Ekklesia

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Greek was the common language of the Eastern Mediterranean world in the Hellenistic period and beyond, and for this reason the Hebrew texts of the Old Testament were translated into Greek beginning in the 3rd century BCE; for this reason too, Greek was the natural choice of language for the authors of the New Testament. Ekklesia is a weekly reading group that offers ecumenical, scholarship-based reading and discussion of texts from the Septuagint and the Greek New Testament. Prerequisite: GREK 102 or equivalent. This course may be repeated for credit.