The Historical Pronunciation of Koinē Greek and Why It MattersThe Pronunciation of New Testament Greek: Judeo‐Palestinian Greek Phonology and Orthography From Alexander to Islam, BenjaminKantor, Eerdmans, 2023 (ISBN 978‐0‐8028‐7831‐1), liv + 842 pp., hb $99.99A Short Guide to the Pronunciation of New Testament Greek, BenjaminKantor, Eerdmans, 2023 (ISBN 978‐0‐8028‐7832‐8), xvi + 134 pp., pb $14.99

This essay reviews two recent publications in historical Greek linguistics. While many in university and seminary education learn to read Greek texts, little attention is given to pronunciation and even less to how the language may have been pronounced historically. The volumes reviewed in this essay reconstruct changes in the pronunciation of Greek in Judeo‐Palestine by examining discrepancies in spelling and transliteration. The books also have implications for sociological studies in addition to pedagogical applications.