Religious Studies Review "Careful readers will find here a trove of information and persuasive judgments in a book that sets a new and high standard for studies of 'New Testament' Greek phonology. Highly recommended." "This is a major work of research, first-rate quality, and will immediately become indispensable to all working in Greek epigraphy of the region, as well as literary texts and papyri written in Koine. I am deeply impressed. It will become the reference work on the subject." -Jonathan J. Price Tel Aviv University "This book displays exceptional learning spread across many centuries and various languages to get at a topic that always intrigues Classicists and New Testament scholars. Kantor shows just how much evidence, spanning a vast range of material from classical and Rabbinic literature as well as from inscriptions and documentary papyri, is relevant to this task.

It is a monumental achievement to assemble a book of such massive scope as well as linguistic sophistication. A triumph!" -Simon Gathercole University of Cambridge "This book succeeds in establishing a precise chronology for the phonological development of Koine Greek in Judea-Palestine from Alexander to Mohammed-in an exhaustive yet accessible manner. The challenge is to apply its approach to the more numerous papyri and inscriptions from Egypt." -Peter van Minnen University of Cincinnati.