Rahner, Schnackenburg, Schlier, Schelkle, Deissler, Vogtle-a roll-call of some of the most brilliant names in modern German theology and Scripture scholarship. You would expect a book with vitality; and your will not be disappointed. We are rapidly entering a new world. We are witnessing a new resurgence in Christianity. An important part of that resurgence is the veritable explosion of energy in Scripture scholarship. Yet on the face of it biblical thought, rooted as it is in the conditions of a society which no longer exists for most of us, would seem to have little obvious relevance to the world of our technological revolution. And any jazzed-up attempt of Christianity to get superficially "with it" only succeeds in making Christianity look ridiculous.