Interpreting the Pauline Epistles (Guides to the New Testament Exegesis Series)

Rating:
Summary: Excellent Intro to the Pauline Epistles
Review: Schreiner here provides an excellent overview of the key interpretive issues surrounding the Pauline Epistles. He covers genre, intent, coherence, and much more.

Perhaps the most helpful chapters are 5 and 6, where he outlines an exegetical method based on analysis of the sentence structure and the structure of the discourse as a whole.

His method of tracing the argument is fine for those just beginning Greek exegesis, but more advanced students will want to consult Cotterell and Turner's work on Linguistics and Biblical Interpretation. Schreiner's categories are too limited and not sufficiently nuanced. His understanding of syntax and semantic structure is limited compared to more recent advances in the field.

Still, on the whole, a great introduction to exegetical method with a view to the Pauline Epistles.