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I was told that some of these pronunciations have changed over time, and the English versions are an attempt to approximate the pronunciation from ~2000 years a
by jacobolus 6y ago
I was told that some of these pronunciations have changed over time, and the English versions are an attempt to approximate the pronunciation from ~2000 years ago, because some parts of the Christian bible were written in Greek.
I don’t know much about it though.
- Tainnor 6y agoThe New Testament was originally written in Greek.
- commandlinefan 6y agoMost modern translations of the old testament are based primarily on the Septuagint translation which was also written in (Koine) Greek.