Exegetical Fallacies

“The new edition of Exegetical Fallacies adds and updates Don Carson’s original book (published in 1984). Andy Naselli, Don Carson’s long-time research assistant, has done a good job in revising the book. This will give the book a longer life, which it deserves. I recommend this book to students, teachers, pastors, and anyone seriously interested in the interpretation of the New Testament.”

“This notorious bombshell of a book has embarrassed many. And it has blessed many more. For some, like me, it is strangely beloved. So, I rejoice for this fruitful, time-tested work to have fresh life, and I pray this new version might help a new generation, like the previous edition profoundly helped me. Hands down, this is one of the most influential books from my seminary years. I have re-read and referenced it often, and encouraged dozens of others to do so as well. It is one of the most worn and marked books I own. These precious principles, I hope, have gone deep into my soul and, with the Spirit’s help, not only kept me from mistakes, but led and guided private study and public teaching for more than two decades.”

“The first two editions of Exegetical Fallacies proved to be of immense help in interpreting the Scriptures. The third edition, which adds the contribution of Andy Naselli, updates the book for a new generation. The book is accessible, clear, instructive, and thus at the end of day (though sometimes painful) edifying.”

“Exegetical Fallacies has served a generation of pastors and students and is now available in a thoroughly updated third edition. Carson and Naselli model sober judgment and serious care for the inerrant Scriptures as they explain and illustrate various interpretive fallacies. Highly recommended for all readers who desire to rightly handle God’s word!”

“When I completed my first year of Greek in college, my professor warned all of us, ‘You’re still dangerous.’ We had a long way to go to become faithful expositors of Scripture. Even after several years of Greek and Hebrew syntax and exegesis, many students, pastors, and teachers are still dangerous because they still misuse the text of Holy Writ. . . . The third edition of Exegetical Fallacies is needed now more than ever as evangelical Bible teachers are becoming, in the authors’ words, ‘frequently and inexcusably sloppy.’ Teachers of Scripture have a grave responsibility. This new edition is a wake-up call for that sacred duty, an antidote to the poison too often spewed from the pulpit. It needs to be close at hand for all those entrusted with a ministry of the Word.”