This book is distinctive from others on hermenutics in the authors, rather than writing from a single viewpoint, hold differning opinions on many issues. There are more areas where they agree and disagree, including the authority of Scripture and the primacy of athorial meaning; but where the issues are most crucial for the future. So the readers are invited, in effect, the future. So the readers are invited, in effect, to eavesdrop on a vibrant dialogue between two scholars and to reach their own conclusions.