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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.

• “All Scripture is God-breathed”: a Structural Analysis of 2 Tim. 3:16 and Surrounding Verses

  By stewartfleming on November 14, 2018 • ( 0 )

  This essay can be accessed by clicking on the link below. In the essay I have tried to show that the expression in 2 Tim. 3:15 “through faith in Christ Jesus”, which  wonderfully applies to our salvation, actually has also… Read More ›

• 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 ›