Interpreting Scripture: Essays on the Bible and Hermeneutics

by N. T. Wright

Overview

Draws together the most important articles on Scripture and hermeneutics by distinguished scholar and author N. T. Wright.

Interpreting Scripture brings together into one volume Wright's self-selected, key lectures, papers, and reflections on topics of scriptural interpretation, including:

• The Lord's Prayer as a Paradigm of Christian Prayer
• Christian Origins and the Question of God
• Faith, Virtue, Justification, and the Journey to Freedom
• Revelation and Christian Hope: Political Implications of the Revelation to John
• Apocalyptic and the Sudden Fulfilment of Divine Promise
• …and many more.

Interpreting Scripture displays Wright's engaging prose, his courage to go where few have gone, and his joy to bridge the work of the academy and the church.

Here is a rich feast for any serious student of the Bible, especially of the New Testament. Detailed, incisive, and exquisitely nuanced exegesis, this collection will reward you with a clearer, deeper, and more informed appreciation of Scripture and its application to Christian life and thought today.

Many of the included studies have never been published or were made available only in hard-to-find larger volumes and journals.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780310098362
Publisher:	Zondervan Academic
Publication date:	07/14/2020
Series:	Collected Essays of N. T. Wright , #1
Pages:	400
Sales rank:	616,409
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

N. T. Wright is the former bishop of Durham and senior research fellow at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford University. He is one of the world’s leading New Testament scholars and the award-winning author of many books, including After You Believe, Surprised by Hope, Simply Christian, Interpreting Paul, and The New Testament in Its World, as well as the Christian Origins and the Question of God series.

Table of Contents

Interpreting Scripture: Essays on the Bible and Hermeneutics, 2001-2018 1. The Lord’s Prayer as a Paradigm of Christian Prayer (2001) 2. Freedom and Framework, Spirit and Truth: Recovering Biblical Worship (2002) 3. Christian Origins and the Question of God (2008) 4. Faith, Virtue, Justification and the Journey to Freedom (2008) 5. Imagining the Kingdom: Mission and Theology in Early Christianity (2012) 6. Revelation and Christian Hope: Political Implications of the Revelation to John (2012) 7. The Monarchs and the Message: Reflections on Bible Translation from the Sixteenth to the Twenty-First Century (2013) 8. Some New Testament Perspectives and Questions (2015) 9. Apocalyptic and the Sudden Fulfilment of Divine Promise (2016) 10. The Bible and Mission (2016) 11. Wouldn’t You Love to Know? Towards a Christian View of Reality (2016) 12. Sign and Means of New Creation: Public Worship and the Creative Reading of Scripture (2017) 13. The Powerful Breath of New Creation (2018)

Editorial Reviews

'Few, if any, modern biblical scholars have written with the depth and breadth of N. T. Wright. These essays, from a wide variety of settings and publications, are full of treasures, old and new—even some modifications of earlier positions. They will delight Wright enthusiasts, challenge his critics, and educate all readers. No biblical scholar, theologian, or theological student should be ignorant of the most recent Wright perspectives on so many aspects of Scripture, Jesus, and Paul.'

Michael J. Gorman

'Just when I wondered what N. T. Wright might write next we get a 3 volume circus of revolving themes and perspectives and worldviews that illustrate why Wright is the most influential biblical scholar in the English-speaking world: Wright is one of the few who shapes conversations in both Gospels studies and Pauline studies. These essays bring to the front Wright's engaging prose, his undeniable courage to go where few have gone, and his joy to bridge the work of the academy and the church. Another treasure trove of studies.'

Professor of New Testament Northern Seminary Rev. Canon Dr. Scot Mc Knight

'N. T. Wright's collection of essays on Jesus, Paul, and Scripture are a brilliant trilogy of Wright's miscellaneous works. It is not only convenient to have them all together in one literary deposit, but they deserve reading as Wright waxes eloquently and with wisdom about who is Jesus, why is Paul so controversial, the atonement, the church, and how the Bible is authoritative today. An important part of the Wrightonian corpus for present and future generations or for anyone who wrestles with Jesus, Paul, God, and Scripture.'

