New Testament exegesis in theory and practice: the various stages of the exegetical programme

The various stages in the exegetical programme include preliminary selection of a passage, first close reading, demarcation, textual criticism, determining the real world context, the literary type, the place of the micro-text within its macro-structure, analysing the structure of the micro-text, d...

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Main Author: A. B. du Toit
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of the Free State 2004-06-01
Series:Acta Theologica
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Online Access:https://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/at/article/view/1656
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New Testament exegesis in theory and practice: the various stages of the exegetical programme
Acta Theologica
Exegetical programme
Text demarcation
Textual criticism
Foregrounding
Metaphors
Hyperbolical contrasts
title New Testament exegesis in theory and practice: the various stages of the exegetical programme
title_full New Testament exegesis in theory and practice: the various stages of the exegetical programme
title_fullStr New Testament exegesis in theory and practice: the various stages of the exegetical programme
title_full_unstemmed New Testament exegesis in theory and practice: the various stages of the exegetical programme
title_short New Testament exegesis in theory and practice: the various stages of the exegetical programme
title_sort new testament exegesis in theory and practice the various stages of the exegetical programme
topic Exegetical programme
Text demarcation
Textual criticism
Foregrounding
Metaphors
Hyperbolical contrasts
url https://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/at/article/view/1656
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