“Am I Able to Say Just Anything?”: Learning Faithful Exegesis from Balaam

Interpretation: A Journal of Bible and Theology 60 (1):22-31 (2006)
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With considerable struggle, Balaam learns what it means to engage in faithful exegesis. It means shedding the human tendency to interpret in service to our own interests, and it means exegeting in the context of God's overarching purposes for Israel and for the world

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