The Audio Greek New Testament

It's pretty much what you'd expect it to be. It's the UBS Greek NT read out loud. I'm not sure that his pronunciation is "perfect", but who defines that anyway? It's a little bit different than Mounce's pronunciation, but for adding an auditory element to my reading through the Greek NT, it's great, and what I paid for it saved me having to record myself for hours and hours and hours!I like the way they did the DVD, but I went ahead and ripped the audio tracks into iTunes. I then had to make all my own playlists by book/pericope, but that didn't take too long.My Bible study is currently studying through Ephesians at a rate of one pericope per week. I love being able to listen to that pericope on repeat in the car until the flow of the text makes more sense to me. This is an invaluable tool as I am learning Greek.

I don't know anything about the latest consensus on how Greek is supposed to be pronounced. So know that I'm talking out of ignorance here. But my personal impression of this reading is that I really dislike it.Logos. How do you pronounce that, for example? My old-school Greek grammar ( An Introduction to Greek , 1928) says you would pronounce it "loh goh s." O pronounced as in "obey." This audio pronounces it "lah gah s." I really hate that.Also, it sounds to my ear comparable to a gringo speaking Spanish. Vowels such as the "oo" sound (Greek ou) are pronounced in a very American way, with the full diphthong. I would prefer a more pure, simple "oo" sound (as in other languages) without the American diphthong. That is how I imagine the Greeks would say it (what do I know).Also, I don't know anything about how Greek is supposed to be read, the accents, etc. But this reading doesn't seem to flow well, to my untrained ear.I know the first chapter of John pretty well, from reading it. But when I hear it on this audio, it's almost unrecognizable. So I'm going to have to listen as I read along, to learn the "dialect" being used on this audio.I emailed the German Bible Society and they recommended this audio version to me. So maybe you should listen to them and ignore my ignorant impressions here....One thing I do like about this product, besides it being the Aland text, is that the reading is relatively slow. Good for us beginners. If only I could understand the pronunciation....To listen to a sample of this product, see my comment

I really like this product and I'm glad I bought it.Up to now, I've been using readings of the Greek New Testament that various other people have recorded and made available as internet downloads free of charge (a Google search will find them).It seems that everyone has their own way of reading NT greek, and some are much better than others (some are VERY eccentric!). To be honest I personally don't like Mr Schwandt's reading style as much as I like a few of the others. It's probably just a matter of personal preference, but some of the other readers inject a degree of expression and personality which I find somewhat lacking in this version. Whereas other readers make it sound as if they're really telling a story, and have genuine emotions about it, this has more of the almost monotonous sound that you'd expect from someone reading a dry academic text. That's my personal opinion anyway, and it's the reason this is a 4-star rather than a 5-star review.This disk does score significantly in a couple of places. First, you can choose to listen to the readings divided either into the usual chapter-based divisions, or you can listen by pericope (ie, by individual story/paragraph). Also, if used on a computer, you can open a pdf document which very quickly enables you to navigate to any chapter/pericope. The quality of the recording is also better than in most free downloads.All in all, I'm finding this a useful tool, and it's probably the one I'm going to stick with - at least until someone comes up with one that can match its production values but adds some feeling to the readings!

This helped me intuit Greek better than any other resource. I will return to it for many years to come and will recommend it to others. But heads up, he uses Erasmian pronunciation

It is exactly what I want. At the beginning, it sounds a little blur, but quickly got used to it. It has some tonality from where you can easily identify the characters in the text. For me, it is to be familiar with the text. This is the only choice for NA27 MP3 in the market.

These audios are suppose to help koine Greek student learn the language. But the reader reads too speedily, therefore, defeating the purpose of the product.

This is CD of New Testament Greek is something you will enjoy time and time again. As you learn NT Greek and event if you already know, you will appreciate this CD.

Great for learning proper pronunciation.

On the plus side, the recording quality is excellent, and the pronunciation is consistently true to the Erasmian system. And the overall speed is good. But the lack of expression in these recordings makes them frustratingly hard to listen to as pieces of literature. Some parts are better than others. But in general, I was disappointed not just by the monotone delivery but by the way the reader's pauses do not always even line up with the end of the phrase.Free recordings online are usually not the UBS text (for copyright reasons) and may be variable in recording quality...but I have found some of them much more satisfying to the ears and the heart!