The New Testament and the People of God: Vol 1 / [Text]
N T Wright.
- First North American edition.
- xix, 535 pages ; Pb 22 cm.
- Christian origins and the question of God ; volume 1 .
- Wright, N. T. (Nicholas Thomas). Christian origins and the question of God ; v. 1. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 481-509) and indexes.
Part I. Introduction. Christian origins and the New Testament -- Part II. Tools for the task. Knowledge : problems and varieties -- Literature, story and the articulation of worldviews -- History and the first century -- Theology, authority and the New Testament -- Part III. First-century Judaism within the Greco-Roman world. The setting and the story -- The developing diversity -- Story, symbol, praxis : elements of Israel's worldview -- The beliefs of Israel -- The hope of Israel -- Part IV. The first Christian century. The quest for the kerygmatic church -- Praxis, symbol and questions : inside early Christian worldviews -- Stories in early Christianity (1) -- Stories in early Christianity (2) -- The early Christians : a preliminary sketch -- Part V. Conclusion. The New Testament and the question of God -- Appendix. Chronological chart of Second-Temple Jewish history and of early Christianity.
God--Biblical teaching. God (Christianity)--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600. Christianity--Origin. People of God--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600. Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600. Judaism--History--Talmudic period, 10-425. Christianity and other religions--Judaism. Judaism--Relations--Christianity.