Introduction / Miriam Levering -- The study of religion and the study of the Bible / Wilfred Cantwell Smith -- Scripture as form and concept / Wilfred Cantwell Smith -- Scripture and its reception / Miriam Levering -- "Scripture" in India / Thomas B. Coburn -- Scripture as spoken word / William A. Graham -- The "canons" of "scripture" / Kendall A. Folkert -- The Bride of Israel / Barbara A. Holdrege.