God and the Faithfulness of Paul: A Critical Examination of the Pauline Theology of N.T. Wright

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N. T. Wright's Paul and the Faithfulness of God is the culmination of his long, influential, and often controversial career - a landmark study of the history and thought of the Apostle Paul, which attempts to make fresh suggestions in a variety of sub-fields of New Testament studies. This volume brings together a group of international scholars to critically weigh and assess an array of issues in Wright's work, including methodology, first-century contextual factors, exegetical findings, and theological implications. In so doing, the volume's contributors bring these facets of Paul and the Faithfulness of God into dialogue with the current state of scholarship in both Anglophone and German contexts. It thus offers both a critical evaluation of Wright's accomplishment as well as an excellent overview of and introduction to issues that are hotly debated within contemporary Pauline studies. Table of Contents Introduction among Pauline Theologies N. T. Wright’s Biblical Hermeneutics Wright’s Version of Critical Realism Historical Methodology Wright’s Paul and the Paul of Acts Wright’s Understanding of Paul’s Use of Scripture N. T. Wright’s Narrative Approach Wright’s Paradigm of Early Jewish Thought Wisdom or Foolishness? “A World of Shrines and Groves” Paul and the Roman Empire Law and Covenant in Election and the Role of Israel An Insider’s Perspective on Wright’s Version of the New Perspective on Paul N. T. Wright’s Understanding of Justification and Redemption Messianism and Messiah in Paul Participationism and Messiah Christology in Paul YHWH’s Return to Zion The Spirit in Its Second Temple Context God and His Faithfulness in Paul Demythologizing Apocalyptic? Individual Eschatology The Faithfulness of God and Its Effects on Faithful Living Ecclesiology as Ethnology as Postmodern Scholarship The Spirit and God’s Return to Indwell a People Barth, Wright, and Theology Bishop Wright Evangelism and the Mission of the Church The Challenge of Dialogue Index of Ancient Sources Index of References to Index of Names Index of Subjects