CHRISTOPHER BRYAN is the C. K. Benedict Professor of New Testament at the School of Theology at the University of the South, and the editor of the Sewanee Theological Review. He is the author of a commentary on the letter to the Romans and an introduction to the gospel of Mark.

This is a well written, carefully reasoned presentation which will be helpful to both clergy and laity who struggle with how to interpret what they read in the scriptures in the face of the factions, sectarian and divisive, which claim an absolute authority of interpretation, usually their own.

• Part 1 Prologue: Making Decisions in the ChurchPart 2 Part I: What Do We Believe?Chapter 3 Interpreting the BibleChapter 4 The Church as Witness and Keeper of the BibleChapter 5 The Bible as RevelationChapter 6 The Bible as TextChapter 7 The Bible as a Book of MeetingChapter 8 The Bible as the Word of GodChapter 9 The Bible as InspiredChapter 10 The Bible as CanonChapter 11 The Bible as AuthoritativePart 12 What Should We Do?Chapter 13 Listening to the BibleChapter 14 Studying the BibleChapter 15 Making Decisions in the Light of the BiblePart 16 Four Notes

CHRISTOPHER BRYAN is the C. K. Benedict Professor of New Testament at the School of Theology at the University of the South, and the editor of the Sewanee Theological Review. He is the author of a commentary on the letter to the Romans and an introduction to the gospel of Mark.

This is a well written, carefully reasoned presentation which will be helpful to both clergy and laity who struggle with how to interpret what they read in the scriptures in the face of the factions, sectarian and divisive, which claim an absolute authority of interpretation, usually their own.

• Part 1 Prologue: Making Decisions in the ChurchPart 2 Part I: What Do We Believe?Chapter 3 Interpreting the BibleChapter 4 The Church as Witness and Keeper of the BibleChapter 5 The Bible as RevelationChapter 6 The Bible as TextChapter 7 The Bible as a Book of MeetingChapter 8 The Bible as the Word of GodChapter 9 The Bible as InspiredChapter 10 The Bible as CanonChapter 11 The Bible as AuthoritativePart 12 What Should We Do?Chapter 13 Listening to the BibleChapter 14 Studying the BibleChapter 15 Making Decisions in the Light of the BiblePart 16 Four Notes

CHRISTOPHER BRYAN is the C. K. Benedict Professor of New Testament at the School of Theology at the University of the South, and the editor of the Sewanee Theological Review. He is the author of a commentary on the letter to the Romans and an introduction to the gospel of Mark.

This is a well written, carefully reasoned presentation which will be helpful to both clergy and laity who struggle with how to interpret what they read in the scriptures in the face of the factions, sectarian and divisive, which claim an absolute authority of interpretation, usually their own.

• Part 1 Prologue: Making Decisions in the ChurchPart 2 Part I: What Do We Believe?Chapter 3 Interpreting the BibleChapter 4 The Church as Witness and Keeper of the BibleChapter 5 The Bible as RevelationChapter 6 The Bible as TextChapter 7 The Bible as a Book of MeetingChapter 8 The Bible as the Word of GodChapter 9 The Bible as InspiredChapter 10 The Bible as CanonChapter 11 The Bible as AuthoritativePart 12 What Should We Do?Chapter 13 Listening to the BibleChapter 14 Studying the BibleChapter 15 Making Decisions in the Light of the BiblePart 16 Four Notes