Although there has always been a hermeneutic problem in Christianity, the hermeneutic question today seems to us a new one.

The dictionary contains no metaphors.

But myth is something else than an explanation of the world, of history, and of destiny. Myth expresses in terms of the world - that is, of the other world or the second world - the understanding that man has of himself in relation to the foundation and the limit of his existence. Hence to demythologize is to interpret myth, that is, to relate the objective representations of the myth to the self-understanding which is both shown and concealed in it.

It is always possible to argue against an interpretation, to confront interpretations, to arbitrate between them and to seek for an agreement, even if this agreement remains beyond our reach.

Although there has always been a hermeneutic problem in Christianity, the hermeneutic question today seems to us a new one.

But myth is something else than an explanation of the world, of history, and of destiny.

Beyond the desert of criticism, we wish to be called again.