Every Pastor needs to read this book

I've been pastoring for about 10 yrs...do sermon prep in the Greek text and try to bring the text in a relevant way to my congregation. This book has a ton of great error checkers for those who work with any Greek at all. ^M

maybe 4.5 stars

In a lengthy introduction Carson shows the need for this study, warns of the dangers of this study, and sets the limits of this study. His purpose for writing this book is to cause awareness of common exegetical blunders. He hopes this will provoke the reader to examine his own exegetical practices, causing the reader to both handle God's Word with care and avoid these errors. He points out that it is a focus on the negative, meaning what not to do. The hope is that by knowing what to avoid the reader will be able to make use of the wealth of material available that inform on the methods of exegesis. The author limits his scope to exegesis and not hermeneutics. He aims to write this book at the semi-popular level with the practitioner in mind. Carson addressees a total of forty-eight different exegetical fallacies. He discusses them under four major headings: word-study fallacies (27-64), grammatical fallacies (65-86), logical fallacies (87-124), and presuppositional and historical fallacies (125-136). A fifth chapter is also included which contains some concluding remarks.^M

A Must Read for Bible Students and Teachers

The author is research professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.^M