Scripture as communication is a great hermeneutics text. The unique approach the author has is that Scripture is communication - it is a model that declares that God speaks and he speaks to people with the intention that people, we, would hear and understand. Scripture is a conversation, it is interpersonal and has the potential to be transformational. The communication theories are academic "deep water" and do take some concentration to work through but are useful. I particularly appreciated Brown's appendices at the end of the text that provides a "roadmap" for different genres in Scripture.