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2020 by Michael J. Gorman
Published by Baker Academic
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Ebook edition created 2020
Ebook corrections 04.21.2021
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ISBN 978-1-4934-2707-9
Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations come from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1989 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Scripture quotations labeled NAB are from the New American Bible with Revised New Testament and Revised Psalms 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Washington, DC, and are used by permission of the copyright owner. All rights reserved. No part of the New American Bible may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the copyright owner.
Scripture quotations labeled NIV are from THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION, NIV Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
Dedication
The first edition was dedicated to my teachers and my students.
The second edition was dedicated especially to the memory of
Bruce Manning Metzger (19142007)
and to my daughter Amy, performer of Scripture.
This third edition is dedicated especially to students of Scripture
in indigenous and Majority World contexts.
Contents
Cover
Half Title Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Abbreviations
Acknowledgments
Introduction to the Third Edition
Introduction to the Revised and Expanded Edition (2009)
Introduction to the First Edition (2001)
Part One: Orientation
1. The Task
2. The Text
Part Two: The Elements
3. First Element: Survey
4. Second Element: Contextual Analysis
5. Third Element: Formal Analysis
6. Fourth Element: Detailed Analysis
7. Fifth Element: Synthesis
8. Sixth Element: ReflectionTheological Interpretation
9. Seventh Element: Expansion and Refinement
Part Three: Hints and Resources
10. Exegesis and the Exegete
11. Resources for Exegesis
Appendix B: Practical Guidelines for Writing a Research Exegesis Paper
Appendix C: Sample Exegesis Papers and Sample Exegetical Summary
Appendix D: Selected Internet Resources for Biblical Studies
Index
Back Cover
Abbreviations
General
CBA | Catholic Biblical Association |
HB | Hebrew Bible |
LXX | Septuagint |
NT | New Testament |
OT | Old Testament |
RCL | Revised Common Lectionary |
SBL | Society of Biblical Literature |
Bible Translations
ASV | American Standard Version |
AV | Authorized Version |
CEB | Common English Bible |
CEV | Contemporary English Version |
CSB | Christian Standard Bible |
ESV | English Standard Version |
GNB | Good News Bible |
HCSB | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
JB | Jerusalem Bible |
KJV | King James Version |
LES | Lexham English Septuagint |
MEV | Modern English Version |
NAB | New American Bible |
NABRE | New American Bible, revised edition |
NASB | New American Standard Bible |
NCV | New Contemporary Version |
NET | New English Translation |
NETS | New English Translation of the Septuagint |
NIV | New International Version |
NJB | New Jerusalem Bible |
NKJV | New King James Version |
NLT | New Living Translation |
NRSV | New Revised Standard Version |
REB | Revised English Bible |
RNJB | Revised New Jerusalem Bible |
RSV | Revised Standard Version |
TNIV | Todays New International Version |
Commentaries
ANTC | Abingdon New Testament Commentaries |
AOTC | Abingdon Old Testament Commentaries |
AYB | Anchor Yale Bible |
BECNT | Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament |
BHGNT | Baylor Handbook on the Greek New Testament |
BNTC | Blacks New Testament Commentaries |
BTC | Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible |
CCSS | Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture |
EGGNT | Exegetical Guide to the Greek New Testament |
ICC | International Critical Commentary |
ICNT | India Commentary on the New Testament |
ITC | International Theological Commentary |
NAC | New American Commentary |
NBBC | New Beacon Bible Commentary |
NCBC | New Cambridge Bible Commentary |
NCCS | New Covenant Commentary Series |
NIBC | New International Biblical Commentary |
NICOT | New International Commentary on the Old Testament |
NIGTC | New International Greek Testament Commentary |
NTL | New Testament Library |
OTL | Old Testament Library |
THC | Two Horizons Commentary |
TNTC | Tyndale New Testament Commentaries |
TOTC | Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries |
WBC | Word Biblical Commentary |
ZECNT | Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament |
ZECOT | Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the Old Testament |
Additional Academic Resources
AYBD | David Noel Freedman, ed. The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary (published as The Anchor Bible Dictionary ). 6 vols. New York: Doubleday, 1992 |
BDAG | Walter Bauer. A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature . 3rd ed. Edited and revised by Frederick W. Danker. Translated and adapted by W. F. Arndt, F. W. Gingrich, and Frederick W. Danker. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000 |
BDB | F. Brown, S. R. Driver, and C. A. Briggs, eds. Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament . Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1906. Reprint, Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2005 |
BDF | F. Blass and A. Debrunner. A Greek Grammar of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature . Translated and revised by R. W. Funk. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1961 |
BHQ | Biblia Hebraica Quinta. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 2004 |
BHS | Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia . Edited by Rudolf Kittel, Karl Elliger, Wilhelm Rudolph, Hans P. Rger, and Grard E. Weil. 5th rev. ed. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1997 |