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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...

another, or in the sense of an explanation of the meaning of a text or statement. (The Greek word is related to the god Hermes, who served as the bearer of messages between the gods and mortals.) In English, “hermeneutics” refers to the study of methods or principles of interpretation. Clearly the semantic fields of both the Greek and English words are overlapping. The usage of the English words in biblical scholarship has been somewhat fluid, but attempts are often made to distinguish hermeneutics
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