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In-depth studies on the Bible, Jesus, and Paul by the most influential New Testament interpreter of our time.
List of contents
1. A New Perspective on Käsemann? Apocalyptic, Covenant, and the Righteousness of God (2014)
2. Justification by (Covenantal) Faith to the (Covenantal) Doers: Romans 2 Within the Argument of the Letter (2014)
3. How Greek was Paul’s Eschatology? (2015)
4. Paul’s Western Missionary Project: Jerusalem, Rome, Spain in Historical and Theological Perspective (2015)
5. The Glory Returns: Spirit, Temple and Eschatology in Paul and John (2016)
6. Historical Paul and “Systematic Theology”: To Start a Discussion (2016)
7. Paul and Missional Hermeneutics’ (2016)
8. God Put Jesus Forth: Reflections on Romans 3:24-26 (2016)
9. Paul’s Invention of Christian Theology (2015)
10. A Poem Doubled: Pauline Reflections on Theology and Poetry (2018)
11. The Challenge of Fraternity in Paul (2018)
12. Learning from Paul Together (2018)
About the author
N. T. Wright is the former bishop of Durham and senior research fellow at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford University. He is one of the world's leading New Testament scholars and the award-winning author of many books, including?After You Believe, Surprised by Hope, Simply Christian, Interpreting Paul, and The New Testament in Its World, as well as the Christian Origins and the Question of God series.
Summary
Draws together the most important articles on Paul and his letters by distinguished scholar and author N. T. Wright.
Interpreting Paul puts into one volume Wright's most important articles on the Apostle over the last six years. It collects the essays—written for a wide variety of publications—that further his detailed reflections on Paul since the publication of his magisterial Paul and the Faithfulness of God, including such diverse investigations as:
- How and Why Paul Invented 'Christian Theology'
- How Greek was Paul's Eschatology?
- Paul and Missional Hermeneutics
- The Challenge of Fraternity in Paul
Interpreting Paul displays Wright's engaging prose, his courage to go where few have gone, and his joy to bridge the work of the academy and the church.
Here is a rich feast for any serious student of the Bible, especially of the New Testament. Detailed, incisive, and exquisitely nuanced exegesis, this collection will reward you with a clearer, deeper, and more informed appreciation of Paul and the relevance of his teaching to Christian life and thought today.
Many of the included studies have never been published or were made available only in hard-to-find larger volumes and journals.
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'N. T. Wright's collection of essays on Jesus, Paul, and Scripture are a brilliant trilogy of Wright's miscellaneous works. It is not only convenient to have them all together in one literary deposit, but they deserve reading as Wright waxes eloquently and with wisdom about who is Jesus, why is Paul so controversial, the atonement, the church, and how the Bible is authoritative today. An important part of the Wrightonian corpus for present and future generations or for anyone who wrestles with Jesus, Paul, God, and Scripture.'
