Reading and Pronouncing Biblical Greek: Historical Pronunciation versus Erasmian

This book invites you to see not only how Hellenistic Koine ought to be pronounced but also why. Rigorously investigating the history of Greek orthography and sounds from classical times to the present, the author places linguistic findings on one side of the scale and related events on the other. The result is a balance between the evidence of the historical Greek sounds in Koine and pre-Koine times, and the political events that derailed those sounds as they were being transported through Europe's Renaissance academia and replaced them with Erasmian. This book argues for a return to the historical Greek sounds now preserved in Neohellenic (Modern Greek) as a step toward mending the Erasmian dichotomy that rendered post-Koine Greek irrelevant to New Testament Greek studies. The goal is a holistic and diachronic application of the Hellenic language and literature to illume exegetically the Greek text, as the New Testament contains numerous features that have close affinity with Neohellenic and should not be left unexplored.

Author: Philemon Zachariou
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Published: 06/08/2020
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.22lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9781725254497
ISBN10: 1725254492
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Biblical Reference | Language Study
- Religion | Biblical Criticism & Interpretation | New Testament
- Religion | Biblical Studies | New Testament | General