This new approach to biblical theology addresses the unity of the canon from an interdisciplinary perspective. The canon's unity is discussed as constituted both by an interpreted subjective unity "in front of" the text and by the subject matter "behind" the text. The volume includes Jewish and Christian contributions by scholars of the Hebrew Bible, the Dead Sea Scrolls, the New Testament, philosophy, and theology.

• 1: Christine Helmer and Christof Landmesser: Introduction: a new biblical-theological approach to the unity of the canon


• 2: Christine Helmer: Transhistorical unity of the New Testament canon from philosophical, exegetical, and theological perspectives


• 3: Armin Lange: From literature to scripture: the unity and plurality of the Hebrew scriptures in light of the Qumran library


• 4: Benjamin D. Sommer: Unity and plurality in Jewish canons: the case of the Oral and Written Torahs


• 5: James Barr: Unity: within the canon or after the canon


• 6: Christof Landmesser: Interpretative unity of the New Testament


• 7: Avi Sagi: Unity of scripture constituted through Jewish traditions of interpretation


• 8: Nicholas Wolterstorff: The unity behind the canon

Christine Helmer is Assistant Professor of Theology at the Claremont School of Theology, California.
Christof Landmesser is Lecturer in New Testament in the Protestant Theological Faculty at the Eberhard Karls University, Tubingen.