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| Abbreviations | |
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| Preface to the American Edition | |
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| On the Horizon of Hope | |
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| Biblical Interpretation in Conflict: On the Foundations and the Itinerary of Exegesis Today | |
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| Preliminary Consideration: Where We Are and What We Must Do | |
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| The State of the Problem | |
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| The Task | |
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| Two Examples of Self-Criticism of the Historical-Critical Method: The Methodologies of Martin Dibelius and Rudolf Bultmann | |
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| The Main Elements of the Method and Their Presuppositions | |
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| The Philosophical Origin of the Method | |
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| Basic Elements of a New Synthesis | |
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| Biblical Exegesis: A Science of Faith | |
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| The Bible: Human Word and Word of God | |
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| The Bible as Human Word | |
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| The Bible and the Word of God | |
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| The Relation between the Two Aspects | |
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| What Does Scripture Have to Say about This? | |
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| The Unity of the Whole of Scripture | |
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| The Interpretation of Sacred Scripture: A Science of Faith | |
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| The Problem | |
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| The "Science of Faith" according to R. Guardini | |
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| Michael Theobald's Critical Reaction | |
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| Attempt at a Synthesis | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Is a Biblical Theology Possible? | |
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| The Reality and the Wish | |
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| A Theology of the Two Testaments Is Necessary Today | |
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| Christian-Jewish Relations | |
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| The Gospel and Cultures | |
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| Biblical Law and the Violence of the World | |
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| Jesus Christ and the Two Testaments | |
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| The Challenge | |
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| The Commitment of the Subject-Reader | |
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| The Course of the Research | |
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| Ethics and Aesthetics | |
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| Obstacles | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Exegesis: Reading the Scriptures in Faith | |
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| Christ in Contemporary Exegesis: Where We Are and Where We Are Going | |
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| Outline of the Situation Today | |
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| The Gap between the Pre-Paschal Jesus and the Post-Paschal Christ Has Shrunk Somewhat | |
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| The Search for the "Historical Jesus" Continues | |
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| There Is a Growing Distance from Historical-Critical Exegesis from Many Sides | |
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| There Are Efforts to Reclaim the Jewishness of Jesus | |
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| New Approaches Are Also Affecting How We See Christ | |
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| Possible Directions for Exegetical Work on Christ | |
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| Less Violence with the Sources | |
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| More Trust in the Unique Form of the Sources | |
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| Painstaking Historical Work | |
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| The Whole as the Reference-Point | |
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| Christ in John and Mark | |
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| All of God's Relations to Men Are Mediated to Them through Jesus | |
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| Mark Is Concentrated on the Christological Question | |
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| Mark Preserves the Christological Question | |
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| The Reception in the Church of the Dogmatic Constitution "Dei Verbum" | |
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| Scripture and Word of God | |
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| Scripture and Tradition | |
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| Revelation and Communion | |
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| Inspiration and Believing Community | |
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| Biblical Studies and Theology | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Exegesis and the Magisterium of the Church | |
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| Original Publications | |
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| Index of Holy Scripture | |
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| Index of Magisterial and Ecclesial Documents | |
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| Index of Authors | |
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| Index of Subjects | |