The Paul Debate: Critical Questions for Understanding the Apostle

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For all who have read Paul & the Faithfulness of God, or have simply wondered what all the fuss is about, this book takes you straight to the storm-centres of debate among the world's most distinguished Pauline scholars, as they assess the impact and significance of this landmark book.In the last two decades N. T. Wright has produced a succession of connected volumes that explore the nature and origins of Christianity. Wright has consistently argued that Christianity, while indebted to Second Temple Judaism, represents a significant development. With major books on method and background, Jesus, and the resurrection already in print, in Paul and the Faithfulness of God, Wright added a comprehensive study of the Apostle to the Gentiles.The Paul Debate is essential reading for those who both agree and disagree with Wright, and for all who want to understand the compelling voice of one of the most read and productive Pauline scholars in the past decades.

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For all who have read Paul & the Faithfulness of God, or have simply wondered what all the fuss is about, this book takes you straight to the storm-centres of debate among the world's most distinguished Pauline scholars, as they assess the impact and significance of this landmark book.In the last two decades N. T. Wright has produced a succession of connected volumes that explore the nature and origins of Christianity. Wright has consistently argued that Christianity, while indebted to Second Temple Judaism, represents a significant development. With major books on method and background, Jesus, and the resurrection already in print, in Paul and the Faithfulness of God, Wright added a comprehensive study of the Apostle to the Gentiles.The Paul Debate is essential reading for those who both agree and disagree with Wright, and for all who want to understand the compelling voice of one of the most read and productive Pauline scholars in the past decades.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 120
Publisher: SPCK
Published: 21 Jan 2016
ISBN 10: 0281074119
ISBN 13: 9780281074112

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N.T. Wright's magnum opus, Paul and the Faithfulness of God, now has a little brother in The Paul Debate... Among the abundance of volumes that Wright has written, this one is perhaps the most readable and the most distilled summation of Wright's account of the Apostle Paul. Vintage Wright!; Michael F. Bird, Lecturer in Theology at Ridley College, Melbourne, Australia

Author Bio

N. T. Wright is Research Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at the University of St Andrews. He has written over forty books, including The New Testament and the People of God (1992), Jesus and the Victory of God (1996), The Resurrection of the Son of God (2003), Paul and the Faithfulness of God (2013) and Pauline Perspectives (2013). He is also the author of the popular 'For Everyone' guides to the New Testament and the best-selling Simply Christian, Surprised by Hope, Virtue Reborn, Simply Jesus, How God Became King, Creation, Power and Truth and Surprised by Scripture (all published by SPCK).