Jesus and the victory of God. (1996)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: N.T. Wright.
• Other Names: Wright, N. T (Nicholas Thomas)
• Contents: Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; I; II; III; IV; V; Part 1: Introduction; Chapter 1: Jesus then and Now; 1. Angels, Giants and Jigsaws; 2. Procedure; 3. The 'Quests' and Their Usefulness; (i) Jesus through History; (ii) The Rise of the Critical Movement: From Reimarus to Schweitzer; (iii) No Quest to New Quest: Schweitzer to Schillebeeckx; (iv) Two Hundred Years of Questing; Chapter 2: Heavy Traffic on the Wredebahn: The 'New Quest' Renewed?; 1. Introduction; 2. The 'Jesus Seminar'; 3. Burton L. Mack (and the Question of Q); 4. J. Dominic Crossan; (i) Introduction. (Ii) Basic Features(iii) Historical Reconstruction of Jesus; (iv) The Early Church; 5. Jesus the Cynic?; 6. Marcus J. Borg; 7. Conclusion: The New 'New Quest'; Chapter 3: Back to the Future: The 'Third Quest'; 1. Breaking out of the Straitjacket; 2. The Questions; (i) How Does Jesus Fit into Judaism?; (ii) What Were Jesus' Aims?; (iii) Why Did Jesus Die?; (iv) How and Why Did the Early Church Begin?; (v) Why are the Gospels What they are?; (vi) The Five Questions Together; (vii) The Sixth Question: Agenda and Theology; 3. Conclusion: Future Directions of the Third Quest. Chapter 4: Prodigals and Paradigms1. Jews, Peasants and Prodigals; 2. From Parable to Paradigm; (i) Towards a Hypothesis; (ii) Of the Telling of Stories; (iii) Worldviews and Mindsets; Part 2: Profile of a Prophet; Chapter 5: The Praxis of a Prophet; 1. Jesus' Career in Outline; 2. Jesus' Context; (i) First-Century Judaism; (ii) Bandits, Peasants and Revolt; (iii) John the Baptist; 3. Jesus as 'Oracular' and 'Leadership' Prophet; 4. A Prophet Mighty in Word and Deed; (i) Jesus as a 'Leadership' Prophet; (ii) An Itinerant Prophet; (iii) Mighty in Word; (a) Authority and the Kingdom.(B) Parables(c) Oracles of Judgment; (iv) Mighty in Deed; (a) Introduction; (b) 'Mighty Works': Interpretation; 5. More than a Prophet?; Chapter 6: Stories of the Kingdom (1): Announcement; 1. Introduction; 2. Contexts; (i) The Jewish Hope; (a) Eschatology; (b) A Non-Apocalyptic Kingdom?; (ii) The Christian Reappropriation; (iii) The Kingdom in Recent Scholarship; 3. Kingdom Redefined: The Announcement; (i) Introduction: Summary Announcements; (ii) Stories of Israel's Paradoxical History; (a) Introduction; (b) The Sower; (c) Other Parables of Israel's Story. 4. Conclusion: Announcing the KingdomChapter 7: Stories of the Kingdom (2): Invitation, Welcome, Challenge and Summons; 1. Introduction: The Open-Ended Story; 2. Invitation: The Call to Repent and Believe; (i) Repentance; (ii) Belief; 3. Welcome: Sinners and Forgiveness; (i) Who Are the Sinners?; (ii) The Forgiveness of Sins; 4. Challenge: The Call to Live as the New Covenant People; (i) Introduction: Community and Praxis; (ii) New Covenant, New Community; (iii) New Covenant, New Praxis; (a) Introduction; (b) The Renewed Heart; (c) The Sermon on the Mount; (d) The Lord's Prayer.(e)--Jubilee: Forgiveness of Debts. Introduction -- Profile of a prophet -- The aims and beliefs of Jesus -- Conclusion.
• Publisher Details: Minneapolis London : Fortress Press SPCK
• Publication Date: 1996
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxi, 741 pages)
• Subjects: 232.908; 225.6; God (Christianity) -- History of doctrines -- Early church, ca. 30-600; Christianity -- Origin; God -- Biblical teaching; Dieu -- Enseignement biblique; Dieu (Christianisme) -- Histoire des doctrines -- ca 30-600 (Église primitive); Christianisme -- Origines; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Religious; RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- Christology; Christianity -- Origin; God -- Biblical teaching; God (Christianity) -- History of doctrines; Historicity of Jesus Christ; Theology; Electronic books; Historicity; Historicité
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781451414974; 1451414978; 9780281069798; 0281069794
• Related ISBNs: 0800626826; 9780800626822; 0800630890; 9780800630898; 0281047170; 9780281047178; 0281050538; 9780281050536
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 671-704) and indexes.; Note: Print version record.
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