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by usqueadmortem » Sat Jun 04, 2005 10:57 pm
Greetings all,
This is my first post here. I took two years of Koine Greek and learned I am not satisfied with "erasmian"
pronunciation. Can someone please help me learn the Ecclesiatical pronunciation? I.E. The pronunciation the
Eastern Orthodox Churches use.
Thanks!
by usqueadmortem » Tue Jun 07, 2005 10:21 pm
If you talk to devout Eastern Orthodox or Greek Catholics, Erasmian pronunciation is something of an
abomination. Since the Greek language has continually been in use in the East, what with the continual
tradition of the Byzantine and Russian Empires, I trust Eastern clerics with the language much more than
Erasmus or any other more recent scholar.
If one listens to Ecclesiastical Greek, it is much more natural and flowing, whereas Erasmian Greek is awkward,
and very 'un-Greek'.
Us western Catholics are very precise about our Latin pronunication; be it Roman, German et al. Greek
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Catholics are no less precise with their Greek. Our languages are immesurably important to us.
I am not saying Erasmian pronunciation has no merits whatsoever though.
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