Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

The psychology of inspiration / Luis Alonso Schökel -- Theory of archetypal meaning : apocalyptic and demonic imagery / Northrop Frye -- Symbolic perceptions and literary visions / Johannes Lindblom -- Pottery, poetry, and prophecy : an essay on biblical poetry / David Noel Freedman -- The old promise and the new covenant : Jeremiah 31:31-34 / Walter C. Kaiser, Jr. -- History and tradition in the prophet Amos / John J. Collins -- Apocalyptic and history / Stanley Brice Frost -- The antiquity of Mosaic law / William F. Albright -- The origin of the Son of Man concept as applied to Jesus / William O. Walker, Jr. -- What archaeology can and cannot do / G. Ernest Wright -- The method of cultic interpretation / Sigmund Mowinckel -- Aspects of intertestamental messianism / Ralph W. Klein -- The Old Testament : manuscripts, text and versions / Bleddyn J. Roberts -- The practice of New Testament textual criticism / Bruce M. Metzger -- The Bible in English / Roland Mushat Frye -- Sumerian literature and the Bible / Samuel Noah Kramer -- A new look at the Babylonian background of Genesis / W.G. Lambert -- Tragedy and the Gospel narratives / Roger L. Cox -- Biblical poetry and Homeric epic / William Whallon -- A form-criticism of the Lord's Prayer / S. Van Tilborg -- Redaction criticism at work : a sample / Norman Perrin -- Form criticism and beyond / James Muilenburg -- The first three chapters of Genesis / Kenneth Burke -- Symbolism case study : light as a religious symbol / John Macquarrie -- Genesis as myth / Edmund Leach.