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The Development of Greek and the New Testament: Morphology, Syntax, Phonology, and Textual Transmission is unavailable, but you can change that!

The introduction of the Erasmian pronunciation in 1528 had two dire consequences: Greek was divided into ancient and modern, and the pronunciation applied made impossible the detection of many communicatory aspects and obscured many critical texts. Based on morphological and syntactical analysis, Chrys C. Caragounis argues for the relevance of later Greek (up to Neohellenic) for the...

ἐστίν73. This form has survived in Cyprus and Pontos, but is not common in MGr Demotic74. 16. In the NT the cardinal numerals, εἷς, μία, are losing their numerical value and are being reduced to an indefinite pronoun. Thus, Mt 8:19: προσελθὼν εἷς γραμματεύς, Mk 12:42: ἐλθοῦσα μία χήρα πτωχή, Lk 15:15: ἐκολλήθη ἑνὶ τῶν πολιτῶν, Jn 18:26: λέγει εἷς ἐκ τῶν δούλων τοῦ ἀρχιερέως, Rev 19:17: εἶδον ἕνα ἄγγελον. Occasionally the indefinite significance of εἷς is strengthened
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