| Introduction: God's Word and Human Understanding: What Is the Problem? | p. 1 |
| The Foundation of Understanding: Presuppositions | p. 5 |
| Truth, Language, and Sin | p. 11 |
| The Pillar of Understanding: Truth | |
| The Vehicle of Understanding: Language | |
| The Spoiler of Understanding: Sin | |
| Summary | |
| Knowing God: Presuppositions About the Bible and Creation | p. 31 |
| Is the Bible the Word of God? | |
| Is the Bible True? | |
| Is the Bible Coherent? | |
| The Bible and the World | |
| The Foundation and the Frame: Presuppositions and Interpretation | p. 61 |
| Presuppositions and Method | |
| Tradition and the Church | |
| The Holy Spirit: The Ultimate Interpreter | |
| Interpretation in Theory | p. 79 |
| The Church and Biblical Interpretation | p. 83 |
| The Early Church: Justin Martyr and Irenaeus | |
| The Developing Church: Origen and Theodore | |
| The Middle Ages: Aquinas | |
| The Reformation: Luther and Calvin | |
| The Modern Church: From Schleiermacher to Bultmann | |
| The Literary Turn: From Literary Criticism to Postmodernism | |
| Summary | |
| The Grammatical-Historical Method: Knowing What It Meant | p. 119 |
| Meaning and Understanding: Semantics | |
| Culture and Understanding | |
| Context and Understanding | |
| Genre and Understanding | |
| Removing the Veil: From What It Meant to What It Means | p. 159 |
| History and Beyond | |
| Typology and "Fuller Meaning" | |
| The Bible Interprets Itself | |
| Redemptive History and Present Application | |
| Conclusion | |
| Interpretation in Practice | p. 175 |
| Studying God's Word | p. 177 |
| Spiritual Preparation | |
| Analyzing Passages | |
| Understanding the Bible on Its Own Terms | |
| Priorities of Interpretation | |
| Two Examples | |
| Biblical Genres | p. 223 |
| Theological History | |
| Law | |
| Poetry | |
| Prophecy | |
| Parables | |
| Epistles | |
| Apocalyptic | |
| The Bible in Worship and Witness | p. 243 |
| Scripture and Worship | |
| Scripture and Witness | |
| Scripture and Guidance | p. 265 |
| Guidance Needs to Be in Context | |
| What Is "God's Will"? | |
| Submission to God | |
| Understanding God and His Ways | |
| Understanding God's Sovereignty | |
| Conclusion | |
| Conclusion | p. 289 |
| Where Is Meaning? | p. 291 |
| Authorial Intent | |
| Autonomous Texts | |
| Reader Response | |
| Conclusion | |
| The Historical-Critical Method | p. 303 |
| General Description and Evaluation | |
| "Scholarly" Methods | |
| Notes | p. 313 |
| Index of Persons | p. 365 |
| Index of Scripture | p. 371 |
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