INTERPRETING THE NEW TESTAMENT TEXT

Introduction to the Art and Science of Exegesis

DARRELL L. BOCK

AND BUIST M. FANNING

EDITORS

CROSSWAY BOOKS

A PUBLISHING MINISTRY OF GOOD NEWS PUBLISHERS

WHEATON, ILLINOIS

Interpreting the New Testament Text: Introduction to the Art and Science of Exegesis

Copyright © 2006 by Darrell L. Bock and Buist M. Fanning

Published by Crossway Books

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First printing 2006

With the exception of the Scripture quotations in chapter 9, unless otherwise noted, all Scripture quotations are the authors’ translations.

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Scripture references marked nlt are from The Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Ill., 60189. All rights reserved.

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