Yoder, 'Euphony in Paul: Sound Matters in Romans 1:18–2:29', 2015 (Download PDF, see section 'Brief Notes on Koinē Greek Pronunciation')Ī brief summary of Buth's reconstructed Koine pronunciation and rationale, along with a case showing the value of a realistic pronunciation. Yoder below provides a tabulated summary of the sound differences between this and Erasmian.Ī very detailed case for spaced repetition, including details of how it works and how it is best used. Randall Buth, 'Koine Greek Pronunciation'Ī strong argument for a reconstructed 1st century Greek pronunciation, preserving the same sound distinctions as 1st century Greek. My Graded Reader or daily emails below might be helpful when starting, but as soon as possible just work through the sections of a Greek Bible that are easiest: John's letters and gospel, and Mark (with no English in it for your eyes to cheat!) That means reading lots of text at a level you can read comfortably without help getting up to at least 150-200 words per minute in texts where you understand 95%+ of the words. Extensive reading is also critical to becoming proficient.Grammar rules (optional - you can probably internalize these by practice exercises and reading/listening).Vocab ( critical - SRS will give you an order of magnitude advantage).John's letters and gospel make an easy start. Free audio of whole NT available in links below.Reconstructed pronunciation is described briefly and simply in Buth's article below.Requires realistic pronunciation to be useful: choose Modern or 'Imperial'/'Reconstructed'/'Koine' pronunciation.Language learning is hard, but there are some tools that make it possible to basically pick up a language part-time in a year - and, more importantly, to retain and grow your new skill over the coming years. Flashcards I found helpful doing a grammar-translation-based Greek course, but some would argue for skipping those in favour of reading content that includes the target vocabulary - if you can get it. There has been a fair bit of development in applying second-language acquisition to Greek learning since then, including some more early reading material and courseware like Biblingo. This guide is starting to show its age and needs updating. Essential Tools for Learning New Testament Greek

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