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Greek linguistic geekery

23 October 2008 · by  Fr. Ernesto 2 Comments

This is a bit of linguistic geekery. When I first went to seminary, I was taught to read and pronounce the Greek of the first century, called koine Greek. However, I later found out that the pronunciation I was taught is called Erasmian. That pronunciation does not actually come from Greece, but from Europe. Erasmus […]

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