The New Testament and the People of God: Christian Origins and the Question of God: Volume 1 / Edition 1

by N. T. Wright

Overview

This first volume in the series Christian Origins and the Question of God provides a historical, theological, and literary study of first-century Judaism and Christianity. Wright offers a preliminary discussion of the meaning of the word "god" within those cultures, as he explores the ways in which developing an understanding of those first-century cultures are of relevance for the modern world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780800626815
Publisher:	1517 Media
Publication date:	01/01/1992
Series:	Christian Origins and the Question of God , #1
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	510
Sales rank:	462,949
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.31(d)

About the Author

N. T. Wright is the former Bishop of Durham in the Church of England and one of the world's leading Bible scholars. He has taught New Testament at Oxford, St. Andrews, McGill and Cambridge. His award-winning books include The Case for the Psalms, How God Became King, Simply Jesus, and Jesus and the Victory of God.

Table of Contents

Preface

PART I: INTRODUCTION

Christian Origins and the New Testament

PART II: TOOLS FOR THE TASK

Knowledge: Problems and Varieties

Literature, Story and the Articulation of Worldviews

History and the First Century

Theology, Authority and the New Testament

PART III: FIRST-CENTURY JUDAISM WITHIN THE GRECO-ROMAN WORLD

The Setting and the Story

The Developing Diversity

Story, Symbol, Praxis: Elements of Israel's Worldview

The Beliefs of Israel

The Hope of Israel

PART IV: THE FIRST CHRISTIAN CENTURY

The Quest for the Kerygmatic Church

Praxis, Symbol and Questions: Inside Early Christian Worldviews

Stories in Early Christianity (1)

Stories in Early Christianity (2)

The Early Christians: A Preliminary Sketch

PART V: CONCLUSION

The New Testament and the Question of God

Appendix: Chronological Chart of Second-Temple Jewish History and of Early Christianity

Bibliography

Abbreviations

Indexes