Presents the work produced by Hans W. Frei in the last decade of his life. The book is based on his 1983 Schaffer Lectures at Yale University and his 1987 Cadbury Lectures at the University of Birmingham. It presents his reflections on issues and options in contemporary Christian theology.

This book, which makes available the work of Hans W. Frei during the last decade of his life, presents Frei's reflections on issues and options in contemporary Christian theology, especially the relation of theology to biblical interpretation .