Explorations in Exegetical Method: Galatians As a Test Case

by Moisés Silva

This volume plows new ground by focusing on exegetical method using one of Paul's letters, thus enabling the method to be worked out in greater detail and with more consistency than is possible in a traditional textbook on exegesis.

236 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1996

About the author

Moisés Silva (PhD, University of Manchester) has taught biblical studies at Westmont College, Westminster Theological Seminary, and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He lives in Litchfield, Michigan.

Reviews

[Chris Comis]

Very good. Silva is a scholar's scholar, and a real gentleman, too.

[E]

Silva is one of my favorite exegetes/NT scholars. This book is basically a collection of essays and papers in which he discusses his method, all centered on the text of Galatians. He runs the whole gamut of exegeting a text, beginning with text critical issues, then looking at vocabulary/syntax/literary structure, moving on to the setting and provenance of the text, then discussing the theology of the book, Paul's themes, its use of OT quotations, and so on. This is NOT a commentary on Galatians; it is more like Silva describing how he would go about writing such a commentary. He's more interested in method, and providing examples from Galatians of this method. Anyone interested in exegeting and expounding the Biblical text should at least dip into this work.