Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Scholarship surrounding the standard varieties of Ancient Greek (Attic, the Koine, and Atticistic Greek) focused from its beginnings until relatively recently on determining fixed uniformities or differences between them. This collection of essays advocates for understanding them as interconnected and continuously evolving and suggests viewing them as living organisms shaped by their speakers and texts. The authors propose approaches that integrate linguistics, sociolinguistics, and literary studies to explore how speakers navigate linguistic norms and social dynamics, leading to innovations and reshaping of standards. Each contribution challenges the dichotomy between standards and deviations, suggesting that studying linguistic diversity through socio-literary interconnectedness can enrich our understanding of language history and cultural wealth. Contributors are: Klaas Bentein, Winnie Smith, Chiara Monaco, Luuk Huitink, Tim Rood, Gabriella Rubulotta, Enrico Cerroni, Robert Crellin, Anna Novokhatko, Robert Machado, Eleni Bozia, Cressida Ryan"-- Provided by publisher.

Front Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Illustrations and Tables -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction -- Part 1 Setting the Standards -- Chapter 1 Koines, Standards, and What's behind Them: Capturing Linguistic Norms in Greek Official Writing -- Chapter 2 Orthographic Variation beyond Spelling Mistakes: Tremas and Adscripts in 194 Greek Papyrus Letters -- Chapter 3 Menander and the Alexandrian Dialect: the Atticists' Perspective on Menander's Language -- Part 2 Fashioning Language through Literature and Vice Versa -- Chapter 4 Xenophon, Professional Military Vocabulary, and the Formation of the Literary Koine -- Chapter 5 Forerunner of the Koine or Attic Bee? The Reception of Xenophon in the Imperial Age -- Chapter 6 Searching for Linguistic Standards in 2 Maccabees -- Part 3 Socio-Political Aspects of Language -- Chapter 7 Eupolis fr. 99, 25 PCG: Imposing Standards on Stage? -- Chapter 8 The Dual in Aristophanes and Late Fifth-, Early Fourth-Century Attic -- Chapter 9 Negotiating Jewish Identity through the (Non-)inflection of Personal Names: Evidence from the Greek of the New Testament -- Chapter 10 Politics of Atticism: Prefiguring New Imperial Citizenship -- Chapter 11 Teaching New Testament Greek: What, and How? -- Index -- Back Cover.

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