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Prima Scriptura: An Introduction to New Testament Interpretation is unavailable, but you can change that!

This engaging introduction to New Testament exegesis will appeal to seminarians and undergraduates across the academic spectrum. Clayton Croy, the author of a successful Greek textbook and an expert on Bible study pedagogy, provides an accessible, holistic overview of the entire interpretive process. He argues that while Scripture occupies a place of primary importance in faith and life, it does...

ultimate authority. That capacity belongs to the Word, the person of Jesus Christ, who is more than a text” (Work, 2002: 258). So Scripture derives its authority from God, and among the means commonly employed by Christians to discern the will and ways of God, Scripture is primary. But the word “primary” implies other means of discernment with a secondary or supportive role. So what are they? From the patristic era onward, virtually all Christian communities
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