Part of the Bible was written in a Hellenic language.
The Bible -LRB- from Koine Greek τὰ βιβλία , tà biblía , `` the books '' -RRB- is a collection of sacred texts or scriptures that Jews and Christians consider to be a product of divine inspiration and a record of the relationship between God and humans.
Koine Greek -LRB- UK English -LSB- - en ˈkɔɪniː -RSB- , US English -LSB- kɔɪˈneɪ -RSB- , -LSB- ˈkɔɪneɪ -RSB- or -LSB- kiːˈniː -RSB- from Koine Greek ἡ κοινὴ διάλεκτος , `` the common dialect '' -RRB- , also known as Alexandrian dialect , common Attic , Hellenistic or Biblical Greek -LRB- Ελληνιστική Κοινή , `` Hellenistic Koiné '' , in the sense of `` Hellenistic supraregional language '' -RRB- , was the common supra-regional form of Greek spoken and written during Hellenistic and Roman antiquity and the early Byzantine era , or Late Antiquity.
