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• INTRODUCTION
• The term Exegesis is used in this book in a consciously limited sense to refer to the historical investigation into the meaning of the biblical text.
• Exegesis therefore answers the question, What did the biblical author mean? It has to do both with what he said (the content itself) and why he said it at any given point (the literary context)—as much as that might be discovered, given our distance in time, language, and culture. Furthermore, exegesis is primarily concerned with intentionality: Wh...
• This book is primarily concerned with the exegetical process itself.
• Therefore, the ultimate aim of the biblical student is to apply one’s exegetical understanding of the text to the contemporary church and world.