Inquiry: Hellenistic Greek texts from LCL?

Joseph A. Weaks fccspear at ren.net
Mon Nov 30 15:25:11 EST 1998


At year's end, I have $100 left in my book line item.  Happy, happy...Joy,
joy!  I have been wanting to buy a few LCL volumes of texts written between
1st century BCE and 2nd century CE to read more from non-canonical texts.
I am placing increasing value on the general knowledge of Greek usage
contemporary to NT writings.  Especially any written in a similar koine
style.

Perusing the Harvard web site, I can occassionally tell the dates of a
writing and learn, for instance, that ACHILLES TATIUS'  _LEUCIPPE AND
CLITOPHON_ is a second century writing.  But most often I am lost.  Anyone
have a reference, or a list of authors' writing dates, or even a note
including authors from the period they could send me private?  I am aware
of Boring, Berger, Colpe's _Hellenistic Commentary to the NT_.  I know the
biggies such as Josephus, Philo, and church fathers.  I am open to
suggestions of particular works that would be worth reading.  Are there
other publishings that print Greek/English side-by-side other than Loeb
Classic Library that I should be exploring?

Thanking you in advance,
Joe

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Joseph A. Weaks
Minister of the Word
First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Spearman, TX
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