All Things Are Better In Koine

A Tongue-in-cheek music video about Biblical Greek. Song written and recorded by Derek North, rap section composed by Sam Casucci, video directed and edited by Nick Casucci.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Derek North
• Nick Casucci
• Adam Pearce
• Sam Casucci
• Biola
• biblical greek
• bible
• koine
• Mickey Klink
• Scott Yoshikawa
• DA Carson
• William Mounce
• Daniel Wallace

[gokooi]

where's the ancient hebrew video? lol Why doesn't hebrew get any love :( lol

[senseiEthan]

You guys are out of control! 5 stars

[AliasSpecWriter]

I really hope that somehow Daniel Wallace has seen this...

[kirgy9]

I am one of those bible majors that have gone through those gruelling seminars on Greek. Loved it so much i am teaching myself Hebrew!

[cclus]

@cbcurtis85

Are there any other examples? As you may know, there is clear evidence of pre-Masoretic writings. See, for example, the 'Nash Papyrus'.That the BHS has instances of pre-Masoretic text is not inconceivable. Notwithstanding this, it is well established that the early Christians and the Apostles used the Septuagint, not the Masoretic. To suggest that they used the Masoretic is anachronistic.

[SorokChyetirye]

@gokooi lol, not that Hebrew's bad or anything. But the New Testament was written in Greek - as were the Deuterocanonical books.

[Aeschylus]

1:05 Your teacher addresses you τῷ πληθυντικῷ;

3:00 Not τί λέγεις ἐν κοινή (ἆρα οὐκ ἔγνω ὁ διδάσκαλος ὑμῶν τὴν δοτικήν;), but τί λέγεις (ἐν) τῇ κοινῇ διαλέκτῳ;

Except that that sounds ridiculous in Greek, and they'd just say, τί λέγεις ἑλληνιστί; or τί λέγεις; Or in your case, τί φλυαρεῖς;

[Aeschylus]

The language is not Κοινή (which at the time would've been pronounced [ky'nẹ:], and soon afterwards [ky'ni]), but Greek. To say "I'm learning Koine" would be something like a Greek saying "I'm learning Wycliffite."

[cbcurtis85]

@WorshipInTruth Yes, it is just a silly video (I loved it). Perhaps "lament" was the wrong word. :-) God bless

[WorshipInTruth]

@cbcurtis85 Why does there have to be an equivalent video?? It is just a silly video, can probably find something better to "lament" about.

[cbcurtis85]

@WorshipInTruth Admittedly, my statement that we "ignore the Old Testament too much (and therefore we neglect the study of Hebrew)" was generalized. I wasn't intending to say you specifically were neglecting Hebrew/Aramaic. I'm sorry for coming across that way.

I just wanted to point out that gookoi didn't seem to be saying that the New Testament was written in Hebrew. It seemed to me that gookoi was just lamenting (in a light tone, I thought) that there was no equivalent video for OT Hebrew.

[WorshipInTruth]

@cbcurtis85 I don't feel like the study of Hebrew is neglected, there are many hebraists, even amongst gentiles. I am sorry if it appears as if I was neglecting the importance of Aramaic-Hebrew.