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The New Testament and the people of God / N T Wright.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Wright, N. T. Christian origins and the question of God ; v. 1.Publisher: Minneapolis : Fortress Press, 1992Edition: First North American editionDescription: xix, 535 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0800626818
  • 9780800626815
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: New Testament and the people of God.DDC classification:
  • 225.6 20 WRI
LOC classification:
  • BS680.P43 W75 1992b
Other classification:
  • BC 7400
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 481-509) and indexes.

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.

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.

Originally published: London : SPCK, 1992.

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