or the last 150 years, the Bible has been scrutinised with the best scientific tools the modern world could provide. Despite all the advances this has produced, its effect has generally been to fragment Scripture and to make opening the Book as Scripture, in which we hear God speak to us personally and as communities, very problematic.

With this in mind, the Scripture and Hermeneutics Seminar was set up in 1998 to see what could be done to renew interpretation of the Bible as Scripture in the Academy. The Partners in the Scripture and Hermeneutics Project are Bible Society, the University of Gloucestershire (UK), Baylor University (USA), and Redeemer University College (Canada). The Seminar gathers leading Christian scholars from around the world each year at a consultation. An annual publication coming out of these is intended to play a part in renewing excitement about the Bible in the Academy and to act as a catalyst in ongoing debate concerning the meaning and relevance of Scripture.

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