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Exegesis Guides

Interpreting the Old Testament : a practical guide - Daniel J. Harrington
Call Number: BS1151.2 O44 v.1
An introduction to the basic method used in the study of the Old Testament, meant to be used together with the author's Interpreting the New Testament: a Practical Guide. Each method is presented with sample applications and followed by a brief bibliography of works published in English. (Introduction)
Reading the Old Testament : method in biblical study - John Barton
Call Number: BS1171.2 B33 1996
An introductory book on critical methods used in the study of the Old Testament, which aims to describe and analyze, from a critical perspective, the purpose of the different methods, their interrelationships, and their relationships to secular literary criticism. The 1996 edition has two additional chapters. (Introduction)
New Testament exegesis : a handbook for students and pastors - Gordon D. Fee
Call Number: BS2331 .F44 2002 (Trowbridge Reference Room)
A guide for New Testament historical-critical exegesis written for students who know Greek, but with much of the guide accessible to students without knowledge of Greek. The guide describes steps of exegesis with the goal of writing an exegesis paper and also gives a shorter series of steps for sermon preparation. The use of resources for the study of the NT is included in the description of the steps, with a final chapter giving a bibliography of resources organized according to the exegetical step in which the resource would be used. (Introduction)
Hearing the New Testament : strategies for interpretation - edited by Joel B. Green
Call Number: BS2331 .H43 1995
ISBN/ISSN: 0802807933
A collection of essays, contributed by different authors, on different approaches, perspectives and methods used in the reading and interpretation of the New Testament. "The purpose of juxtaposing these various methods and perspectives in this collections . . . is to outline something of the range of questions that might be posed to particular texts and to demonstrate how different interpretive aims rely on different interpretive tools." The chapters on method illustrate application of the method with one or more of the following texts: Luke 3:1-20; John 4:1-42; I Cor 11:2-34; Jas 4:13-5:6; and Revelation 5. Most chapters close with a section "Suggestions for Further Reading." (From the first chapter "The Challenge of Hearing the New Testament" by Joel B. Green)
How to read the New Testament : an introduction to linguistic and historico-critical methodology - Wilhelm Egger
Call Number: BS2331 E3313 1996
ISBN/ISSN: 1565631498
An introduction to the methods of New Testament exegesis, which presents a methodology that attempts "to use a theoretical model of the text and to use a hermeneutic reflection on the act of reading in order to create an organic connection between the methods of historical-critical exegesis and a selection from some more recent methods derived from linguistics." (the author's introduction)
Introduction to New Testament Exegesis - Werner Stenger
Call Number: BS2331 S7213 1993
An introduction to the methods of New Testament historical-critical exegesis. Part One (Fundamentals of New Testament Exegesis) presents methods of interpretation and Part Two (New Testament Exegesis in Practice) applies the methods to New Testament texts. The final chapter of the book is a brief classified and annotated bibliography of resources published in English for New Testament study.
Reading the New Testament : methods of interpretation - Christopher Tuckett
Call Number: BS2331 T83 1987
An introduction to and critical evaluation of the various methods used in the interpretation of the New Testament texts. Most of the book discusses historical critical methods, with the last two chapters (structuralism and other approaches) discuss methods that treat the text more as an entity independent of its original historical context. (Introduction)
Interpreting the New Testament : a practical guide - Daniel J. Harrington
Call Number: BS2341.2 N48 1979 v.1
An introduction to the basic methods used in the study of the New Testament. "The expositions of the methods focus on the questions to be asked of the biblical text and on what can be legitimately expected as answers to these questions. Usually some indications are provided about the origin and development of the methods and about the broader theological and historical problems raised by them." Sample applications of each method are included and brief bibliographies of works published in English follow each chapter. (Introduction)
Old Testament exegesis : a primer for students and pastors - Douglas Stuart
Call Number: BS476 .S83 1984
A step-by-step guide to OT exegesis with an emphasis on the goal of preaching and teaching in the context of the church. Chapter one presents the methods used in exegesis, chapter two applies the steps to biblical texts, chapter three gives a short step-by-step guide for sermon preparation, and chapter four lists and discusses resources, primarily works published in English. (Preface)
Biblical exegesis : a beginner’s handbook - John H. Hayes, Carl R. Holladay
Call Number: BS476 H35 1987 (Trowbridge Reference Room)
An introduction to the different types of historical-critical methods used in the study of the Old and New Testaments.
To each its own meaning : an introduction to biblical criticisms and their application - Steven L. McKenzie and Stephen R. Haynes, editors
Call Number: BS476 T6 1999
The goals of this book are "(1) to offer an up-to-date presentation of the principal methods of critical biblical study, including their assumptions and objectives; (2) to make the information about these methods readily accessible to students and other nonspecialists; and (3) to show biblical criticism in action by demonstrating how particular methods may be implemented in the interpretation and explication of specific texts." (Introduction)
Basic tools of biblical exegesis : a student’s manual - Stanley B. Marrow
Call Number: Z7770 M33 1976 (Trowbridge Reference Room)
"An excellent but brief introductory bibliography for the study of the Bible . . .. Its main purpose is to help students beginning exegetical work whether in preparation for the ministry, as part of theological study, or in the technical study of the Bible." (Fitzmyer)
Interpreting the Old Testament : a guide for exegesis - Craig C. Broyles, editor
Call Number: BS1171.2 I585X 2001
Interpreting the New Testament : an introduction to the principles and methods of N.T. exegesis - Hans Conzelmann and Andreas Lindemann
Call Number: BS2330.2 C6613 1988
Old Testament exegesis : a guide to the methodology - Odil Hannes Steck
Call Number: BS476 S7313 1995 (Trowbridge Reference Room)
Also available in the circulating collection.
What is structural exegesis?
Call Number: BS511.2 G842 1976 (Trowbridge Reference Room)
Guides to Biblical Scholarship Series
Structural exegesis for New Testament critics - Daniel Patte
Call Number: BS511.2 G842 1990c (Trowbridge Reference Room)
Guides to Biblical Scholarship Series.