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This collection of essays by Robert Funk delves into the contributions of notable artists and intellectuals, including Kafka, Beckett, Henry Miller, Castaneda, Fowles, and Thoreau, to illuminate the true successors of Jesus. In the section titled 'Voices of Silence,' Funk examines the interplay between language and contemporary reality. He ultimately addresses the pivotal theological question of whether individuals can identify a genuine world to which they can fully commit, offering twenty-one propositions on theology in response.

The historical era commencing with the birth of Jesus and ending with the death of Muhammad was one of major cultural change. Religious currents saw the Jesus movement emerge within Judaism, eventually displacing Roman paganism, while simultaneously rabbinic movements progressively rose to define Judaism. Early rabbinic movements produced a substantial body of homiletic and legal literature to articulate their understanding of the Jewish ethos. The legal rhetoric is difficult for a novice to understand, but it is important to study how the rabbis became the self-defined heirs of Moses.