This edited volume is the result of a conference held at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in April 2019. The aim of the conference, and the book, is to acquaint students with current critical issues in New Testament Greek studies. The book succeeds in introducing the major issues surrounding Greek in New Testament studies today.
In the preface, David Alan Black, coeditor and conference co-organizer with Benjamin Merkle, provides the current scenario of biblical Greek studies, identifying several problematic areas, including apprehension of new models and continued disagreements in subjects like verbal aspect and Greek pronunciation. In spite of these problems, Black sees much positivity and more agreements than the often-highlighted disagreements, such as the increasing acceptance of modern linguistics and models of understanding the Greek language.
The first chapter is by Stanley Porter on linguistic schools that have had some sort of impact, advertently or inadvertently, on Greek language studies....
