# “True exegetes or mere historians?” by Gordon D. Fee

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- Published: 2008-07-25T06:43:10-05:00
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“We bring our exegesis to fruition when we ourselves sit with unspeakable wonder
in the presence of God, contemplate His riches, pray that they might be poured out
on our own friends and family; and stay there in contemplation long enough that 
our only response is doxology: ‘to our God and Father be glory for ever and ever,
Amen.’ Until we have done this, I would venture, we have done our exegesis only 
tentatively. We have been mere historians.

To be true exegetes we must hear the words with our hearts, we must bask in God’s
own glory, we must be moved to a sense of overwhelming awe at God’s riches in glory,
we must think again on the incredible wonder that these riches are ours in Christ
Jesus, and we must then worship the living God by singing praises to His glory.”

–Gordon D. Fee, “To What End Exegesis? Reflections on Exegesis and Spirituality 
in Philippians 4:10-20,” _Bulletin for Biblical Research_ 8 (1998), 88.

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