Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material -- Preface -- Contributors -- Introduction / J.W. Rogerson -- Servant-Talk in Isaiah / Philip Davies -- Politicizing the Servant of the Lord / Walter J. Houston -- The Servant in Deutero-Isaiah / Andrew Parker -- The Righteous Servant: Psalm 22 / J.W. Rogerson -- Did Jesus use Isaiah 53? / Morna Hooker -- Jesus and Disciples as Servants / John Vincent -- Servant Power: Subversive Strategies for Emancipating Captivity / Ian Wallis -- The Ethiopian Eunuch / David Blatherwick -- The Servant and Psychological Types / Leslie J. Francis -- Servant Church? Servant Ministry? / Ian K. Duffield -- Hymns and Servanthood / Andrew Pratt -- Servant Ministries in the City / David Price -- Index of Subjects and Names.

Practice Interpretation takes the everyday social conditions of people as they are described in the Bible and looks at emerging issues that confront today’s interpreters in daily life.