[B-Greek] looking for a book

Jeff Cockrell jeffcockrell at hotmail.com
Fri Apr 1 07:09:45 EST 2005


In my prior post, I misread the question.

The Theological Dictionary of the NT is an excellent source for 
understanding how the koine Greek was used in everyday language, such as 
Judaism, Hellenism, Greek philosophy, Greek literature, LXX and NT.

It was edited by Kittel and Friedrich and published by Eerdmans.  It's a 
massive 10-vol set.  The abridged volume was published by Eerdman's in 1985.

However, both are available in electronic format by Logos 
--http://www.logos.com/products/details/1416
http://www.logos.com/ebooks/details/tdnta

>From: Ted Shoemaker <tedsmath at yahoo.com>
>To: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
>Subject: Re: [B-Greek] looking for a book
>Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 11:35:55 -0800 (PST)
>
>
>Mike Sangrey <MSangrey at BlueFeltHat.org> wrote:
>
> > kgraham0938 at comcast.net wrote:
> > > a book that
> > > takes Greek NT words
> > > and tells how they were used in everyday language
> > > on the streets.
> >
> > In a certain sense, what your pastor is looking for
> > is simply Koine
> > Greek.  Since, 'koine', by definition, is
> > vernacular.
>
>This depends on what the original poster wanted.
>The KOINE that we have is the *written* vernacular.
>"Everyday language on the streets" doesn't necessarily
>get written in the sme form that it is spoken.
>*Spoken* KOINE might be, for all we know, quite
>different from written KOINE.  In that case, there
>will be no extant examples of what he's looking for.
>
>Ted Shoemaker
>
>
>
>
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