Includes bibliographical references and index.

On the interpretation of Scripture / Benedict de Spinoza -- Selections from Introduction, The life of Jesus critically examined / David F. Strauss -- The historical point of view / Søren Kierkegaard -- On the historical and dogmatic methods in theology / Ernst Troeltsch -- Prefaces 1-6, The Epistle to the Romans / Karl Barth -- The New Testament and mythology / Rudolf Bultmann -- Divino afflante Spiritu = On promoting Biblical studies / Pope Pius XII -- Selections from "The significance of the critical historical method for Church and theology in Protestantism" / Gerhard Ebeling -- Selections from Conclusion, History and Spirit : the understanding of Scripture according to Origen / Henri de Lubac -- Selections from "Biblical theology, contemporary" / Krister Stendahl -- Canon and criticism / Brevard S. Childs -- The superiority of pre-critical exegesis / David C. Steinmetz -- Reflections on the appropriate interpretation of New Testament texts / Ulrich Luz -- Of the eucharistic site of theology / Jean-Luc Marion -- The ethics of Biblical interpretation : decentering Biblical scholarship / Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza -- The Hebrew Bible, the Old Testament, and historical criticism / Jon D. Levenson -- Two (or more) kinds of Scripture scholarship / Alvin Plantinga -- The nuptial metaphor / Paul Ricœur -- Evaluation, commitment, objectivity / James Barr -- Revelation, sanctification, and inspiration / John Webster.

A survey of post-Enlightenment approaches to interpretation of the Bible.