and Jerome, for example, believed about the Antioch controversy, but rather how they reached their conclusions and how they justified them (by the way, these two hows are not always identical!). This approach has more direct value for the exegete. For one thing, we should not make interpretive decisions on the basis merely of who held which interpretation; we should be moved primarily by the reasons that informed the interpretive process. Moreover, reflecting on the hermeneutical principles used