enabling them to take their rightful places at the round table. This task of reconstruction cannot be limited to a survey of the ‘primary intent’ of isolated passages; rather, it calls for a careful analysis of the theological significance of the author’s entire work. Secondly, after the task of theological reconstruction is finished, we must bring our questions to the round table and listen attentively to the ensuing dialogue. Here we seek to hear the answers (by inference) to our questions which