In the early Christian centuries, as today, biblical interpretation determined theology and theology shaped biblical hermeneutics notes David S. Dockery. Dockery tells the story of that interrelationship from Jesus use of the Old Testament through the Council of Chalcedon in 451. He identifies key models to show that few twentieth-century issues are new. Each theological movement can be categorized by its approach to Scripture. Some fascinating figures contributed to these models, especially Clement, Ignatius, Justin Martyr, Irenaeus, Tertullian, John Chrysostom, Theodoret. Dockery explains the influential Alexandrian and Antiochene schools of biblical exegesis. This history becomes a window through which to view late twentieth-century hermeneutics. Some Bible readers still seek allegorical meanings. Teachers still struggle with making the message contemporary. How a movement views Scripture still deeply influences theology.