Gman4326 Biblical History Chapter 1

By Gman4326

Chapter 1 The Greek Scriptures 3 century BC

Beginning in the fourth century B.C the two dominate, and one minor dialects of the Aegean region became one. This was done under the rule of the son of king Philip. Philip was born in 382 BC and was assassinated in 336 BC. Since unification of what is now called Koine Greek. When he conquered a nation or tribe the people would learn the language as well. Born in 356 BC, Alexander the Great would conquer much of the known world. From Athens to modern day Iran before dying in 323 BC at the age of 33. After his death the empire would be divided by three sections. According to Josephus in his dissertation on the History of Hebrew text found in Herod's temple. Who by the way, had no love of any translation other than the original text re-copied. On a similar note Edersheim in the book entitled "life and times of Jesus Christ".  He in chapter 2 found on page 17 in detail, that Queen Cleopatra ancestor sent a letter to them. Her ancestor's name was Ptolemy the second born in 309 died 246BC. His reign was from 285-246 BC. Ptolemy had asked High Priest Eleazar who ruled over the grand council in Jerusalem to create a Hellenistic version of the book of the law, prophets and writings. So the Jews could then either read or make a copy, spoken by many living there in Egypt. Seventy scholars went into caves to do what was asked of them. This text would be called the Greek Septuagint.