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Introducing New Testament Interpretation (Guides to New Testament Exegesis)

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This introductory volume to the Guides to New Testament Exegesis series is a veritable goldmine of useful information on the different genres of interpretation. Short overviews of each genre by well known scholars give you a good grasp of the importance of that particular area of interpretation and the pitfalls and fallacies that present themselves with inaccurate exegesis. While a basic knowledge of Greek is suggested, it is well worth the price of the book for the excellent overview of New Testament background; NT word analysis; sociology and NT exegesis; NT theological analysis; and the function of the OT in the NT - none of which require any Greek. Gets right to the point with meaty information - no throw-away stuff here.

As already noted, it covers all the basics of NT interpretation and provides good bibliography if you want to delve into a particular area more.

This one is the introductory but then there is a "guide" for each of the other genre of the NT in the series, all of which are really good. They are a bit "scholarly" but very useful and readable. If you are a Bible teacher of any capacity (from Pastor to SS teacher to Bible Study leader) you really should consider looking in to this series.

I had to purchase this book for a masters class and though there is nothing "wrong" with the book it is very dry and tends to get bogged down in some of the dynamics the book is trying to present. Again, it is a very good book but I found it dry.