Christian Origins and the Question of God: 01: The New Testament and the People of God

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Title page -- Imprint -- Dedication -- Table of contents -- Preface -- PART I Introduction -- 1. Christian Origins and the New Testament -- PART II Tools for the Task -- 2. Knowledge: Problems and Varieties -- 3. Literature, Story and the Articulation of Worldviews -- 4. History and the First Century -- 5. Theology, Authority and the New Testament -- PART III First-Century Judaism within the Greco-Roman World -- 6. The Setting and the Story -- 7. The Developing Diversity -- 8. Story, Symbol, Praxis: Elements of Israel's Worldview -- 9. The Beliefs of Israel -- 10. The Hope of Israel.;Twenty years on from its original appearance, this ground-breaking first volume in N.T. Wright's magisterial series, Christian Origins and the Question of God, still stands as a major point of reference for students of the New Testament and early Christianity. This latest impression has been completely reset to make Wright's elegant and engrossing text more readable #x96; both in printed and digital formats.