RELG 207 Lecture : ChristianityWORD.docx

• School: McGill University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELG 207
• Professor: Eyad Atallah

Document Summary

Koine greek: common greek greek language that the new testament is written in. Testament is not written in highly scholastic greek because the new testament is written for the common person, so even if everyone can"t read, they can still understand the new testaments when they"re read aloud. Bible (hebrew bible, new testament): what the hebrews called the hebrew bible now takes place of the old testament. Both old and new together comprise the christian bible. Septuagint (lxx seventy ): the greek translation of the hebrew bible. Hebrew under roman and greek rule so hebrew bible was chosen to be translated to koine. It literally means seventy and refers to the 70 jewish scholars who participated in the translation in different rooms. It comes into existence a couple of centuries before the birth of christ. Translation of christian bible (talking old and new testament), now moving from greek to latin.