From Exegesis to Exposition : A Practical Guide to Using Biblical Hebrew

by Chisholm, Robert B., Jr.

• ISBN13: 9780801021718
• ISBN10: 0801021715
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-05-01
• Publisher: Baker Academic

Summary

Inspires and instructs students and pastors to use the Hebrew Bible appropriately in their preaching and teaching. Includes sample sermons and lessons.

Author Biography

Robert B. Chisholm Jr. (Th.D., Dallas Theological Seminary) is professor of Old Testament studies at Dallas Theological Seminary. He wrote Interpreting the Minor Prophets and contributed to the Dictionary of Biblical Imagery and the New International Dictionary of Old Testament Theology and Exegesis.

Table of Contents

Credibility, Competence, and Confidence: The Necessity of Using Your Hebrew Bible	p. 7
Finding Help in the Right Places: Tools and Power Tools	p. 13
The Most Basic Question of All: What is the Text?	p. 19
Who Was Right? Alice or Humpty Dumpty?: How Words Work and Play	p. 31
Getting Down to the Nuts and Bolts: Basics of Hebrew Syntax	p. 57
Beyond the Sentence: The Basic Structure of Hebrew Narrative and Poetry	p. 119
Getting Beneath the Surface: Narrative and Poetry as Literature	p. 149
Pulling It All Together: An Exegetical Method Outlined and Illustrated	p. 187
Making It Contemporary: Crossing the Bridge from Exegesis to Exposition	p. 221
Why Not Give It a Try?: Some Exercises for You to Do	p. 279
Indexes
General	p. 293
Scripture	p. 296
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