Table of Contents
Foreword Scott Hahn 9
Acknowledgments 11
Introduction: Seven Indispensable Principles for the Study of Scripture 13
Chapter 1 Principle 1: God's Word: Divine Words in Human Language 17
Chapter 2 Inspiration and the Truth of Scripture: Questions and Answers 35
Chapter 3 Principle 2: God's Word Is Revealed in History 61
Chapter 4 Principle 3: God's Word: Sacred Tradition and Sacred Scripture 85
Chapter 5 The Canon of Sacred Scripture 99
Chapter 6 Principle 4: God's Word: Revealed in the Unity of the Old and New Testaments 109
Chapter 7 Scripture's Unitive Pattern: The Theme of Covenant 123
Chapter 8 The Threefold Pattern of the Covenant 131
Chapter 9 Biblical Typology and Recapitulation 145
Chapter 10 Principle 5: God's Word Has Meaning(s) 161
Chapter 11 Modern Biblical Interpretation 183
Chapter 12 Principle 6: God's Word Requires Sound, Balanced, Methodological Analysis 199
Chapter 13 Principle 7: God's Word Is Life-giving and Active! 215
Appendices
Appendix A The 7 Principles of Catholic Biblical Interpretation in Summary Form 237
Appendix B Modern Biblical Scholars 239
Part I Meet the Rationalists: Six Influential Academic/Secular Biblical Scholars 239
Part II Ten Significant Catholic/Christian Scholars of the Modern Era 240
Appendix C Biblical Resources 243
Selecting Biblical Software 243
Selecting Biblical Commentaries 244
Other Recommended Commentaries 245
An Indexed Bibliography 248
About the Author 256
List of Tables and Figures
Tables
Table 1 Relative Roles of the Divine and Human Author(s) in the Inspiration Process 40
Table 2 Ancient Manuscripts: The Bible and Other Texts 54
Table 3 Textual Variants in the New Testament 55
Table 4 Three Periods of Response of the Church to the Historical-Critical Method 72
Table 5 The Canon of the Old Testament 100-101
Table 6 The Threefold Pattern of the Covenant 140
Figures
Figure 1 The Documentary Hypothesis 183
Figure 2 The Two-Source Hypothesis 184
Figure 3 Ten Key Elements in Narrative Criticism 190
Figure 4 Hierarchy of Needs ("Self-Actualization") 218
