The New Testament and the People of God: Vol 1 - Wright, N. T. (Nicholas Thomas) (Minneapolis : Fortress Press, 1992)
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.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 481-509) and indexes.
Keywords: Bible; Bible. -- Theology; Bible. -- Criticism, Textual; 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