Interpreting Scripture brings together N. T. Wright's most important articles on Scripture and hermeneutics over more than two decades.  
   
Here is a rich feast for all serious students of the Bible. Each essay will amply reward those looking for detailed, incisive and exquisitely nuanced exegesis, resulting in a clearer, deeper and more informed appreciation of Scripture and its application to Christian life and thought today.

\["For serious Bible students seeking deeper understanding", "Clarifies complex scripture interpretations for readers", "You will gain a richer appreciation of God's Word"\]

Interpreting Scripture offers deep insights into biblical texts by N. T. Wright.

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1 Introduction to The Language and Imagery of the Bible by G. B. Caird

2 The Lord’s Prayer as a Paradigm of Christian Prayer

3 God and Caesar, Then and Now

4 Christian Origins and the Question of God

5 Faith, Virtue, Justification, and the Journey to Freedom

6 Neither Anarchy nor Tyranny: Government and the New Testament

7 The Bishop and Living under Scripture

8 Imagining the Kingdom: Mission and Theology in Early Christianity

9 Revelation and Christian Hope: Political Implications of the Revelation to John

10 The Monarchs and the Message: Reflections on Bible Translation from the Sixteenth to the Twenty-First Century

11 Joy: Some New Testament Perspectives and Questions

12 Pastoral Theology for Perplexing Topics: Paul and Adiaphora

13 Apocalyptic and the Sudden Fulfilment of Divine Promise

14 The Bible and Christian Mission

15 Wouldn’t You Love to Know? Towards a Christian View of Reality

16 Sign and Means of New Creation: Public Worship and the Creative Reading of Scripture

17 The Powerful Breath of the New Creation

18 Sacred Space in the City

19 Foreword to The Church and Its Vocation: Lesslie Newbigin’s Missionary Ecclesiology by Michael Goheen

20 The Honest to God Controversy

21 Christ and the Cosmos: Kingdom and Creation in Gospel Perspective

22 Get the Story Right and the Models Will Fit: Victory through Substitution in ‘Atonement Theology’

Bibliography

Acknowledgments

Index of Ancient Sources

Index of Modern Authors

Interpreting Scripture brings together N. T. Wright’s most important articles on Scripture and hermeneutics over more than two decades.  
  
Here is a rich feast for all serious students of the Bible. Each essay will amply reward those looking for detailed, incisive and exquisitely nuanced exegesis, resulting in a clearer, deeper and more informed appreciation of Scripture and its application to Christian life and thought today.

Interpreting Scripture features key essays by N. T. Wright on the Bible and hermeneutics. Ideal for serious students seeking in-depth exegesis and insights into Scripture's relevance today.

\["A rich resource for Bible students","The collection draws on two decades' worth of insight and exegesis","You'll find a variety of ways that scripture can be approached and interpreted"\]

‘The world’s leading New Testament scholar.’ __Newsweek__

‘One of the great theologians of our time.’ __Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks__

‘Again and again, he manages to bring his colossal intelligence and immense scholarship together in an extraordinarily accessible manner.’ __Church Times__

A collection of essays and articles from N. T. Wright spanning over 20 years, this book explores that ways the we can understand the Bible today.

Interpreting Scripture

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