All Things Are Better In Koine

@ meestro.....
yeah the whole point of that section is to be as ridiculous as possible; language, pronunciation, etc. Its making fun of those who think they are super-christians because they know a little greek. The line sung there, John 1:1, was the very first scripture we learned in Greek b/c it was the easiest. so that plus the silly singing puncuated by the "holy" line is a recipe for a good satire!

Um... actually Bill Mounce coined a lot of the phrases used in the video.

It isn't a satire on "super-Christians" as far as I can tell.

I was battling with an aorist inceptive when I saw this...the perfect anecdote so thank you.

It's 4:30am and I'm studying Latin (it would definitely be better if I was studying Koine lol) and this just made me smile so much - I just played it five times running! Oh and the facial expression at 3:18 is me right now !
I love the "eggo" moment - that is always my favourite word EVER in Greek!
Thanks for making me smile!

Funny tongue-n-cheek tune! Question, though. I know lyrically, they are having fun w/ the language, but are the actual pronunciations here what they teach at this school? I've heard some wretched Erasmus pronunciations, but I wasn't certain whether I should be laughing at the content or the pronunciations, or both? I'm not trying to slam these guys who did a wonderful job on the video, just honestly curious. Thanks!

All things are better in kee-nee. It's what the scriptures really be... ;)

lol

When you are studying biblical Greek, the point is not to nail the pronunciation, but the meaning. Koine Greek is a dead language, speaking it is not important.

Koine is still taught in Greek schools, and is used all the time daily in the Orthodox church. I wouldn't exactly call it a 'dead' language. Works out better if you get the proper pronunciations down because since it IS still taught and used in a Biblical sense (the Church), there are a lot of concepts you can learn from folks who have been speaking it & writing it since the written times.