judge

Leaving a side the new testament does koine greek occur anywhere apart from works which we know were translated into greek?

graymouser

Absolutely. Koine was the Greek dialect used throughout the Hellenistic world, and much ancient writing in Greek from the post-Alexandrian period is in koine. Polybius and Epictetus were good examples of writers originating in the dialect. It faded in writing after about 300 CE, when Attic Greek underwent a revival that led to the convoluted writing style and structure of Byzantine Greek.

-Wayne

Chris Weimer

Everyone for thousands of years thought Koine was "the holy language of God", until of course we found Koine documents in Egypt. http://dumbellgreek.gospelcom.net/intro.html is a site you can visit to learn about Greek history. If you're really interested, they TY books for New Testament Greek and Ancient Greek are great resources.

Ted Hoffman

You know, I remember Kirby scanned a book for learning Greek and put it somewhere. I think the time has come for the son of man to see if he can learn Greek.

Anyone knows where it is? Cant find it in recommended reading and reference...

French Prometheus

You can download methods for learning Ancient Greek and Latin plus many books in these languages here. It's free of charge.