E.D. Hirsch’s book Validity in Interpretation is a classic work in the field of interpreting texts. His book is not specifically related to Koine Greek, nor is it specifically related to biblical interpretation. However, Hirsch’s discussion of authorial intent and genre are important for anyone attempting to interpret any text, including biblical texts.

In The First Edition of the New Testament, David Trobisch states his thesis as follows: “The New Testament, in the form that achieved canonical status, is not the result of a lengthy and complicated collecting process that lasted for several centuries.” (6) Instead, Trobish suggests that the earliest available manuscripts demonstrate the work of an [...]

 One of the most recently published books about Greek grammar is Constantine R. Campbell’s book Basics of Verbal Aspect in Biblical Greek. Campbell suggests that the Greek verb system is not a system of tenses (past, present, future), but one of aspect (perfect, imperfective).
Instead of reviewing this book myself, I thought I would link to [...]

In 1989, Peter Cotterell and Max Turner, a missiologist and New Testament scholar respectively, published Linguistics and Biblical Interpretation to bridge the gap between the fields of linguistics and biblical studies. This post is an extensive summary and review of this book by Jon Chasteen and Alan Knox.
 
 
 
Peter Cotterell and Max Turner, Linguistics and Biblical [...]