and it looks rather as though one mistaken mythology is simply beifig replaced by another dubious mythology of the Spirit. The basic problem remains as to how the teaching of Jesus can in any way be valid when it rests on a set of mistaken assumptions. Nor were these assumptions peripheral ones; they were concerned with the central theme of his message. The second type of option is to recognize that the essential or distinctive element in the teaching of Jesus was his proclamation that the KG which