Sir Edmund Hillary climbed many mountains besides Everest. Neil Armstrong took many steps that did not land him on the moon. Krister Stendahl wrote a number of articles besides “The Apostle Paul and the Introspective Conscience of the West.” But no one cares. If Hillary, Armstrong, and Stendahl are remembered today, it is for one brief, shining moment. The world of Stendahl’s fame is, to be sure, a good deal more confined than that of Hillary or Armstrong.