Jesus Victory of God V2: Christian Origins And The Question Of God

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In this highly anticipated volume, N.T. Wright focuses directly on the historical Jesus: Who was he? What did he say? And what did he mean by it?Wright begins by showing how the questions posed by Albert Schweitzer a century ago remain central today. Then he sketches a profile of Jesus in terms of his prophetic praxis, his subversive stories, the symbols by which he reordered his world, and the answers he gave to the key questions that any world view must address. The examination of Jesus' aims and beliefs, argued on the basis of Jesus' actions and their accompanying riddles, is sure to stimu.;""Jesus and the Victory of God""; ""Jesus and the Victory of God""; ""CONTENTS""; ""CONTENTS""; ""Preface ""; ""Preface ""; ""PART I Introduction ""; ""PART I Introduction ""; ""1 Jesus Then and Now ""; ""1 Jesus Then and Now ""; ""1. Angels, Giants and Jigsaws ""; ""1. Angels, Giants and Jigsaws ""; ""2. Procedure""; ""2. Procedure""; ""3. The 'Quests' and their Usefulness ""; ""3. The 'Quests' and their Usefulness ""; ""(i) Jesus Through History ""; ""(i) Jesus Through History ""; ""(ii) The Rise of the Critical Movement: from Reimarus to Schweitzer ""