscript)
A description of the development of the so-called "Iota Subscript" from post-Homeric times to the present. This video explains the origins and development of the iota-like symbol first as an adscript and later as a subscript. (CORRECTION: at 3:31, Ἀθηναῖοις should read Ἀθηναίοις.) -
GREEK PRONUNCIATION 7 (Published Book)
An announcement of a book titled, Reading and Pronouncing Biblical Greek: Historical Pronunciation versus Erasmian (Wipf and Stock Publishers, June 2020). -
GREEK PRONUNCIATION 6 (The Nicene Creed)
The Nicene Creed – A Greek pronunciation exercise using the statement of faith adhered to by Christians. The Nicene Creed is called Nicene because it was originally adopted in the city of Nicaea by the First Council of Nicaea in AD 325. -
GREEK PRONUNCIATION 5 (Ephesians)
In this video, Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians enables you to practice reading, listening, and pronouncing Greek using the Neohellenic (Modern Greek) pronunciation. Neohellenic preserves the historical sounds of Greek, so its pronunciation comes very close to the pronunciation of the Κοινή "koine" of the New Testament. For a discussion on the evidence of the historical Greek sounds, collectively referred to as the Historical Greek Pronunciation (HGP), you may visit www.Greeklinguistics.net, or contact the author, Phil Zachariou, at NTGreek@att.net.
For tips on pronunciation, please see a short video clip,
GREEK PRONUNCIATION 4 (Tips) at https://youtu.be/QsKRlzZP3aY.
Note:
The spelling errors we see in private classical inscriptions are repeated in the numerous Hellenistic and Byzantine papyrical records as well as in modern writings by the less literate private citizens. This unbroken 2,500-year-old record of misspellings, judged by the same standard—the same 24-letter alphabet and orthography—is the strongest evidence we have of the development of the historical sounds of Greek. This record helps us follow the phonemic pronunciation of mainstream Greek that prevailed through the centuries over all other peripheral pronunciations and evolved into what it is today. Neohellenic (aka "Modern" Greek) therefore preserves the living historical sounds with a pronunciation that is real, consistent, and euphonic. As the direct descendant of Κοινή, Neohellenic is naturally closer to the pronunciation of the first Greek-speaking Christians than any "reconstructed" or other artificial pronunciation of Greek. —PZ