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Table of contents :
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acknowledgments vii
Editor’s Preface ix
Abbreviations xi
Abstract xiii
Chapter 1: Introduction 1
Chapter 2: The Three Stages of Childs’s Academic Development 17
Chapter 3: The Canonical Approach 57
Chapter 4: The Inadequacies of Historical Criticism 111
Chapter 5: Theological Exegesis 167
Chapter 6: Evaluation and Reflection 225
Chapter 7: Concluding Remarks 269
Bibliography 275
Index 293