Jesus and the Victory of God: Christian Origins and the Question of God: Volume 2 Contributor(s): Wright, N. T. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0800626826 ISBN-13: 9780800626822 Publisher: Fortress Press OUR PRICE: $44.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 1997 Annotation: In a responsibly provocative new portrayal of several old issues raised by the quest of the historical Jesus, the author of The Climax of the Covenant deals with such questions as: What was Jesus' message? How did Jesus see Hi mself in relation to other Jewish leaders and groups of his time? How does the work of Jesus relate to the rise of the church? |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Religion | Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - New Testament - Religion | Christian Theology - General - Religion | Biblical Studies - New Testament - Jesus, The Gospels & Acts |
Dewey: 225.6 |
LCCN: 92019348 |
Series: Christian Origins and the Question of God (Paperback) |
Physical Information: 1.56" H x 6.18" W x 9.21" (2.19 lbs) 770 pages |
Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian - Theometrics - Academic - Theometrics - Mainline - Theometrics - Evangelical - Topical - Home Schooling |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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 the answers he gave to the key questions that any world view must address. The examination of Jesus' aims and beliefs, argued on the basis of Jesus' actions and their accompanying riddles, is sure to stimulate heated response. Wright offers a provocative portrait of Jesus as Israel's Messiah who would share and bear the fate of the nation and would embody the long-promised return of Israel's God to Zion. |