From: Sam Johnson (jfamily5@prodigy.net)
Date: Thu May 17 2001 - 17:00:19 EDT
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Message text written by c stirling
bartholomew<BR>> but I cannot find anyone speaking Hellenistic Greek.
Why<BR>>not? No one anywhere on the globe speaks Hellenistic Greek. For
this<BR>reason<BR>>I consider the quest for conversational Hellenistic
Greek a utopian one=<BR>.<BR>>Utopia is nowhere and that is where Hellenistic
Greek is spoken.<BR><BR>Clay, =<BR><BR><BR></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><FONT face=Arial size=2> I have done quite a
bit of research on this and the evidence points to modern Greek being the
closest to Koine. Robertson mentions this in his grammer and even makes a claim
that the Greek spoken today is closer to the Koine in spite of the time span.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><FONT
face=Arial size=2>My greek teacher who was from Athens loved to tell the story
about his mother who could read his New Testament even though she only knew
modern Greek. I have learned the pronunciation of modern Greek and it is much
easier than using the erasmusian. I hope many of you will consider learning
modern Greek pronunciation. I have communicated with a well known Greek scholar
and he told me "that modern Greek comes as close to any model we have for how it
was actually pronounced in ancient times". </FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><FONT
face=Arial size=2>In His Grip,</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><FONT
face=Arial size=2>Sam Johnson</FONT></DIV>
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