A Beginner's Guide to New Testament Exegesis

"Richard J. Erickson's A Beginner's Guide to New Testament Exegesis introduces the essential methods of interpreting the New Testament, while holding out manageable goals and expectations - and encouragement. Numerous helps and illustrations clarify, summarize and illuminate the principles, and a wealth of exercises tied to each chapter are available on the web."--BOOK JACKET.

Richard J. Erickson is associate professor of New Testament at Fuller Theological Seminary at Fuller Seminary Northwest in Seattle, where he has taught exegesis to students for over twenty years.

Preface: Read Me First!

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1 FRAMING YOUR MIND, OR HOW TO PRONOUNCE ZMRZLINA

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1.1 Some Assumptions at the Outset

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1.2 An Exegetical Frame of Mind

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1.3 A View from the Top

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1.4 A Look at What's to Come

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2 TEXT AND TOOLS: Mowing the New Testament Lawn

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2.1 The New Testament Text: Originals, Copies, Translations and Editions

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2.2 Textual Criticism: Establishing the Text for Exegetical Purposes

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2.3 The Tools for the Job

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3 TEXTS AND THEIR STRUCTURE: Walls of Stones

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3.1 Synthesis: Structure and the Whole

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3.2 Analysis: Structure and the Parts

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3.3 Top-down and Bottom-up: Inductive and Deductive Decisions

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3.4 Coming Up for Air

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4 SYNTACTICAL AND DISCOURSE ANALYSIS: Some Dis-assembly Required

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4.1 Defining Terms

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4.2 Analyzing Sentences

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4.3 Analyzing Discourse

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4.4 Summing Up

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5 HISTORY AND CULTURE IN EXEGESIS: You Can't Eat a Denarius

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5.1 Meaning as a Function of Place in Context

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5.2 Two Types of Historical-Cultural Setting

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5.3 Biblical Texts as Culturally Determined

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5.4 Cultural "Relevance" and Cultural Transference

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5.5 Probabilities, Ambiguities and Alternatives

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6 LETTERS: Reading Someone Else's Mail

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6.1 Genres and Subgenres

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6.2 Historical Context: Who's on the Other End?

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6.3 Argument

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6.4 A Simplified Procedure for Epistle Exegesis

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7 NARRATIVES I: Telling the Old, Old Story

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7.1 The Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles as Self-Contained, Coherent Stories

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7.2 History or Literature?

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7.3 Historical-, Form- and Source-Critical Approaches to the Gospels

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7.4 Redaction Criticism

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7.5 Using a Gospel Synopsis

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8 NARRATIVES II: Thickening the Plot

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8.1 Stories with Plot, Character and Setting

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8.2 Type-Scenes and Parallel Accounts

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8.3 Old Testament Citations and Allusions

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8.4 Speeches and Logia

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Summary Passages

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9 APOCALYPSE: Alternative Education

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9.1 What Is Is It?

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9.2 Reading the Apocalypse Now: Avoiding the Extremes

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9.3 A Look at Some New Testament Apocalyptic Literature

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9.4 Conclusion

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10 MOVING ON: What Do We Do Now'

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10.1 Exegesis in Its Context

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10.2 Exegesis and the Broader Theological Context

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10.3 Exegesis, Preaching and Teaching

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10.4 Exegesis for Life

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Glossary

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Annotated Bibliography

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Subject Index

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Scripture Index

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A Beginner's Guide to New Testament Exegesis

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