(+) Paul: Fresh Perspectives (2005 Wright), book

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Paul: Fresh Perspectives [aka Paul: In Fresh Perspective] (2005) is a book by Nicholas Thomas Wright.

Abstract

<This book builds on and develops a new approach to Paul being formulated by a group of scholars (including Tom Wright). The book first outlines different angles that have been taken (accent on his Jewishness, his citizenship, his approach to the Law, his determination to bring in non-Jews) etc. It then puts forward, as a coherent thesis, the new approach that will be expanded on in the next large volume in the Christian Origins and the Question of God series. The book is based on the prestigious Hulsean Lectures he gave at Cambridge.>--Publisher description.

"The letters of the Apostle Paul changed the world like no others before or since, and they continue to strike us afresh with their panoramic vision of human history and destiny. Preeminent New Testament scholar and churchman N. T. Wright here offers a fresh perspective on the Apostle Paul's content and convictions. Wright ranks Paul as "one of the most powerful and seminal minds of the first or any century," endlessly engaging and perennially elusive. Yet, with recent research, Wright argues, we can now sketch with confidence a new and more nuanced picture of the Apostle and the radical way in which his encounter with Jesus redefined his life, his whole thought-world, his mission, and his expectations for a world made new in Christ. The result: a masterful, engaging, and enlightening portrait that situates Paul in his time and for our own."--Publisher description.

Editions

Published in London [England]: SPCK; and Minneapolis, MN: Fortress, 2005.

Translations

• L'apostolo Paolo = Paul: Fresh Perspectives (2008 @2005 Wright / Malerba), book (Italian ed.)

Table of contents

• Part I: Themes
  • 1. Paul's World, Paul's Legacy
  • 2. Creation and Covenant
  • 3. Messiah and Apocalyptic
  • 4. Gospel and Empire
• Part II: Structures
  • 5. Rethinking God
  • 6. Reworking God's People
  • 7. Reimagining God's Future
  • 8. Jesus, Paul and the Task of the Church

External links

• Google Books (partial text)