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>> “Really? And when I took Koine Greek at the University of California what exactly was I studying?” <<
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Encapsulated ignorance.
There is zero evidence for Koine as a societal language.
No records of commerce, only ‘church’ related texts.
Were it the language, commerce would be preserved in it.
“Encapsulated ignorance. There is zero evidence for Koine as a societal language.”
You are like talking to a Flat Earther. The things you spout are so ridiculous I suspect it may be a put on.
Koine Greek was the common language of the vast empire created by Alexander the Great circa 330 BC. It remained the common language of the eastern Roman Empire. It was the common tongue and not polished like Classical Greek but by the time of Christ had become a literary language.