| Abbreviations | p. xi |
| Preface to the American Edition | p. xiv |
| On the Horizon of Hope | p. xix |
| Biblical Interpretation in Conflict: On the Foundations and the Itinerary of Exegesis Today | p. 1 |
| Preliminary Consideration: Where We Are and What We Must Do | p. 1 |
| The State of the Problem | p. 1 |
| The Task | p. 7 |
| Two Examples of Self-Criticism of the Historical-Critical Method: The Methodologies of Martin Dibelius and Rudolf Bultmann | p. 10 |
| The Main Elements of the Method and Their Presuppositions | p. 10 |
| The Philosophical Origin of the Method | p. 17 |
| Basic Elements of a New Synthesis | p. 20 |
| Biblical Exegesis: A Science of Faith | p. 30 |
| The Bible: Human Word and Word of God | p. 35 |
| The Bible as Human Word | p. 35 |
| The Bible and the Word of God | p. 38 |
| The Relation between the Two Aspects | p. 39 |
| What Does Scripture Have to Say about This? | p. 46 |
| The Unity of the Whole of Scripture | p. 48 |
| The Interpretation of Sacred Scripture: A Science of Faith | p. 51 |
| The Problem | p. 51 |
| The "Science of Faith" according to R. Guardini | p. 53 |
| Michael Theobald's Critical Reaction | p. 56 |
| Attempt at a Synthesis | p. 59 |
| Conclusion | p. 63 |
| Is a Biblical Theology Possible? | p. 65 |
| The Reality and the Wish | p. 65 |
| A Theology of the Two Testaments Is Necessary Today | p. 68 |
| Christian-Jewish Relations | p. 68 |
| The Gospel and Cultures | p. 69 |
| Biblical Law and the Violence of the World | p. 70 |
| Jesus Christ and the Two Testaments | p. 72 |
| The Challenge | p. 72 |
| The Commitment of the Subject-Reader | p. 74 |
| The Course of the Research | p. 75 |
| Ethics and Aesthetics | p. 75 |
| Obstacles | p. 77 |
| Conclusion | p. 78 |
| Exegesis: Reading the Scriptures in Faith | p. 79 |
| Christ in Contemporary Exegesis: Where We Are and Where We Are Going | p. 87 |
| Outline of the Situation Today | p. 87 |
| The Gap between the Pre-Paschal Jesus and the Post-Paschal Christ Has Shrunk Somewhat | p. 87 |
| The Search for the "Historical Jesus" Continues | p. 89 |
| There Is a Growing Distance from Historical-Critical Exegesis from Many Sides | p. 89 |
| There Are Efforts to Reclaim the Jewishness of Jesus | p. 91 |
| New Approaches Are Also Affecting How We See Christ | p. 91 |
| Possible Directions for Exegetical Work on Christ | p. 95 |
| Less Violence with the Sources | p. 95 |
| More Trust in the Unique Form of the Sources | p. 96 |
| Painstaking Historical Work | p. 99 |
| The Whole as the Reference-Point | p. 100 |
| Christ in John and Mark | p. 100 |
| All of God's Relations to Men Are Mediated to Them through Jesus | p. 101 |
| Mark Is Concentrated on the Christological Question | p. 101 |
| Mark Preserves the Christological Question | p. 102 |
| The Reception in the Church of the Dogmatic Constitution "Dei Verbum" | p. 104 |
| Scripture and Word of God | p. 105 |
| Scripture and Tradition | p. 107 |
| Revelation and Communion | p. 112 |
| Inspiration and Believing Community | p. 115 |
| Biblical Studies and Theology | p. 119 |
| Conclusion | p. 125 |
| Exegesis and the Magisterium of the Church | p. 126 |
| Original Publications | p. 137 |
| Index of Holy Scripture | p. 139 |
| Index of Magisterial and Ecclesial Documents | p. 141 |
| Index of Authors | p. 143 |
| Index of Subjects | p. 146 |
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