"These contributions are the product of a symposium cosponsored by Princeton Theological Seminary and the Center of Theological Inquiry (Princeton, NJ) held in May 1990. Entitled 'Viva vox scripturae: Symposium on the History of Biblical Interpretation'"--Introduction.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 350-354) and indexes.

Church history and the Bible / Karlfried Froehlich -- The text of Mark in the hands of the orthodox / Bart D. Ehrman -- The use of stoic cosmogony in Theophilus of Antioch's Hexaemeron / Kathleen E. McVey -- The exegesis of history in John Chrysostom's Homilies on Acts / Amanda Berry Wylie -- Vile bodies : Paul and Augustine on the resurrection of the flesh / Paula Fredriksen -- The rhetoric of God in the figurative exegesis of Augustine / Robert W. Bernard -- The myth of the Augustinian synthesis / David W. Johnson -- Meister Eckhart and a millennium with Mary and Martha / Blake R. Heffner -- The fusion of papal ideology and biblical exegesis in the fourteenth century / Christopher Ocker -- Jean Gerson on the "traditional sense" of Scripture as an argument for an ecclesial hermeneutic / Mark S. Burrows -- Christopher Columbus as a scriptural exegete / John V. Fleming -- Luther's humor as a tool for interpreting Scripture / Eric W. Gritsch -- Calvin among the Thomists / David C. Steinmetz -- Some reflections on relating Calvin's exegesis and theology / Elsie Anne McKee -- Marie Dentière's use of Scripture in her theology of history / Jane Dempsey Douglass -- Bullinger's prophets of the "Restitutio" / Rodney L. Petersen -- Teaching history through preaching : some patterns of historical interpretation in the sermons of the Lutheran pastor Heinrich Fröhlich (1826-1881) / Klaus Fröhlich -- Prophecy, millennialism, and biblical interpretation in nineteenth-century America / James H. Moorhead -- The fourth gospel as trinitarian source then and now / Cornelius Plantinga, Jr. -- Historical criticism and dogmatic interest in Karl Barth's theological exegesis of the New Testament / Bruce McCormack -- Postscript / Karlfried Froehlich.

Hexaemeron / Kathleen E. McVey -- The exegesis of history in John Chrysostom's Homilies on Acts / Amanda Berry Wylie -- Vile bodies : Paul and Augustine on the resurrection of the flesh / Paula Fredriksen -- The rhetoric of God in the figurative exegesis of Augustine / Robert W. Bernard -- The myth of the Augustinian synthesis / David W. Johnson -- Meister Eckhart and a millennium with Mary and Martha / Blake R. Heffner -- The fusion of papal ideology and biblical exegesis in the fourteenth century / Christopher Ocker -- Jean Gerson on the "traditional sense" of Scripture as an argument for an ecclesial hermeneutic / Mark S. Burrows -- Christopher Columbus as a scriptural exegete / John V. Fleming -- Luther's humor as a tool for interpreting Scripture / Eric W. Grit.