Hellenistic Greek Text

In seventy-five passages from religious and religio-philosophical writings of the Hellenistic era--Christian, Jewish, and pagan--Hellenistic Greek Textsincludes material suited to every linguistic level and illustrates various literary styles. The Old Testament, the Old Testament Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha, the New Testament, Philo, Josephus, early Christian writings, pagan literature, and writings from papyri are all represented to provide first-hand material for the study of Christian origins and ofkoine, or everyday, Greek in which the New Testament was written. An introduction tokoineGreek and Hellenistic culture and religion, a selected bibliography, brief prefaces to the selections, and a complete vocabulary are also included in this volume.Wikgren, Allen P. is the author of 'Hellenistic Greek Text' with ISBN 9780226896885 and ISBN 0226896889.