Biblical Greek in Context: Essays in Honour of John A.L. Lee

Reconsideration of the nature of the Greek attested in both the

Septuagint and the New Testament has focussed in the past century on its

place within the history of Greek. A central facet of the work of John

Lee has been to demonstrate that biblical Greek is contemporary Koine,

comparable to that found in inscriptions and papyri, and that it can be

positioned within the history of the language. These essays honour him

in considering various aspects of biblical Greek within its context.

Lexicography is discussed in the light of particular ‘Jewish Greek’

features, the role of context for semantics, and the use of Modern Greek

in lexicons. Septuagint translation techniques involving

transliterations, loan-words, and ethnic terminology, and the

grammatical topics of deponency and verbal aspect, are all analysed. The

importance of papyri and numismatic evidence is highlighted, while the

material witnessess of doublets in the manuscript tradition and of later

Jewish versions represented in the Cairo Genizah and in marginal glosses

are also examined.