Re: Koine(?) Greek

On Wed, 29 Nov 2000, Steg Belsky wrote:

> All this talk of ConRomanceLangs has got me wanting to get back to work
> on Judean.
> Being in the Near East, Judea had much more influence from Hellenistic
> International Greek (that's Koine, right?) than from Latin, up until the
> point where the RL and Over There timelines diverge, of course.
> So, Judean would have a lot of influence from Greek, specifically the
> kind spoken in the Greek cities in JudeaEtc./Coelesyria/Palestine, and
> probably the kind spoken in Alexandria and Syria/Lebanon, too.  So, does
> anyone know where i could find information on the grammar, vocabulary,
> and pronounciation of the kind of Greek spoken in that area from around
> Alexander the Great until the fall of the Eastern Roman Empire?
> Soundshifts would also be good, if anyone has an idea about those.
>
>
L.R. Palmer's The Greek Language has some information on Koine. I
learnt to read it using Teach Yourself New Testamant Greek, a Greek
Testament and the Septuaginta. I'm not aware of any really _good_
sources on Koine or Byzantine Greek, though I'm sure they must
exist.

A search on google presented:

http://perswww.kuleuven.ac.be/~p3481184/greekg/history.htm

Which seems to be quite useful.



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