B. METHOD 1. GRAMMAR; FORM/STRUCTURE GRAMMATICAL ANALYSIS Responsible exegesis is possible only when you have control of the grammatical data of a passage. You must know what significance the various elements contain and what particular contribution they make to the intended meaning of the author. This area is understandably the most threatening to the beginning student who may just barely be able to translate a passage. But the task is not at all impossible and in this area, perhaps more than any