Beyond the use of commentaries, another important area in personal Bible study is the use of lexical tools (dictionaries and word study helps). In many cases these reference works are somewhat more objective than commentaries in dealing with the meanings of words and phrases because they are not always directly tied to the meaning of specific passages, but are attempting to cover the range of meaning across numerous passages.
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Using lexical tools in Bible study
By Hall Harris - Posted on January 26th, 2008
A Bible translation is only as good as the reference tools used to produce it
By Hall Harris - Posted on January 15th, 2008
Today I taught my first class of the spring semester, a class in Introduction to New Testament Exegesis (interpretation). I realized this was the 30th year I have taught this course at Dallas Seminary, so counting fall semester sections and summer school, I have probably taught this same course around 60 times.
For thirty years W. Hall Harris III has taught on the faculty of Dallas Theological Seminary in the New Testament Studies Department. Since 1995 he has served as Project Director and Managing Editor for the NET Bible at bible.org passionately steering this revolutionary Bible from inception to global impact. Dr. Harris has traveled extensively in Western Europe, especially in Germany and Italy. And as an ordained minister he has served over the years as pastor of single adults, elder, and adult Sunday school teacher.
