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Hello, I'm Stewart Fleming. I run Famous Fox Publishing, a small independent publisher of books on biblical exegesis from a conservative Evangelical standpoint which I hope will be interesting and helpful to readers from other traditions and backgrounds also.

• The Righteousness of God in 2 Corinthians 5:21 – a Structural Analysis of 2 Cor. 5:18-6:4a

  By stewartfleming on October 11, 2018 • ( 0 )

  The chiastic analysis of 2 Corinthians 5:21 and surrounding verses is the subject of a 2014 Famous Fox publication which is made available in its entirety below. I hope you will find it interesting! As a result of the structural… Read More ›

• Tongues for Unbelievers; Prophecy for Believers – a Structural Analysis of 1 Cor.14:21-25

  By stewartfleming on August 21, 2018 • ( 0 )

  This is the first part of what will hopefully be an analysis of structures found in  1 Cor. 14: 21-36 and which will also include the famous verses (vs. 34-35) about women keeping silent in church. In this first article,… Read More ›

• Was Junia a Female Apostle (Romans 16:7)? – a Chiastic Study of Romans 16:3-15

  By stewartfleming on August 3, 2018 • ( 0 )

  I have recently been looking at some of the literature which discusses whether  Junia (or Junias) – who, along with Andronicus, is greeted by Paul in Romans 16:7 – was a female apostle. A book on this topic strongly supporting… Read More ›

• Chiastic structure of Romans Ch. 6 – Part 3

  By stewartfleming on July 23, 2018 • ( 2 )

  In this short article, a second structural analysis of Romans 6:12-14 is put forward. This analysis, like the previous one, shows how Paul uses this “bridge” section to link the two main arguments of Ch. 6. The analysis, if correct,… Read More ›

• Chiastic Structure of Romans Chapter 6 – Part 2

  By stewartfleming on July 17, 2018 • ( 2 )

  In this article, I continue looking at  structures in Romans ch. 6 by considering some possible structural aspects of the “bridge” section, Romans 6:12-14. Please click on the link below to acces the article which, as usual, is a Word… Read More ›

• Chiastic Structure of Romans Chapter 6 – Part 1

  By stewartfleming on July 10, 2018 • ( 0 )

  This is the first of what I hope will be several notes on chiastic aspects of Romans Ch. 6. Here, I put forward a suggested chiastic outline for the chapter as a whole, and in future articles, I  will try… Read More ›

• “Use a Little Wine for Thy Stomach’s Sake” (1 Tim. 5:23) – a Suggested Interpretation.

  By stewartfleming on June 17, 2018 • ( 1 )

  One of the frequent comments about this verse is that it doesn’t appear to fit very well in the context of the surrounding verses: it appears to be an intrusion into the flow of Paul’s thought in this part of… Read More ›

• If A Man will Not Work, Let Him Not Eat!

  By stewartfleming on April 18, 2018 • ( 0 )

  These well-known and striking words, found in 2 Thess. 3:10, have been widely used (and perhaps even more widely mis-used!) in practical theology. It is not the primary purpose of  this article however, to attempt to apply this injunction to Christians… Read More ›

• The 153 Fishes and Solomon’s Temple – an Inter-textual Reading

  By stewartfleming on April 17, 2018 • ( 0 )

  This article is actually chapter 3 of my book Chiastic Structures in the Interpretation of Scripture. The article is a Word document and can be accessed below or from  the Articles page of this website. In his Gospel, John makes many… Read More ›

• A “Timeline” for Jonah Chapter 2 (Jonah’s “Psalm”)

  By stewartfleming on March 20, 2018 • ( 0 )

  Jonah chapter 2 is basically the prayer that Jonah says from the belly of the great fish. In it he  “rehearses” to Yahweh the events that have led up to his rescue. Now some of these events were things that he… Read More ›