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Loading... The New Testament and the People of God (Christian Origins and the…by N. T. WrightSeries: Christian origins and the question of God (Volume 1)
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. It's a great book. Although, it requires a significant amount of effort to consider what the author is saying. Also, some preparation might be useful. Such as, having some groundings in the branches of philosophical thought, and the various schools of Greek thought. Since, this schools of Greek thought such as the Stoics and the Gnostics had an impact on the 1st/2nd century Western culture. Therefore, they also had an impact on the development of Christianity as viewed through the New Testament and other 1st/2nd century documents. (  ) aevaughn | Jun 11, 2009 |  This book is the first of the trilogy on Christ by N.T.Wright, Bishop of Durham. In this book he carefully and methodically paints the background for the cultural and religious milieu into which Jesus was born. At times it can be a bit dry, but it is readable and I am sure I will re-read it again. I particularly liked his dealing with Roman writings around the time of the early church, also his comments on Josephus. ( ) Phil76 | Mar 25, 2008 | This is the first Volume of Wright's multi-volume set. He tacks a new course, taking into account literary criticism, historical background, and the text itself, all laces with heavy doses of scholastic credibility and common sense. Unlike a lot of NT scholarship, where the writer spends a lot of time telling you that the text does not say what you think it its, Wright tells us that the text say MORE than what we think it says. He is an excellent writer (rare for this field), and a creative thinker (also rare for this field). (  ) Arctic-Stranger | Mar 6, 2007 | This book functions more like an introduction and scene setter to the later books in the series. It explores epistemology and literary criticism, critiques the history of New Testament historical studies, suggests what may be done to advance the field, and then sets out to do so. A historical investigation of Second Temple/First Century Judaism(s) along with First Century Christianity based on Critical Realism. An incredible scholastic work. ( ) slaveofOne | Feb 12, 2006 |  no reviews | add a review
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This book, third is Wright’s series Christian Origins and the Question of God, sketches a map of ancient beliefs about life after death, in both the Greco-Roman and Jewish worlds. It then highlights the fact that the early Christians’ belief about the afterlife belonged firmly on the Jewish spectrum, while introducing several new mutations and sharper definitions. This, together with other features of early Christianity, forces the historian to read the Easter narratives in the gospels, not simply as late rationalizations of early Christian spirituality, but as accounts of two actual events: the empty tomb of Jesus and his "appearances."
How do we explain these phenomena? The early Christians’ answer was that Jesus had indeed been bodily raised from the dead; that was why they hailed him as the messianic "son of God." No modern historian has come up with a more convincing explanation. Facing this question, we are confronted to this day with the most central issues of the Christian worldview and theology.
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