"A graduated reader of biblical Koine for anyone who has completed at least one year of Greek, with selections from the New Testament, the Septuagint, and noncanonical early Christian writings"--

Richard A. Wright is professor of New Testament in the Graduate School of Theology at Abilene Christian University, where he teaches courses on the languages and literature connected with the study of the New Testament in its cultural context. His scholarship explores the intersection of the New Testament and early church with Greco-Roman philosophies and religions.