Richard Hiers is an exception. Rudolf Bultmann has accepted the imminent approach of the eschatological Kingdom as the correct historical interpretation of Jesus’ message, but the true meaning must be understood in existential terms: the nearness and the demand of God. In Great Britain, the most influential interpretation has been the “Realized Eschatology” of C. H. Dodd. Dodd does not simply discard the apocalyptic language as did Harnack; he understands it as a series of symbols standing for realities