Originally published: Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans, c1998.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Biblical theology. The Old Testament as abiding theological witness : inscripting a theological curriculum ; God as other, God as holy : election and disclosure in Christian scripture ; The historical-critical endeavor as theology : the legacy of Gerhard von Rad ; "And without God in the world" : a hermeneutic of estrangement overcome ; "In accordance with the scriptures" : creed, scripture, and "historical Jesus" ; Old Testament or Hebrew Bible? : some theological considerations ; The changing face of Old Testament studies ; Biblical authority in the late twentieth century : the Baltimore Declaration, scripture-reason-tradition, and the canonical approach ; "We are not prophets or apostles" : the biblical theology of B.S. Childs -- Exegesis. Isaiah and the search for a new paradigm : authorship and inspiration ; Isaiah and Lamentations : the suffering and afflicted Zion ; Royal promises in the canonical books of Isaiah and the Psalms ; How is the prophet Isaiah present in the latter half of the book? : the logic of Isaiah 40-66 within the book of Isaiah ; Isaiah in parish Bible study : the question of the place of the reader in biblical texts ; Isaiah in New Testament, lectionary, pulpit ; The call of Moses and the "revelation" of the divine name : source-critical logic and its legacy -- Practice. The divine name in Christian scripture ; Human sexuality viewed from the Bible's understanding of the human condition ; The city in Christian scripture ; Reader competence and the offense of biblical language : the limitations of so-called inclusive language ; The lectionary as theological construction ; Sexuality and scripture's plain sense : the Christian community and the law of God.