[B-Greek] On-line Koine writings to read?
Alex Poulos
apviper at gmail.com
Sun Nov 21 22:15:09 EST 2010
Close to NT 5 Easy 7 Good 8 TOTAL 20
I enjoyed reading the work. The beginning is rather easy, but it gets more
difficult as the work progresses. However, it is set up, for the most part,
as a giant group of antitheses (Old vs New). I'd say it's worth looking at!
Alex
On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 4:39 PM, Mark Lightman <lightmanmark at yahoo.com>wrote:
> < Melito of Sardis might be a
> nice one to try: he's from the second century.>
>
> Hi, Alex,
>
> I remember on the Greek Study list, when you sent us that excerpt from
> Melito, it seemed really easy and interesting, but I never did get around to
> reading the whole text. What GRONT score would you give it?
>
> Mark L
>
>
> FWSFOROS MARKOS
>
>
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> *From:* Alex Poulos <apviper at gmail.com>
> *To:* Marilyn Phemister <windmill65 at yahoo.com>
> *Cc:* B-Greek <B-Greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
> *Sent:* Sat, November 20, 2010 12:45:04 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [B-Greek] On-line Koine writings to read?
>
> Epictetus might be fun:
> http://www.letsreadgreek.com/epictetus/EnchiridionGreekText.htm
> He's a stoic philosopher from the first century who wrote in "literary
> koine."
>
> It looks like some of the "Acts and Paul and Thecla" are available online:
> http://patrologia.narod.ru/apocryph/novum/a_paul.htm
> Beware, apparently the fonts don't work quite right in firefox.
>
> Also, I believe the apostolic fathers can be found online. Here's one such
> site: http://www.ccel.org/l/lake/fathers/toc.htm.
>
> Finally, the Patrologia Graeca is a rich source of all sorts of Christian
> Greek literature. You can many PDFs here:
> http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/. Melito of Sardis might be a
> nice one to try: he's from the second century.
>
> Happy reading!
>
> Alex
>
> On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 1:56 PM, Marilyn Phemister <windmill65 at yahoo.com
> >wrote:
>
> > Dear Friends,
> >
> > Can anyone recommend Koine writings that might be available free on-line?
> > I need to read something besides the GNT and LXX. I can't do honest
> > translating of Scripture because it is too familiar to me. I would like
> to
> > try something that is not so predictable. I have the OT Pseudopigrapha
> in
> > my Logos software and enjoy it. But I would really like to read some of
> the
> > New Testament Apocryphal texts, if they are available in Greek. I need
> to
> > be able to read these online or download them.
> >
> > Thanks for any help you can offer.
> >
> > Marilyn Phemister
> >
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