This book flows out of my commitment to and interest in the on-going
interpretation of sacred texts, especially within and among religious
communities. In 1997, I completed a thesis at Wartburg Theological
Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa, USA, that explores the possibility of a
midrashic relationship between Leviticus 19 and the New Testament
book of James. While the results of the thesis were not earth-shattering,
during the process of writing I began to consider more fully the
hermeneutical process from different angles – especially the
engagement of scripture with scripture and dynamic of the relation of
the reader with scripture.