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Leading Pauline-studies expert Thomas Schreiner provides an updated guide to the exegesis of the New Testament epistles traditionally assigned to Paul. The first edition helped thousands of students dig deeper into studying the New Testament epistles. This new edition is revised throughout to account for changes in the field and to incorporate the author's maturing judgments. The book helps readers understand the nature of first-century letters, do textual criticism, investigate historical and introductory issues, probe theological context, and much more.
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Pauline studies expert Thomas Schreiner provides an updated guide to the exegesis of the New Testament epistles traditionally assigned to Paul. This second edition has been revised throughout to account for changes in the field and to incorporate the author's maturing judgments. It helps readers understand the nature of first-century letters, do textual criticism, investigate historical and introductory issues, probe theological context, and much more.

"The new, updated edition of Tom Schreiner's excellent little book will be a boon to those who want to be responsible interpreters of Scripture. Although it specifically addresses the interpretation of Paul's letters, its principles are appropriate to all biblical interpretation. Schreiner, himself a masterful exegete, writes with his typical clarity and with the conviction that these writings are the inspired word of God. Those who read and heed this practical handbook will be in a strong position to feed the flock of Christ."--Donald A. Hagner, George Eldon Ladd Professor Emeritus of New Testament, Fuller Theological Seminary

"This is a wonderfully clear and thorough guide. Schreiner draws on his decades of scholarship to paint a 'big picture' of how to read Paul's letters. At the same time, he breaks the reading process down into smaller steps, and he illustrates those steps with numerous examples. For students who want to move from guesswork and random dabbling to informed, life-changing engagement with the divinely inspired writings of the apostle Paul, there is no better starting place."--Robert W. Yarbrough, professor of New Testament, Covenant Theological Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri

"In a welcome update to a tried and trusted textbook, Tom Schreiner shows us how to find our way around Paul's world, letters, language, culture, and theology. Whether deciphering Paul's Greek grammar, learning how to follow his arguments, or studying Paul's unique vocabulary, Schreiner is a reliable guide to the novice and veteran alike. Seminary students will be forever grateful to Schreiner for giving them this book!"--Michael F. Bird, lecturer in theology, Ridley College, Melbourne, Australia

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Thomas R. Schreiner (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) is James Buchanan Harrison Professor of New Testament Interpretation and professor of biblical theology at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. He has taught at SBTS for twenty-five years. Schreiner is the author or editor of numerous books, including Romans in the BECNT series, Handbook on Acts and Paul's Letters, The King in His Beauty, New Testament Theology, Magnifying God in Christ, Interpreting the Pauline Epistles, and Paul, Apostle of God's Glory in Christ.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Baker Academic; 2nd edition (May 1, 2011)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 182 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 080103812X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0801038129
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8.3 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.48 x 8.5 inches
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Thomas R. Schreiner is the James Harrison Professor of New Testament Interpretation at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He holds an MDiv and ThM from Western Conservative Baptist Seminary and a PhD from Fuller Theological Seminary. He has published a number of articles and book reviews in scholarly journals.

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Jesse Miller
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic help to understanding the Scriptures
Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2023
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I am a seminary student in my last year of study and this has been one of the best books I have read.
If you don't know what Bible arcing is, buy this book.
If you don't have a really clear process of biblical interpretation, but this book. It will help you.
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Renee
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book to read before trying to understand Paul
Reviewed in the United States on September 26, 2012
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This book was a requirement for a class on Pauline writing. I honestly think it is one of the most well written books on understanding Paul. He clearly guides you in not only exegetical processes, but gives insight as to why it is so crucial to truly study Paul's work well.

The main take home points for anyone trying to read Paul, with or without intending to do a lengthy study:
*Paul's letters were written for a specific church about specific topics that directly influenced that church. Each letter needs to be read as such.
*To understand Paul's theology or whole perspective of what the Christian life looks like, you have to take in his different writings as a whole. To explain, Paul wrote sternly and pertaining to the law to the Corinthians because they needed to be roped in, so to speak. Whereas, in his letter to the Galatians he focuses more on the freedoms in Christ because they held more tightly to the law.
*Also, one of the most important points made, was that if we believe the bible to be the word of God, and that He is not limited to a time or place or culture, and that He speaks only truth, then we must conclude that the Bible is also the same. Therefore there are not contradictions nor cultural irrelevancies within the Bible.

So it is Schreiner's main point, that when we interpret Paul's letters, we have to focus on understanding the context in which he spoke, and find the harmony between the passages, and continue to edify and build or knowledge of his words to truly grasp the truths God has spoken through Paul.

It was an easy and great read and anyone who wants to understand Paul should read it.
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Simdumise P.
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Handbook
Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2023
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Thomas Schreiner has written a great handbook on exegeting Paul's epistles. I recommend this book to be used as a handy handbook and not just read through. One's exegesis of Paul will be enriched by this volume.
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Terry Cook
4.0 out of 5 stars Very Good Book
Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2007
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This is an excellent resource for those interested in digging into the New Testament. It is a small book and not intended to be exhaustive but in its 167 pages of very readable print it covers a great deal. For example, chapter 5 covers "diagramming and conducting a grammatical analysis"; I love this chapter! In less than 20 pages Schreiner teaches nearly everything one might wish to know about understanding the sentence structure and function of the words in the sentence by building a "blueprint" of the sentence by dissecting and rebuilding it with "stick" diagrams.

On the other hand I got very little out of chapter 6 (the reason I did not give the book 5 stars). Its 30 pages are devoted to "tracing the argument" primarily through "arcing", a weak-sistered system of analysis that falls quite short of the system taught in chapter 5.

Each of its nine chapters has helpful references for the student who might want to further their studies in a particular area.

One caution though, the reader should have some basic understanding of ancient Greek or the book will be of diminished value.
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Brad Shultz
5.0 out of 5 stars Well worth adding to your library
Reviewed in the United States on November 16, 2017
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Great book on interpreting Paul. The summary on arcing alone is worth the price of the book.
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Lady~Gray
5.0 out of 5 stars Nice
Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2020
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Bought it for a class I was taking and it was more affordable than the bookstore that was local
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The best on exegesis with examples on pages 80-94. It is academic, biblical and practical and yet easy to follow & understand. I've included it in my list of literature for my doctoral Thesis.
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The best on exegesis with examples on pages 80-94. It is academic, biblical and practical and yet easy to follow & understand. I've included it in my list of literature for my doctoral Thesis.
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Dr. David J. Andersen
5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Read for Pastors Expositing Paul's Epistles
Reviewed in the United States on September 26, 2016
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This is not only a great book on Paul's Epistles, it deals with the fundamentals of how to adequately provide the exposition of any NT book.
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Robert Limb
2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed
Reviewed in France on October 12, 2011
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I think I'll hang on to it, and probably ask some of my young friends who are students of the Bible if they are interested. I don't really understand the purpose of this book. It is written in tiny typeface, and contains a lot of technical detail which will not mean a lot to the general reader, but which any serious Bible scholar should know anyway. If you don't know koiné Greek whole chunks of the book will be meaningless, and if you do, you know how to parse a Greek sentence, or at least you should.

As you can tell, I was disappointed, but there is bound to be some good stuff in there if you look for it
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