Written by one of today's leading New Testament scholars – and a very prolific one at that – this is perhaps the best book I've read so far dealing with a proper Christian understanding of the nature of Scripture. It takes a high view of Scripture as containing a wealth of genres which must all be taken seriously and in a genre-appropriate way, and in so doing it avoids the pitfalls of fundamentalism on the one hand and 'liberal theology' on the other hand. ( )

Very well reasoned book. Only problem was lack of citation for primary sources and lack of interaction with how the canon issues affect an understanding of scripture. See Craig Allert's "A High View of Scripture?" for a supplementary perspective. ( )