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A Beginner’s Guide to New Testament Exegesis: Taking the Fear Out of Critical Method is unavailable, but you can change that!

Let’s face it. Just the word exegesis puts some of us on edge. We are excited about learning to interpret the Bible, but the thought of exegetical method evokes a chill. Some textbooks on exegesis do nothing to overcome these apprehensions. The language is dense. The concepts are hard. And the expectations are way too high. However, the skills that we need to learn are ones that a minister of the...

our beginning Greek (or English) grammars before we can begin to study real texts from the New Testament. The ability to recognize syntactical forms and to interpret them correctly grows with practice. Only, make sure now that you know where to go for help, and go there when you need it. If you have already studied Greek, review your paradigms! We use the term discourse in a wide variety of ways, even within the discipline of biblical studies. In general, it applies to any complete,
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