Abstract
The teaching of biblical exegesis normally attracts students with two distinct goals (a) to learn biblical exegesis as an abstract technique that prepares them for advanced academic degrees, or (b) to achieve the necessary skills for interpreting biblical texts in ways that transform lives. For the latter to happen, the instructor must motivate and even mentally jolt students to reconsider the embedded biblical interpretation that they bring with them to seminary, one that is typically based on faith. Thus, the teaching of biblical exegesis to those preparing for church ministry should provoke students to reexamine texts that they took for granted based on church tradition. This article demonstrates one of
the methods that the author uses to teach biblical exegesis that excites the two types of students.