SINCE IT IS widely recognised that all knowledge is faith-based and socially shaped it is pertinent to explore the possibility and nature of evangelical approaches to Biblical Studies. Such approaches need to find ways of dealing with the problem of history which avoid relegating biblical history to a special category of sacred history. Some of the possible implications of such development are suggested.
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