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The 40 pages that link to Koine Greek, each with the reason it gives.

• SeptuagintRelated: It was the language into which Jewish scriptures were translated for Greek-speaking communities.

• Hellenistic periodRelated: Its shared language helped connect the period’s diverse cities and kingdoms.

• Paul the ApostleRelated: Paul used this widely understood language for letters and public teaching.

• AlexandriaNarrower topic: Alexandria helped sustain Greek as a language of learning and administration in Egypt.

• Ptolemaic KingdomRelated: Greek became a major language of administration and exchange in Ptolemaic Egypt.

• Greek languageBroader topic: Koine bridged classical dialects and later Greek, becoming a language of administration and early Christianity.

• Biblical exegesisRelated: The New Testament was written in Greek, making its usage central to interpretation.

• Ancient GreekBroader topic: It became the widespread later form of Ancient Greek and the language of many late antique texts.

• BibleRelated: Most New Testament books were written in this language.

• Coptic languageRelated: Greek supplied most letters and much vocabulary to written Coptic.

• Periplus of the Erythraean SeaRelated: The guide's language placed its information within a broadly connected commercial culture.

• Roman GreeceRelated: It remained the principal language of much of the eastern empire under Roman rule.

• Lingua francaRelated: Its spread illustrates how conquest and shared institutions can establish a regional lingua franca.

• Hellenistic JudaismRelated: It was the shared language through which many diaspora Jews read, worshiped, and wrote.

• JeromeRelated: Jerome used Greek biblical texts, including the New Testament, in his scholarly work.

• Oxyrhynchus PapyriRelated: Greek is the language of most surviving texts in the collection.

• William TyndaleRelated: Tyndale translated the New Testament from its Greek text.

• Church FathersRelated: Greek was the principal language of many influential Eastern Fathers and their biblical sources.

• Macedonian EmpireRelated: Its spread followed the new cities and administrative networks established during and after Alexander’s campaigns.

• Byzantine GreekNarrower topic: Byzantine Greek developed from this shared Hellenistic foundation.

• Hellenistic kingdomRelated: It enabled communication and administration across kingdoms with many languages.

• Epistle of JamesRelated: The letter’s polished Greek is central to discussions of its composition and authorship.

• Asia (Roman province)Related: It remained the province's principal language of urban life and public culture.

• Epistle to the HebrewsRelated: Hebrews’ polished Greek prose and scriptural quotations belong to this linguistic world.

• First Epistle to TimothyRelated: Its vocabulary and style contribute to debates about the letter’s date and authorship.

• New Testament apocryphaRelated: Many early apocryphal Christian writings were composed or transmitted in Greek.

• AtticismCompared with: Atticism distinguished itself from the widespread contemporary language by favoring older Attic forms.

• Biblical studiesRelated: It is the original language of the New Testament and the Septuagint.

• HellenizationRelated: Its spread gave diverse communities a common language for public life and exchange.

• Authorship of the Pauline epistlesRelated: The letters' language reflects a shared linguistic world, not an authorial fingerprint by itself.

• Hellenistic GreeceRelated: It enabled communication across kingdoms whose populations spoke many languages.

• Epistle to TitusRelated: The letter survives in Greek, the language of much early Christian writing.

• Book of WisdomRelated: The book was composed in Greek rather than translated from a surviving Hebrew original.

• Epistle to the PhilippiansNarrower topic: The letter was composed in the language widely used across the Roman eastern Mediterranean.

• Epistle of JudeRelated: Jude was composed in Greek, with distinctive vocabulary and rhetorical style.

• Hellenism (ancient Greek culture)Broader topic: Its adoption carried Greek writing and speech across regions with different local languages.

• IotacismRelated: Many vowel developments associated with iotacism unfolded during the history of Koine Greek.

• New International VersionNarrower topic: It is the principal source language for the NIV's New Testament.

• Ancient Mediterranean civilizationRelated: It served as a shared language of commerce, administration, and early Christian texts.

• Biblical mileRelated: Matthew’s wording uses a Greek loanword for the Roman mile.