[B-Greek] Definitions
Mark Lightman
lightmanmark at yahoo.com
Sun Feb 21 21:44:47 EST 2010
Hellenistic and Koine Greek are really two terms for the
same thing. NT Greek would be included in the above.
You might say that Koine could be more properly used of
slightly later Greek than Hellenistic, i.e. further towards
what becomes known as Byzantine Greek.
Mark L
FWSFOROS MARKOS
--- On Sun, 2/21/10, Eddie Mishoe <edmishoe at yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Eddie Mishoe <edmishoe at yahoo.com>
Subject: [B-Greek] Definitions
To: "B Greek" <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Date: Sunday, February 21, 2010, 7:32 PM
I am trying to grasp the distinctions, differences, and similarities (if any) of the words used to define various Greek "languages/dialects." What are the differences among these:
1. Hellenistic Greek
2. Koine Greek
3. NT Greek
Sometimes these words seemed to be used interchangeably, while other times they seem to be quite dissimilar. Can these be defined in such a way as to put a fence around each term?
As it stands, it seems like these can be defined in concentric circles, the smallest, inner circle being NT Greek, next is Koine, and then Hellenistic. If so, they should be able to be distinguished from the others, and that is precisely what I'm looking for.
Eddie Mishoe
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