TY - BOOK AU - Wright,N.T. TI - The New Testament and the People of God: Vol 1 T2 - Christian origins and the question of God SN - 0800626818 AV - BS2398 .W75 1992 v.1 U1 - 225.6 PY - 1992/// CY - Minneapolis PB - Fortress Press KW - Bible KW - New Testament KW - English KW - Revised Standard KW - 1989 KW - Theology KW - Criticism, Textual KW - God KW - Biblical teaching KW - God (Christianity) KW - History of doctrines KW - Early church, ca. 30-600 KW - Christianity KW - Origin KW - People of God KW - Church history KW - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 KW - Judaism KW - History KW - Talmudic period, 10-425 KW - Christianity and other religions KW - Relations N1 - 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; Originally published; London : SPCK, 1992 ER -