Introduction / Tarmo Toom -- Tyconius' hermeneutics : the way the Holy Spirit expresses itself through Scripture / Jean-Marc Vercruysse -- Jerome's hermeneutics : how to exegete the Bible? / Aline Canellis -- Augustine's hermeneutics : the science of the divinely given signs / Cassian's hermeneutics : purity of heart and the vision of God / Christopher J. Kelly -- Junillus Africanus' hermeneutics : Antioch and beyond / Peter W. Martens and Alden Bass -- Cassiodorus' hermeneutics : the Psalms and the arts of language / Rita Copeland -- Gregory's hermeneutics : Scripture as a path to God / Brendan Lupton -- Isidore's hermeneutics : the codification of the tradition / Thomas O'Loughlin