# 1. Question Restatement:

> Are there any non-biblical occurrences of Koine Greek? Are there occurrences prior to the Septuagint/NT?

# 2. Defining "Koine Greek":

I imagine the issue behind the question is the "artificial" use of the phrase "Koine Greek" in a way that excludes secular texts.  That is because secular scholarship also uses different terms. 

**Koine Greek is also known as "Hellenistic Greek":**
 
> [Koine Greek, Wikipedia][1] - (UK English /ˈkɔɪniː/,[2] US English /kɔɪˈneɪ/, /ˈkɔɪneɪ/ or /kiːˈniː/;[2][3] from Koine Greek ἡ κοινὴ διάλεκτος, "the ***common*** dialect"), also known as ***Alexandrian dialect***, ***common Attic***, ***Hellenistic*** or Biblical Greek (Modern Greek: Ελληνιστική Κοινή, "Hellenistic Koiné", in the sense of "Hellenistic supraregional language"), was the common supra-regional form of Greek spoken and written during Hellenistic and Roman antiquity and the early Byzantine era, or Late Antiquity.

**Referencing Non-Biblical Koine Texts is Very Necessary, to properly interpret New Testament texts:**

The clear objection to the "theological use" of "Koine Greek" is that it has allowed "Christian" and "Jewish" specific grammars that narrowly/improperly apply to religious texts only, and allow theologians to claim "unique use / hapax" in Greek - when those phrases are not.  (The most egregious examples are redefinitions of very common Greek words as "theological/spiritual", like "Xaris, Pistos, Dikaios, etc (Favor [Grace], Trust [Faith], Just [Righteous])" as purely theological concepts - to justify very specific theologies - when these words, and most others were not remotely used/interpreted with the theological connotations that were injected into them after.)  We have several answers in this community that have wrongfully claimed "unique use / hapax" - because they do not consider these other texts.

**Some Examples:**

 - **Polybius Histories (Probably THE most important non-Biblical koine text).**
 - Plutarch - (also very important).
 - [Hellenistic Greek Texts 1St Edition Edition, Amazon][2]
 - Apostolic Fathers
 - Joseph and Asenath

**From Wikipedia, [Texts in Koine Greek][3]:**

> **A**
Apocalypse of Peter
Argonautica
**C**
Cynic epistles
**D**
Discourses of Epictetus
Divine Liturgy
**E**
Enchiridion of Epictetus
Exhortation to the Greeks
**G**
Greek Vulgate
**H**
Heroninos Archive
**L**
Antoninus Liberalis
On the Sublime
**M**
Manetho
Meditations
Metz Epitome
Misopogon
**P**
Panarion
Paschal troparion
Patrologia Graeca
Periplus of the Euxine Sea


***Searching for texts using other names of "Koine Greek", (like Alexandrian Greek or Hellenistic Greek), will help identify these other secular texts).***


  [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koine_Greek
  [2]: https://www.amazon.com/Hellenistic-Greek-Texts-Allen-Wikgren/dp/0226896889
  [3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Texts_in_Koine_Greek