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| Paul: In Fresh Perspective | 
 enlarge | Author: N. T. Wright
Publisher: Fortress Press
Category: Book
List Price: $25.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (21 reviews)
Sales Rank: 19952
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
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Pages: 195
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Dimensions (in): 8.6 x 5.7 x 0.9
ISBN: 0800637666
Dewey Decimal Number: 270
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Publication Date: January 15, 2006
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"For me," says N.T.Wright, "there has been no more stimulating exercise, for the mind, the heart, the imagination and the spirit, than trying to think Paul's thoughts after him and constantly to be stirred up to fresh glimpses of God's ways and purposes with the world and with us strange human creatures." Wright's accessible new volume, built on his Cambridge University Hulsean Lectures of 2004, takes a fresh look at Paul in light of recent understandings of his Jewish roots, his attitude toward the Roman Empire, and his unique reframing of Jewish symbols in relation to his experience of the risen Christ. Then Wright attempts a short systematic account of the main theological contours of Paul's thought and its pertinence for the church today. PPart One Themes 1. Paul's World, Paul's Legacy 2. Creation and Covenant 3.Messiah and Apocalyptic 4. Gospel and Empire PPart Two Structures 5. Rethinking God 6. Reworking God's People 7. Reimagining God's Future 8. Paul, Jesus, and the Task of the Church
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 Paul, Israel, and the Messiah December 13, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Granted, many people have rather passionate feelings about the new perspective on Paul, but let me say two things about that concerning this book. First of all, if you really want to know what Wright thinks about the new perspective issues, read this book and do not rely on the portrayal given by some of his opponents. Secondly, even if your mind is made up about the new perspective (or at least Wright's own take on it) you are in luck because most of this book is about other things.br /br /For me reading Paul in Fresh Perspective brought forth a lot of now obvious Pauline themes that I had not previously focused on, and more importantly it really grounded Paul in the context of Israel and his Jewish heritage in very valuable way.br /br /Wright brings out over and over how Paul, in almost any chapter and certainly every epistle, goes back to the story and beliefs of Israel, and then points to their fulfillment in Christ. From the Messianic themes in Paul, to his understanding of Salvation-history, to the contrast between Jesus as Lord and Caesar, all these things helped me see Paul in a deeper way. For all we use (or overuse) Paul as Protestants, we can not afford to let ourselves assume that we have him all figured out and works like this help as see him afreshbr /br /newwaystheology.[...]
 Paul. NT Wright. September 23, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Wright's `Paul' is a difficult book for me to appraise. The book exhibits much scholarly restraint, as should be expected from Wright, but other of his writings have impressed me more. He believes that the various perceptional packages that claim to contain Paul have all been inadequate, at best (or worse, constructed on fundamentally false assumptions). Of course, this view itself should not be surprising, as Paul's own contemporaries sometimes found him difficult to understand (2Peter 3:15-16).br /br /Wright identifies and explores three essentially Judaic themes as being central to understanding Paul. He hopes to redirect Pauline scholarship, and employs enough "re_[insert verb here]" language to become rather tiring (reexamining, rebuilding, rethinking, reimagining, reworking, reclaiming, etc). The text is dry and deliberate, and struck me as probably being well conceived although not always clearly articulated or tightly argued. Unless you are a New Testament or Pauline scholar, my advice is that you choose another of Wright's works.
 Spurring me on to further study - 3.5 stars February 12, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
In Paul in Fresh Perspective, N.T. Wright, Bishop of Durham (in England), sets out to place the writing, thought, and ministry of Paul in his first century context of Judaism, Imperial Rome, and Greek culture of the Eastern Mediterranean. Wright takes us on a fascinating journey into what the mind of Paul might have been like and how the particular challenges of ministering in his three-fold world affected his writings and the early church, finishing with suggestions for how we can work out Paul's methods in making Jesus' message understandable to our own world. It is highly readable and yet so scholarly that it references many unfamiliar ideas and authors. I foresee buying more books to get a better picture of the many subjects that hover around the edges of Wright's thesis. So, if you are book geek like me who loves bibliographies you will like this book.br /br /This is book is controversial in that it espouses a different take on "justification by faith" than the traditional Protestant line as espoused by the Reformers and many theologians over the past 500 years. Wright understands justification as not about how people become Christians, "but about how one could tell in the present, who God's true people were..." (p. 159). This is an assertion he makes often in this book, and he does spend time building a case for it, but his proof is not convincing. It warrants a whole book of its own with not only biblical/theological foundation, but lots of textual support which is beyond the scope of this little book. All that said, Wright's perspective definitely warrants more study of both those who oppose this teaching and other writings of Wright, because the implications for redefining justification are enormous.br /br /So, read this to get your feet wet in a debate that is raging through scholarly circles and pastors gatherings around the world as well as a glimpse into the Jewish roots of Christianity. As you read pray for discernment and use your bible b/c of the importance of the debate and its outcome.
Great Service December 13, 2007
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
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Challenge Accepted August 9, 2007
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
As a serious student of the apostle Paul, I have been reluctant to rethink key Pauline concepts like justification, soteriology, and especially Paul's view of Jesus Christ. But, N. T. Wright makes a convincing case for doing just that. He simply asks that we set aside our theological commitments and try to understand Paul in terms of his own context. That much any honest exegete ought to be willing to do. In this book I find Wright engaging and suggestive. He invites the reader to reread Paul along with him. In the end I think Wright's reconstruction of Pauline theology is relevant to modern needs. The church now would be well-advised to take up the challenge Wright offers and see if Paul's presentation of the gospel does not offer much-needed answers to our brokenness. I still find Wright's exegesis forced in places. But it is always helpful to be challenged to re-consider the meaning of familiar texts. That Wright does better than anyone I have read recently. Paul: In Fresh Perspective
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