I can understand why, but I do think his concern reflects more of the current chaos of theology rather than theology itself. In this sense, Wright privileges the language and story of Scripture over and against theological reflections on the text. In short and a bit too simplistically stated, Wright does not have a place for metaphysics that goes beyond the surface grammar of the text’s narrative. Yet the way in which he connects the dots differ from a typical reformed presentation.
No doubt, Wright affirms that Christ paid the penalty for sin as a substitute. Still, one can detect in the final chapter in the book a disdain for the reformed articulation of the satisfaction theory. Since the book aims to be broadly accessible, Wright’s sometimes idiosyncratic views on theology basically fall to the wayside. Hence, students will appreciate the lower cost of books and educators can use a centralized educational tool.
And it should reduce the number of required textbooks a class on the New Testament will need to require. These help fill in the blanks of certain issues that pertain to the study of the New Testament. I will primarily use this textbook as a short commentary on each book of the Bible since it situates each book in history, uses beautiful images to help conceive of the world of the New Testament, and provides tight interpretations of each book of the Bible.Ĭhapters also appear on topics like canonization or textual criticism. For that reason alone, the volume may be worth a purchase. However, it is fairly obvious that TNTAIW basically summarizes and repackages Wight’s voluminous writings and research into the New Testament and its world.
Wright is noted as arguing for the authenticity of 2 Timothy the rest of the argument for the authenticity of 1 Timothy and Titus almost certainly comes from the hand of Bird.
For example, in a chapter on the pastoral epistles, N. But readers will detect the influence of Michael Bird as well. In one sense, The New Testament And Its World appears to be an effort at summarizing the historical and exegetical work of N. But added to Zondervan’s intelligent design, two Protestant New Testament scholars have provided an introductory yet still robust introduction to the New Testament. The quality of Zondervan’s book, from the cover art, to the colour pages, even up to the beautiful design within the book makes this new textbook on the New Testament attractive.
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