Every pastor and teacher who interprets and teaches the bible must read this if he wants to feed his sheep ( )

A needed corrective to much Greek exegesis and other text interpretation challenges. I hope to come back to this once I learn Koiné. ( )

A fairly technical application of developments within linguistics to the field of Biblical lexical semantics in terms of both Biblical Hebrew and Koine Greek.

The author is attempting to correct misunderstandings and misapprehensions based on past conceptions of linguistics and how language works and what words mean as well as explaining how linguistics and a more advanced understanding of lexical semantics can assist the Bible student and expositor in more effectively and accurately explaining why words mean what they mean, how they relate to context, the relationship between a word's origin and meaning, etc.

A lot of technical words are presented to the reader in swift succession; such is necessary since this is a more technical guide to the field but makes it more challenging to really absorb what the author is saying in one take.

The author is fully engaged with contemporary scholarly discussion on the issues at hand; he makes plain his views on the various matters. I am not well versed enough in the discussion to discern where the author's position is stronger or weaker but he does argue his case well.

A useful resource for those who would attempt to explain Scripture on the basis of the meaning of words. ( )

Every pastor and teacher who interprets and teaches the bible must read this if he wants to feed his sheep ( )

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