Encyclopedia of Biblical Greek Language and Linguistics - by Stanley E Porter (Hardcover)

About the Book

A team of experts offers a major reference work in Biblical Greek language and linguistics, treating a wide variety of pertinent topics in a single volume.

Book Synopsis

A team of leading experts offers a major reference work in Biblical Greek language and linguistics, treating a wide variety of pertinent topics in a single volume.

Written by an international group of contributors, this comprehensive work covers Biblical Greek and its usage especially in the New Testament and the Septuagint. The book treats nearly 300 topics according to their relative weight and importance. These topics were chosen on the basis of their prominence in Greek grammar and linguistics research over the past century, ensuring readers access to the most important developments in Biblical Greek studies.

This volume focuses on research that positions Biblical Greek within the broader context of Greek linguistic study. It explores recent linguistic theories, mentions many of the major scholars who have made significant contributions to the field, covers topics not often found in similar volumes, and includes entries on both theoretical and practical/pedagogical topics.

This is a must-have volume for students of New Testament Greek, specialists and scholars in the field, and Greek enthusiasts.

About the Author

Stanley E. Porter (PhD, University of Sheffield) is president, dean, professor of New Testament, and Roy A. Hope Chair in Christian Worldview, McMaster Divinity College, Hamilton, Ontario. Christopher D. Land (PhD, McMaster Divinity College) is associate professor of New Testament and linguistics, McMaster Divinity College. Jonathan M. Watt (PhD, University of Pittsburgh) is professor of linguistics, English, and biblical languages, Geneva College, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. Dana M. Harris (PhD, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) is professor of New Testament, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.