Jesus and the Victory of God by Tom Wright
In this highly anticipated volume, N. T. Wright focuses directly on the historical Jesus: Who was he? What did he say? And what did he mean by it? Wright begins by showing how the questions posed by Albert Schweitzer a century ago remain central today. Then he sketches a profile of Jesus in terms of his prophetic praxis, his subversive stories, the symbols by which he reordered his world, and the answers he gave to the key questions that any world view must address. He then sets out in fascinating detail his own compelling account of how Jesus himself understood his mission: how he believed himself called to remake Israel, the people of God, around himself; how he announced God's judgement on the Israel of his day, especially its Temple and hierarchy; and how he saw his own movement as the divinely ordained fulfilment of Israel's destiny. Wright offers a provocative portrait of Jesus as Israel's Messiah who would share and bear the fate of the nation and would embody the long-promised return of Israel's God to Zion.
No one could read this without learning something fresh about almost every verse of the Synoptics, and being provoked into new wrestling with the text* Rowan Williams, Church Times *
No New Testament scholar since Bultmann has even attempted – let alone achieved – such an innovative and comprehensive account of New Testament history and theology. * Richard B. Hays *
No New Testament scholar since Bultmann has even attempted – let alone achieved – such an innovative and comprehensive account of New Testament history and theology. * Richard B. Hays *
Tom Wright is Research Professor Emeritus of New Testament and Early Christianity at the University of St Andrews and Senior Research Fellow at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford. He is the author of more than 80 influential books, including The New Testament for Everyone, Simply Christian, Surprised by Hope, The Day the Revolution Began, Paul: A biography, The New Testament in its World, On Earth as in Heaven and Into the Heart of Romans (all published by SPCK).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780281047178 |
| ISBN 10 | 0281047170 |
| Title | Jesus and the Victory of God |
| Author | Tom Wright |
| Series | Christian Origins And The Question Of God |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | SPCK Publishing |
| Year published | 1996-11-14 |
| Number of pages | 760 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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