The New Testament and the people of God /
N T Wright.
- First North American edition.
- xix, 535 pages ; 22 cm.
- Christian origins and the question of God ; volume 1 .
- Wright, N. T. (Nicholas Thomas). Christian origins and the question of God ; v. 1. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 481-509) and indexes.
Christian origins and the New Testament -- Knowledge : problems and varieties -- Literature, story and the articulation of worldviews -- History and the first century -- Theology, authority and the New Testament -- The setting and the story -- The developing diversity -- Story, symbol, praxis : elements of Israel's worldview -- The beliefs of Israel -- The hope of Israel -- 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 -- The New Testament and the question of God -- Chronological chart of Second-Temple Jewish history and of early Christianity. Part I. Introduction. Part II. Tools for the task. Part III. First-century Judaism within the Greco-Roman world. Part IV. The first Christian century. Part V. Conclusion. Appendix.
Presents the first volume in a five-volume series on the New Testament and the people of God by Anglican theologian N.T. Wright. Focuses on the historical and theological questions around the origins of Christianity as well as the world of Judaism.
God--Biblical teaching. God (Christianity)--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600. Christianity--Origin. People of God--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600. Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600. Judaism--History--Talmudic period, 10-425. Christianity and other religions--Judaism. Judaism--Relations--Christianity. Christianisme - Origines. Dieu - Enseignement biblique. Dieu - Histoire des doctrines - ca 30-600 (�Eglise primitive) Juda�isme - Palestine - Histoire - 10-425 (P�eriode talmudique) Fr�uhchristentum.