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That is a very convincing passage, that Phillip had made "high classical Greek" the lingua franca of a royal class just as Hoch Deutsch was the language of the ruling German classes. Low German was the German of the masses incomprehensible to the aristocracy who considered it vulgar speech. It made "Bavarian" a separate language altogether although, of course, it was German. The Athenins equally considered the "vulgar" and coarse Greek of the Macedonians "barbaric."
The Macedonian empire, of course, made koinoi (" Common") and not "high classical Greek" the lingua franca of the eastern Mediterranean basin which resulted in the New Testament being written in that language. It resulted, too, in St. Paul learning it so he could go to Thessaloniki and speak to the common people in their language, Greek.
Thanks for the reference.
That is a very convincing passage, that Phillip had made "high classical Greek" the lingua franca of a royal class just as Hoch Deutsch was the language of the ruling German classes. Low German was the German of the masses incomprehensible to the aristocracy who considered it vulgar speech. It made "Bavarian" a separate language altogether although, of course, it was German. The Athenins equally considered the "vulgar" and coarse Greek of the Macedonians "barbaric."
The Macedonian empire, of course, made koinoi (" Common") and not "high classical Greek" the lingua franca of the eastern Mediterranean basin which resulted in the New Testament being written in that language. It resulted, too, in St. Paul learning it so he could go to Thessaloniki and speak to the common people in their language, Greek.
Thanks for the reference.
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