Master biblical Greek in its spoken context. Jonathan T. Pennington's New Testament Greek Vocabulary has helped thousands of Greek students build a strong working vocabulary. Now Readings in the Greek New Testament helps you develop fluency in biblical Greek as a spoken language. The vocabulary and grammar will become second nature as you listen to Greek in its working context, articulated with clarity and inflection. Insert one of these CDs into your home system, car player, or portable unit, and 'down' time becomes learning time---with an audio edge. Jonathan Pennington reads select passages from the Greek New Testament, including the Sermon on the Mount, the entire book of 1 John, and all the passages included in William Mounce's A Graded Reader of Biblical Greek. Your command of the language will improve significantly as you supplement your studies with these audio readings.
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Master biblical Greek in its spoken context.
Jonathan T. Pennington’s New Testament Greek Vocabulary has helped thousands of Greek students build a strong working vocabulary. Now Readings in the Greek New Testament helps you develop fluency in biblical Greek as a spoken language. The vocabulary and grammar will become second nature as you listen to Greek in its working context, articulated with clarity and inflection.
Insert one of these CDs into your home system, car player, or portable unit, and "down" time becomes learning time—with an audio edge. Jonathan Pennington reads select passages from the Greek New Testament, including the Sermon on the Mount, the entire book of 1 John, and all the passages included in William Mounce’s A Graded Reader of Biblical Greek. Your command of the language will improve significantly as you supplement your studies with these audio readings.
About the Author
Jonathan T. Pennington (PhD University of St. Andrews, Scotland) is assistant professor of New Testament Interpretation at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky.
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27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
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Great tool to help learn pronunciation,
This review is from: Readings in the Greek New Testament: Includes 2 Audio CDs (Audio CD)
"Readings in the Greek New Testament" is a welcome addition to the library of anyone studying New Testament Greek. While there are several excellent books on learning to read New Testament Greek (Koine Greek) but they all have the limitation inherent in any book about learning another language. No matter how well the author describes how to pronounce a word, where to put emphasis, or how to deal with diphthongs it is not the same a hearing it. On these two audio CDs Jonathan T. Pennington reads various passages in Koine Greek including the Sermon on the Mount, and the entire book of 1 John. If you have William Mounce's book "A Graded Reader of Biblical Greek" you will find all the passages mentioned there read aloud on this CD. While nobody is sure exactly how Koine Greek was pronounced, Dr. Pennington uses the most commonly accepted Erasmian pronunciation, which keeps the student in line with the majority of scholars. "Readings in the Greek New Testament" is highly recommended for anyone desiring to learn New Testament Greek and a great companion for anybody using William Mounce's book.
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not all that artful, but easy to understand,
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I have re-written this review twice as my attitude towards listening to Greek has changed. Bottom line, Pennington's Greek is very easy to understand. There is something seductive about other pronunciations or even Erasmianism with more flare, but I am convinced that for me, anyway, basic American Erasmianism is the easiest Greek to understand. Pennington speaks a bit fast. He is at his best when he gives his reading some dramatic flare, which he does from time to time, but maybe could do a little more of. He was one of the first Greek readers out there, and still one of the best.
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A Must-Have!,
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These readings are marvelous. If you're learning koine Greek, you simply have to have these. As far as I can tell, Pennington's pronunciation, per the accepted guidelines, is just right. As such, this is for one a fantastic to get your pronunciation right, regardless of the talents of your teacher.
Pennington also reads these smoothly and quickly, as if in English. This is no halting, starting recitation. This is a well-inflected reading of the scriptures as if he were reading from your favorite English translation. As a first-semester student, I don't have all the vocabulary and grammar to understand everything in the Greek, but just following along in the Greek NT as Pennington reads is a great help in getting a grasp on the flow of the language. Following in your English translation is great, also, even after just a few months of Greek. Great stuff! Don't do without.
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