Part of a five-volume project on the theological questions surrounding the origins of Christianity, this book offers a reappraisal of literary, historical and theological readings of the New Testament, arguing for a form of "critical realism" that facilitates different readings of the text.

Tom Wright

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Title page

Imprint

Dedication

Preface

PART I Introduction

1. Christian Origins and the New Testament

PART II Tools for the Task

2. Knowledge: Problems and Varieties

3. Literature, Story and the Articulation of Worldviews

4. History and the First Century

5. Theology, Authority and the New Testament

PART III First-Century Judaism within the Greco-Roman World

6. The Setting and the Story

7. The Developing Diversity

8. Story, Symbol, Praxis: Elements of Israel's Worldview

9. The Beliefs of Israel

10. The Hope of Israel

PART IV The First Christian Century

11. The Quest for the Kerygmatic Church

12. Praxis, Symbol and Questions: Inside Early Christian Worldviews

13. Stories in Early Christianity (1)

14. Stories in Early Christianity (2)

15. The Early Christians: A Preliminary Sketch

PART V Conclusion

16. The New Testament and the Question of God

Appendix

Bibliography

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__Twenty years on from its original appearance, this ground-breaking first volume in N. T. Wright's magisterial series, 'Christian Origins and the Question of God', still stands as a major point of reference for students of the New Testament and early Christianity.__

This latest impression has been completely reset to make Wright's elegant and engrossing text more readable. 'The sweep of Wright's project as a whole is breathtaking. It is impossible to give a fair assessment of his achievement without sounding grandiose: no New Testament scholar since Bultmann has even attempted - let alone achieved - such an innovative and comprehensive account of New Testament history and theology.' Richard B. Hays

Part of a five-volume project on the theological questions surrounding the origins of Christianity, this book offers a reappraisal of literary, historical and theological readings of the New Testament, arguing for a form of critical realism that facilitates different readings of the text.

Twenty years on, this first volume in N. T. Wright's magisterial series, 'Christian Origins and the Question of God', still stands as a major point of reference for students of the New Testament and early Christianity. This latest impression has been completely reset to make Wright's elegant and engrossing text more readable.

Twenty years on from its original appearance, this ground-breaking first volume in N. T. Wright's magisterial series, 'Christian Origins and the Question of God', still stands as a major point of reference for students of the New Testament and early Christianity. This latest impression has been completely reset to make Wright's elegant and engrossing text more readable. 'The sweep of Wright's project as a whole is breathtaking. It is impossible to give a fair assessment of his achievement without sounding grandiose: no New Testament scholar since Bultmann has even attempted - let alone achieved - such an innovative and comprehensive account of New Testament history and theology.' Richard B. Hays

'It is difficult to know which feature of it is to be admired the most: the immense erudition - the lively examples - the integration of so many different approaches and disciplines - the easy intelligibility of the writing - the lucid ordering of the argument.' The Expository Times

N.T. Wright is Research Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at the University of St Andrews. He has written over forty books, including the monumental Jesus and the Victory of God (1996) and The Resurrection of the Son of God (2003). He is also the author of the popular 'For Everyone' guides to the New Testament and the best-selling Simply Christian, Surprised by Hope, Virtue Reborn, Simply Jesus and How God Became King (all published by SPCK).

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