The Canonical Approach makes a detailed assessment of Brevard Childs canonical approach to biblical interpretation.A careful analysis of Childs work identifies a number of historical, hermeneutical, and theological issues that are central both to Childs programme and to the wider methodological debate. These include the adequacy of the historical-critical tools, their relationship to the more recent, synchronic approaches, the role of the interpreters own presuppositions, the viability of working from a specific faith-commitment, and ways in which the ancient texts can speak to the modern Church. After an incisive discussion of these questions it is suggested how Childs programme can be set on a sounder methodological basis.This book is particularly notable for its clarification of Childs approach, and for its original solutions to a number of central methodological problems.