models of interpretation,
* The personal perspective: Addresses the reality of biblical interpretation by individuals who have helped plot the course of theological development.
With relevant bibliographies and a guide to further reading, "The Dictionary" will be an extremely imoprtant reference held for many years, not only by libraries, but also by students, scholars, clergy, and teachers of this fascinating and high-profile subject.

Stanley E. Porter is an award-winning editor and author. He has edited over forty volumes, including the Handbook of Classical Rhetoric in the Hellenistic Period (1997), the Handbook to Exegesis of the New Testament (1997) and, with Craig Evans, the Dictionary of New Testament Background (2000). He has also written nine books, including Early Christianity and its Sacred Literature (2000) with Lee McDonald and The Criteria for Authenticity in Historical-Jesus Research (2000). He is President, Dean and Professor of New Testament at McMaster Divinity College, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Abelard; Acts; Allegorical Interpretation; Anthropology and Interpretation; The Antiochene School; Apocalyptic Literature; Apocrypha; Apocryphal Interpretation; Aqiba; Aquinas; Archaeology and Interpretation; Aristotle; Art and Interpretation; Augustine; Authority of the Scripture; Barr, J.; Barth, K.; Baur, F.C.; Biblical Theology; Brown, R.E.; Brueggemann, W.; Bultmann, R.; Cadbury, H.J.;Calvin, J.; Canonical Criticism: Childs' Approach; Canonical Criticism: Sanders' Approach; Canonical Development; Chronology (OT); Chronology (NT); Chrysostom; Commentary (OT); Commentary (NT); Cullmann, O.; Cultural Relationships in the Old Testament Period; Cultural Relationships in the World of the New Testament; Dead Sea Scrolls; Deissmann, G.A.; Derrida, J.; Dilthey, W.; Dodd, C.H.; Dunn, J.D.G.; Early Church Interpretation; Ebeling, G.; Eichrodt, W.; Enlightenment Period; Epigraphy and Papyrology; Erasmus; Ethics and Interpretation; Eusebius; Existential Hermeneutics; Feminist Interpretation; Film and Interpretation; Fitzmyer, J.A.; Form Criticism; Formalist/New Critical Interpretation; Former Prophets; Foucault, M.; Fuchs, E.; Gadamer, H.-G.; General Epistles; Gnosticism; Gospel: Genre; Gospels: Interpretation; Goulder, M.D.; Greek Grammar and Lexicography; Greek Language; Habermas, J.; Harnack, G.A. von; Hebrew and Aramaic Grammar and Lexicography; Hebrew and Aramaic Languages; Heidegger, M.; Hellenistic Moral Philosophy and the New Testament; Hengel, M.; Historical Jesus; Historical Literature; Holy Spirit and Interpretation; Intra-biblical Interpretation; Irenaeus; Ishmael; Islamic Interpretation; Israel: History of; Jeremias, J.; Jerome; Jesus as Interpreter of the Bible; Jesus Seminar; Jewish Literature: Non-Canonical; Johannine Literature; Josephus; Kaiser, W.; Kummel, W.G.; Ladd, G.E.; Latter Prophets; Law; Letters; Lexicons (Theological); Liberation Theological Interpretation (Latin American); Lietzmann, H.; Linguistic Criticism; Literary Devices; Literature: Biblical Influence; Liturgical Interpretation; Luther, M.; Maimonides; Manson, T.W.; Marcion; Metzger, B.; Middle Ages; Midrash; Millenarianism; Morris, L.; Moule, C.F.D.; Moulton, J.H.; Music and Interpretation; Narrative; Narrative Criticism; Neoplatonism; New Academy, Athens; New Hermeneutic; New Historicism; New Religious Movements and Interpretation; New Rhetoric; Numismatics; Old and New Testament Relationship; Origen; Parables; Patristic Interpretation; Paul as Interpreter of the Bible; Pauline Letters; Pentateuch; Perrin, N.; Pesher; Philo; Philosophical Hermeneutics; Plato; Poetry; Post-Enlightenment Criticism; Poststructuralism, Deconstructionism; Prophetic Literature; Proverb/Wisdom; Psalms; Quotation and Allusion; Rabbinic Judaism; Rabbinic Rules of Interpretation; Rad, G. von; Ramsay, W.; Rashi; Reader-oriented Approaches; Redaction Criticism; Reformations (16th Century); Reimarus; Religion-Historical Approaches; Rhetorical Criticism; Ricouer, P.; Schleiermacher, F.D.; Schweitzer, A.; Second Temple Period; Smith, W. Robertson Jr.; Social-Scientific Approaches; Source Criticism; Strauss, D.F.; Structuralism; Targum; Tertullian; Textual Criticism (NT); Textual Criticism (OT); Thiselton, A.C.; Tischendorf, C.Torrey, C.C.Tradition-Historical Interpretation; Translation (Since the KJV); Appendix: Liturgical Structure and Translation of the Lord's Prayer; Translation as Interpretation (Ancient); Twentieth Century; Westcott, Lightfoot and Hort; Wette, W. de; William of Ockham; Wrede, W.; Writings