As opposed to diachronic exegesis, synchronic is interested in complete biblical texts as they exist now and in the response of the reader to that text. This response may be from a position of faith or of non-faith.
Citation for synchronic
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MLA
"synchronic." In A Dictionary of the Bible. Ed. W. R. F. Browning. Oxford Biblical Studies Online. May 18, 2013. <http://www.oxfordbiblicalcstudies.com/article/opr/t94/e1846>.
Chicago
"synchronic." In A Dictionary of the Bible. , edited by W. R. F. Browning. Oxford Biblical Studies Online, http://www.oxfordbiblicalcstudies.com/article/opr/t94/e1846 (accessed May 18, 2013).