Outline : Interpreting Jesus brings together N. T. Wright's most important and influential articles on Jesus and the Gospels over the last three decades. Many of the included studies have never been published or are only available in hard-to-find larger volumes and journals. This companion volume to Interpreting Scripture and Interpreting Paul is essential reading for all with a serious interes…
Outline: N. T. Wright is widely regarded as one of the most influential commentators and interpreters of Paul alive today, and Paul's letter to the Romans is often thought of as the gospel in condensed form and his greatest writing. Moreover, within Romans itself, chapter 8 is arguably one of the most spectacular pieces of writing found in the entire New Testament. Its thrust is clear, but its …
Paul has provoked people as much in the twentieth century as he did in the first. Then, they sometimes threw stones at him; now, they tend to throw words. Some people still regard Paul as a pestilent and dangerous fellow. Others still think him the greatest teacher of Christianity after the Master himself This spectrum of opinion is well represented in the scholarly literature as well as the po…
For centuries the story of Adam and Eve has resonated richly through the corridors of art, literature and theology. But for most moderns, taking it at face value is incongruous. And even for many thinking Christians today who want to take seriously the authority of Scripture, insisting on a "literal" understanding of Genesis 2–3 looks painfully like a "tear here" strip between faith and scien…
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 th…
A detailed examination of the passages central to the debate about Paul's christology and his view of Jewish Law. From meticulous exegesis makes some striking theological and historical conclusions.
Few issues are more central to the Christian faith than the nature, scope and means of salvation. Many have thought it to be largely a trasaction that gets one to the heaven. In this riveting book, N. T. Wright explains that God's salvation is radically more than this.
Outline : N.T.Wright menulis dengan gaya yang mudah diterima dan bersifat anekdot sehingga menolong kita untuk memahami kitab Kisah Para Rasul yang kaya dan bersisi banyak itu. Tom Wright menunjukkan bahwa kitab Kisah Para Rasul ditulis berdasarkan Injil Lukas, untuk menggarisbawahi karya dan pengajaran yang terus berlanjut dari Yesus yang sudah bangkit dan naik ke surga melalui kuasa Roh Kudus…
Outline : Tom Wright menulis dengan gaya yang mudah diterima dan bersifat anekdot sehingga menolong kita untuk memahami kitab Kisah Para Rasul yang kaya dan bersisi banyak itu. Tom Wright menunjukkan bahwa kitab Kisah Para Rasul ditulis berdasarkan Injil Lukas, untuk menggarisbawahi karya dan pengajaran yang terus berlanjut dari Yesus yang sudah bangkit dan naik ke surga melalui kuasa Roh Kudus…
Outline : According to the Christian faith, Jesus Christ is the ultimate revelation not only of the nature of God the Creator but also of how God the Creator relates to the created order. The New Testament explicitly relates the act of creation to the person of Jesus Christ - who is also a participant within creation, and who is said, by his acts of participation, to have secured creation's ult…
This convenient text utilizes material from the award-winning Dictionary for Theological Interpretation of the Bible (DTIB) to introduce students to the Bible and theological interpretation through a comprehensive book-by-book survey of the New Testament. The articles, authored by respected scholars, make unique contributions to the study of theological interpretation of Scripture. Theological …
Outline : Apa yang sesungguhnya terjadi pada Yesus di akhir hidupnya? Apa yang dapat terungkap dari hasil penelitian sejarah dan arkeologi tentang kematian dan penguburan Yesus? Adakah petunjuk atau bukti atas kebangkitan Yesus? Dalam buku ini, dua orang ahli paling diakui dalam Yesus sejarah membahas hasil riset paling akhir dan menuliskannya bagi pembaca awam. Bersama-sama, penulis menyam…
Outline: This book is your passage-way from the twenty-first century to the era of Jesus and the first Christians. A highly readable, one-volume introduction placing the entire New Testament and early Christianity in its original context, it is the only such work from distinguished scholar and author N. T. (Tom) Wright. Bringing together decades of the author's ground-breaking research, writ…
Outline: This book represents the first Gifford delivered by a New Testament scholar since Rudolf Bultmann in 1955. Against Bultmann's dehistoricized approach, the author argues that, since the philosophical and cultural movements that generated the natural theology debates also treated Jesus as a genuine human being -- part of the "natural world" -- there is no reason the historical Jesus sh…
Outline: In this eight-session video Bible study, well-known Bible scholars the authors team up to take you on a tour of story behind the explosive story of the New Testament. You will discover things you never knew about Jesus' baptism and journey into the wilderness, the meaning behind his parables and miracles, the significance of his death and resurrection, the incredible expansion of the…
Outline: Here is a riveting book for anyone interested in what is really driving millennium fever. A classical historian, writing on one of the biggest stories of our time, provides the first work that:
- Gives a clear explanation of how the turn of the millenium has been misunderstood pand miscalculated.
- Shows why the widespread "apocalyptic take" on the millenium is in error.
- Offer…
Overview: Leading Bible scholar, Anglican bishop, and bestselling author argues that the church has lost touch with the revolutionary nature of the cross. Most christians have been taught a reduced message that the death of Jesus was all about "God saves me from my 'sin' so that I could 'go to heaven'." According to the author, this version misconstrues why Jesus has to die, the nature of ou…
Overview: This companion volume to the author's Paul and the Faithfulness of God and Pauline Perspectives is essential reading for all with a serious interest in Paul, the interpretation of his leters, his appropriation by subsequent thinkers, and his continuing significance today. In the course of this masterly survey, the author asks searching questions of the major contributors to Pauline s…
Part 1: Paul and his world
Part 2: The mindset of the apostle
This highly anticipated two-book fourth volume in N. T. Wright's magisterial series, Christian Origins and the Question of God, is destined to become the standard reference point on the subject for all serious students of the Bible and theology. The mature summation of a lifetime's study, this landmark book pays a rich tribute to…
Part 3: Paul's theology
Part 4: Paul in history
This highly anticipated two-book fourth volume in N. T. Wright's magisterial series, Christian Origins and the Question of God, is destined to become the standard reference point on the subject for all serious students of the Bible and theology. The mature summation of a lifetime's study, this landmark book pays a rich tribute to the breadth…