terms, theology must concern itself not only with the Exodus deliverance from Egypt but also with the more perplexing events of the destruction of the Temple and the Exile into Babylon. In ordinary human terms, it must concern itself not only with miracles of healing but also with the many sad cases in which physical recovery is earnestly desired but not forthcoming. In its interrogative mode, theology must consider not only the edifying but also the baffling and disturbing. One of the striking features