In the fourth century B.C.E., the soldiers who served under Alexander the Great spoke various dialects of classical Greek, which were in the process of being blended to form Koine, or common Greek. Alexander’s conquests contributed to Koine becoming the international language of the day.
वरील एनसायक्लोपिडीया पुढे सांगते: “ग्रीक - रोमन काळात यहुदी साहित्यात देवाला अब्बा म्हणून संबोधलेले बिलकूल सापडत नाही कारण अशा प्रकारच्या जवळिकीने देवाला संबोधने अनादरणीय समजले जात असे.