I have a few beginner questions for you. I apologize if these questions have been asked before. 1. Is the Greek of "The" Septuagint of essentially the same dialect of The New Testament? That is, lets say I've worked hard at learning to read the New Testament, and I reach a comfortable level with the vocabulary, grammar, and syntax. How much trouble will I encounter reading "The" Septuagint? 2. How large is the corpus of works we have available that are considered to be in effectively the same Koine dialect as the New Testament? While I definitely am interested in hearing about other works related to Christianity and the early church, I am also wondering about secular writings. How useful are secular documents in resolving questions about how to interpret the biblical texts in the context of everyday life? 3. How different is Koine from Attic Greek? Will it all be Greek to me, again? (Not that I really understand Koine all that much, either.) I've been attempting to teach myself Koine for the last 10 months or so. If I looked into Attic Greek at the same time, would I end up confusing myself hopelessly? Does knowledge of Attic Greek (or other earlier Greek dialects) substantially help in biblical studies (or vice-versa, for that matter). Erik Westwig westwig@palisade.com --- B-Greek home page: http://metalab.unc.edu/bgreek You are currently subscribed to b-greek as: [jwrobie@mindspring.com] To unsubscribe, forward this message to leave-b-greek-327Q@franklin.oit.unc.edu To subscribe, send a message to subscribe-b-greek@franklin.oit.unc.edu