JonathanEdwards

Glad to hear it! I was advised many moons ago that the wisest course is to select a program based on who you want to study under, and I haven't seen anything yet that convinces me otherwise. Of course, if the scholar you want to study under is an octogenarian in ill health, your mileage may vary...

I encourage everyone I can to start in Attic. I went from Koine to Classical (in at the deep end with readings classes in Plato & Homer) and found it extremely humbling. That was partly because the elementary & intermediate texts I used weren't the best in my opinion, and partly because Koine doesn't involve enough vocabulary to make the transition that direction very easy. It can be done, but the suggestion to do a summer intro course as a refresher is a good one.

Hi, just stumbled across the forum. I too liked Wilken, and wanted to put in a plug for a couple older gems r.e. Late Antiquity: Cochrane's Christianity and Classical Culture and Glover's Life and Letters in the Fourth Century. Woohoo, first posting euphoria!