With uncluttered logic and straight- forward prose Wenham marshals Gospel evidence to show Jesus own view of Scripture-that it is (1) historically accurate, (2) auth- oritative, (3) the standard for ethics, and (4) the verbally inspired revelation of God.

He then considers why we should listen to Jesus when he makes such claims and why "Christ's view should be the Christian view." The study sub- stantiates Jesus' reliability and influ- ence on all New Testament writers.

Finally, Wenham considers two related problems: first, which writings really belong in the Bible; second, the reliability of the text as now available. The presentation is easy to read and understand. This third edition updates and dialogs with recent developments.