Paul and the Faithfulness of God (2 Volumes) - 9780800626839

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Title: Paul and the Faithfulness of God (2 Volumes): Christian Origins and the Question of God, Volume 4

Author: Wright, N T

Publisher: Augsburg Fortress; Publication Date: 2013

Paperback; ISBN: 9780800626839

Volumes: 2; Pages: 1700

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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 and depth of the apostle's vision, and offers an unparalleled wealth of detailed insights into his life, times, and enduring impact.

Wright carefully explores the whole context of Paul's thought and activity - Jewish, Greek and Roman, cultural, philosophical, religious, and imperial - and shows how the apostle's worldview and theology enabled him to engage with the many-sided complexities of first-century life that his churches were facing. Wright also provides close and illuminating readings of the letters and other primary sources, along with critical insights into the major twists and turns of exegetical and theological debate in the vast secondary literature. The result is a rounded and profoundly compelling account of the man who became the world's first, and greatest, Christian theologian.

Contents

BOOK I

Contents: Parts I and II xi

Preface

Part I PAUL AND HIS WORLD

1 Return of the Runaway?

2 Like Birds Hovering Overhead:

the Faithfulness of the God of Israel

3 Athene and Her Owl: the Wisdom of the Greeks

4 A Cock for Asclepius: Religion bad Culture in Paul's World

5 The Eagle Has Landed: Rome and the Challenge of Empire

Part II THE MINDSET OF THE APOSTLE

6 A Bird in the Hand? The Symbolic Praxis of Paul's World

7 The Plot, the Plan and the Storied Worldview

8 Five Signposts to the Apostolic Mindset

Bibliography for Parts I and II

BOOK II

Contents: Parts III and IV

Part III PAUL'S THEOLOGY

Introduction to Part III

9 The One God of Israel, Freshly Revealed

10 The People of God, Freshly Reworked

11 God's Future for the World, Freshly Imagined

Part IV PAUL IN HISTORY

Introduction to Part IV

12 The Lion and the Eagle: Paul in Caesar's Empire

13 A Different Sacrifice: Paul and 'Religion'

14 The Foolishness of God: Paul among the Philosophers

15 To Know the Place for the First Time

16 Signs of the New Creation: Paul's Aims and Achievements

Full Bibliography of Works Referred to in Parts I-IV

Indexes

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