Rev. Dr. Michael F. Bird

'A trilogy of N. T. Wright's seminal essays on Scripture and hermeneutics, Jesus and the Gospels, and Paul and his Letters with a number of brand-new contributions thrown in for good measure? Count me in! For roughly three decades now, Wright's voice has been among the most valuable and valued by both the church and the academy. Rightly so! This three-volume collection—which will prove to be a treasure trove for serious students as well as for scholars of Bible, history, and theology—reveals why time and again.'

Todd D. Still

'A trilogy of N. T. Wright's seminal essays on Scripture and hermeneutics, Jesus and the Gospels, and Paul and his Letters with a number of brand-new contributions thrown in for good measure? Count me in! For roughly three decades now, Wright's voice has been among the most valuable and valued by both the church and the academy. Rightly so! This three-volume collection—which will prove to be a treasure trove for serious students as well as for scholars of Bible, history, and theology—reveals why time and again.'

—Todd D. Still

'N. T. Wright's collection of essays on Jesus, Paul, and Scripture are a brilliant trilogy of Wright's miscellaneous works. It is not only convenient to have them all together in one literary deposit, but they deserve reading as Wright waxes eloquently and with wisdom about who is Jesus, why is Paul so controversial, the atonement, the church, and how the Bible is authoritative today. An important part of the Wrightonian corpus for present and future generations or for anyone who wrestles with Jesus, Paul, God, and Scripture.'

—Rev. Dr. Michael F. Bird

'Just when I wondered what N. T. Wright might write next we get a 3 volume circus of revolving themes and perspectives and worldviews that illustrate why Wright is the most influential biblical scholar in the English-speaking world: Wright is one of the few who shapes conversations in both Gospels studies and Pauline studies. These essays bring to the front Wright's engaging prose, his undeniable courage to go where few have gone, and his joy to bridge the work of the academy and the church. Another treasure trove of studies.'

Professor of New Testament Northern Seminary —Rev. Canon Dr. Scot Mc Knight

'Few, if any, modern biblical scholars have written with the depth and breadth of N. T. Wright. These essays, from a wide variety of settings and publications, are full of treasures, old and new—even some modifications of earlier positions. They will delight Wright enthusiasts, challenge his critics, and educate all readers. No biblical scholar, theologian, or theological student should be ignorant of the most recent Wright perspectives on so many aspects of Scripture, Jesus, and Paul.'

—Michael J. Gorman

'A trilogy of N. T. Wright's seminal essays on Scripture and hermeneutics, Jesus and the Gospels, and Paul and his Letters with a number of brand-new contributions thrown in for good measure? Count me in! For roughly three decades now, Wright's voice has been among the most valuable and valued by both the church and the academy. Rightly so! This three-volume collection—which will prove to be a treasure trove for serious students as well as for scholars of Bible, history, and theology—reveals why time and again.'

null —Todd D. Still

'Few, if any, modern biblical scholars have written with the depth and breadth of N. T. Wright. These essays, from a wide variety of settings and publications, are full of treasures, old and new—even some modifications of earlier positions. They will delight Wright enthusiasts, challenge his critics, and educate all readers. No biblical scholar, theologian, or theological student should be ignorant of the most recent Wright perspectives on so many aspects of Scripture, Jesus, and Paul.'

null —Michael J. Gorman

'N. T. Wright's collection of essays on Jesus, Paul, and Scripture are a brilliant trilogy of Wright's miscellaneous works. It is not only convenient to have them all together in one literary deposit, but they deserve reading as Wright waxes eloquently and with wisdom about who is Jesus, why is Paul so controversial, the atonement, the church, and how the Bible is authoritative today. An important part of the Wrightonian corpus for present and future generations or for anyone who wrestles with Jesus, Paul, God, and Scripture.'

null —Rev. Dr. Michael F. Bird