Jesus, Paul and the People of God: a Theological Dialogue with N. T. Wright

Brief Description: This volume includes Tom Wright's two main addresses, from the 2010 Wheaton Theology Conference, one on the state of scholarship regarding Jesus and the other on the state of scholarship regarding the apostle Paul. The other nine essays critically interact with these two major themes of Wright's works. --from publisher descriptionBrief Description: At the 2010 Wheaton Theology Conference, leading New Testament scholar N. T. Wright and nine other prominent biblical scholars and theologians gathered to consider Wright's prolific body of work. Compiled from their presentations, this volume includes Wright's two main addresses plus nine other essays of critical response. Table of Contents: Introduction Part One: Jesus and the People of God 1 Jesus and the Victory of God Meets the Gospel of John Marianne Meye Thompson N. T. Wright's Response 2 Knowing Jesus: Story, History and the Question of Truth Richard B. Hays N. T. Wright's Response 3 "Outside of a Small Circle of Friends": Jesus and the Justice of God Sylvia C. Keesmaat and Brian J. Walsh N. T. Wright's Response 4 Jesus' Eschatology and Kingdom Ethics: Ever the Twain Shall Meet Nicholas Perrin N. T. Wright's Response 5 Whence and Whither Historical Jesus Studies in the Life of the Church N. T. Wright Part Two: Paul and the People of God 6 Glimpsing the Glory: Paul's Gospel, Righteousness and the Beautiful Feet of N. T. Wright Edith M. Humphrey N. T. Wright's Response 7 The Shape of Things to Come? Wright Amidst Emerging Ecclesiologies Jeremy S. Begbie N. T. Wright's Response 8 Did St. Paul Go to Heaven When He Died? Markus Bockmuehl N. T. Wright's Response 9 Wrighting the Wrongs of the Reformation? The State of the Union with Christ in St. Paul and Protestant Soteriology Kevin J. Vanhoozer N. T. Wright's Response 10 Whence and Whither Pauline Studies in the Life of the Church? N. T. Wright Contributors Subject Index Scripture IndexMarc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Publisher Marketing: At the 2010 Wheaton Theology Conference, leading New Testament scholar N. T. Wright and nine other prominent biblical scholars and theologians gathered to consider Wright's prolific body of work. Compiled from their presentations, this volume includes Tom Wright's two main addresses, one on the state of scholarship regarding Jesus and the other on the state of scholarship regarding the apostle Paul. The other nine essays critically interact with these two major themes of Wright's works. Much appreciation is shown, overviews are given, perspective is provided and some pointed questions are also raised. Together these essays represent the best of critical yet charitable dialogue among serious and rigorous scholars on theological themes vital to Christian faith that will propel New Testament scholarship for the next decade to come. With essays by Jeremy Begbie Markus Bockmuehl Richard B. Hays Edith M. Humphrey Sylvia Keesmaat and Brian Walsh Nicholas Perrin Marianne Meye Thompson Kevin J. Vanhoozer Review Citations:

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Contributor Bio:  Perrin, Nicholas Nicholas Perrin (PhD, Universidad Marquette) es el Profesor Franklin S. Dryness de Estudios Biblicos en el Wheaton College, en Wheaton, Illinois. Entre los anos 2000 y 2003 ha sido Asistente de Investigacion de Nicholas T. Wright. Ha publicado numerosos libros, entre ellos Thomas: The Other Gospe; Lost in Transmission?: What We Can Know About the Words of Jesus y Jesus the Temple. Contributor Bio:  Hays, Richard B Richard B. Hays is the George Washington Ivey Professor of New Testament at Duke Divinity School in Durham, North Carolina. He is an internationally recognized scholar for his work on the letters of Paul and on New Testament ethics. Contributor Bio:  Begbie, Jeremy S Robin Stockitt is the minister of the Anglican Church in Freiburg, Germany. He is the author of Open to the Spirit: Ignatius of Loyola and John Wimber in Dialogue (2000) and Imagination and the Playfulness of God: The Theological Implications of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Definition of the Human Imagination (2011). Contributor Bio:  Bockmuehl, Markus Markus Bockmuehl (PhD, University of Cambridge) is the Dean Ireland's Professor of the Exegesis of Holy Scripture at the University of Oxford and is a Fellow of Keble College. He previously taught at the University of Cambridge and the University of St. Andrews. He is the author or editor of numerous books, including "Simon Peter in Scripture and Memory", "Seeing the Word", and "This Jesus: Martyr, Lord, Messiah". Contributor Bio:  Humphrey, Edith M Edith M. Humphrey is Professor of Scripture, Augustine College, Ottawa and lecturer at Carleton University and St Paul University, Ottawa. Contributor Bio:  Keesmaat, Sylvia C Keesmaat is adjunct professor of biblical studies and hermeneutics at the Institute for Christian Studies in Toronto. She wrote two articles for the IVP Women's Bible Commentary, and she wrote the book Paul and His Story (Sheffield, 1999). She is also editor of The Advent of Justice (Dordt College Press, 1994).