"A valuable entry into a most important area of contemporary biblical studies. An important and helpful book for those interested in a new and exciting approach to the Bible and its contemporary meaning This book deserves a wide reading and an important place in our contemporary discussion of the Bible and its role in the community of faith."

-Donn F. Morgan Anglican Theological Review

"The strength of Sanders' approach is that the Bible once again becomes the church's book. Also for Sanders, there is a greater involvement of the history behind the text.... For those who have not followed Sanders' path, this volume will be a very useful update."

-David S. Dockery Criswell Theological Review

"I am a Jim Sanders fan... [He] provides a consistent, and, in my judgment, fundamentally right-headed approach to her- meneutics. If you are doing hermeneutics in the trenches, then Sanders has something for you... From Sacred Story to Sacred Text is Sanders' most representative work."

-D. William McIvor Pacific Theological Review

JAMES A. SANDERS is Professor of Intertestamental and Biblical Studies at the School of Theology at Claremont and Professor of Religion at Claremont Graduate School. His other Fortress Press books include Canon and Community (Guides to Biblical Scholarship, 1984) and Torah and Canon (1972).