"I have been profoundly moved and enlightened by this book. Its author, Father Ahern, for whom, since our meeting at Notre Dame two years ago, I have developed a growing admiration and affection, has made a signal contribution to Biblical Study, Writin with a luminous, poetic style, he uses his Scholarly gift to unfold the purpose of God in history, the centrality of Christ, the thrilling reality of the new life in Christ the Christ-centered nature of the Church, and the challenge that confronts Christians in this revolutionary era."