Die Afrikaanse Protestantse Akademie Biblioteek

Rev. ed. published in 1973 under title: Interpreting the New Testament today.

Includes bibliographical references.

1. Problems in Biblical interpretation -- Scientific methodology and Protestant understanding of Scripture -- Problems in Biblical interpretation -- 2. The problem of the text: textual criticism -- The materials and procedures of bookmaking in antiquity -- The nature and sources of manuscript errors -- The materials of textual criticism -- The present status of the text of the New Testament -- 3. The problem of the sources: source criticism -- Theories of indirect relationship of the Gospels -- Theories of direct relationship of the Gospels -- Additional problems for investigation conclusion -- 4. The problem of oral tradition: form criticism -- The foundations of form-critical research -- Assumption of form criticism -- Forms of oral tradition -- Conclusion -- 5. The problem of authorship: redaction criticism -- Redaction criticism: Its origin and methodology -- The results of redaction criticism: the theology of the Gospels -- Conclusion -- 6. The Bible: the problem of the canon -- Scripture and the canon -- The Gospel in the Early Church -- The development of the canon -- The nature and authority of the canon -- Scripture and tradition -- The limits of the canon -- 7. The problem of history: Jesus of history or Christ of faith? -- The origin of the problem of history in New Testament research -- Theology and history -- The crisis of the problem: Jesus of history or Christ of faith? -- Conclusion -- 8. The problem of interpretation: the function of the Biblical language -- The modern crisis in man's self-understanding -- The modern perspective and Biblical interpretation -- The nature of Biblical language conclusion -- 9. The Scriptures: the problems of unity and authority -- Critical research and Biblical interpretation -- The unity of the Scriptures -- The authority of the Scriptures -- Conclusion.