The New Testament in Its World Workbook

by N. T. Wright; Michael F. Bird

Publishers:

Zondervan; SPCK

, 2019

Overview

The New Testament in Its World by N. T. Wright and Michael F. Bird is the definitive seminary-level introduction to the New Testament, presenting the New Testament books as a literary, narrative, and social phenomena located in the world of second temple Judaism and early Christianity covering the third to the mid-second centuries BCE.

This workbook accompanies The New Testament in Its World by N. T. Wright and Michael F. Bird. Following the textbook’s structure, it offers assessment questions, exercises, and activities designed to support the students’ learning experience. Reinforcing the teaching in the textbook, this workbook will not only help to enhance their understanding of the New Testament books as historical, literary, and social phenomena located in the world of early Christianity, but also guide them to think like a first-century believer while reading the text responsibly for today.

Key Features

• Provides assessment questions, exercises, and activities
• Offers assessment questions, exercises, and activities designed to support the students’ learning experience
• Guides readers to think like a first-century believer

Contents

• Part I: Reading the New Testament
• Part II: The World of Jesus and the Early Church
• Part III: Jesus and the Victory of God
• Part IV: The Resurrection of the Son of God
• Part V: Paul and the Faithfulness of God
• Part VI: The Gospels and the Story of God
• Part VII: The Early Christians and the Mission of God
• Part VIII: The Making of the New Testament
• Part IX: Living the Story of the New Testament

Top Highlights

“c. ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.’” (Page 21)

“b. Erect a golden statue of the emperor in the Jewish temple.” (Page 26)

	“He was handed over because of our trespasses and raised because of our justification.” (Page 60)

Product Details

• Title: The New Testament in Its World Workbook
• Authors: N. T. Wright and Michael F. Bird
• Publisher: Zondervan
• Publication Date: 2019
• Pages: 176
• Resource Type: Workbook
• Topic: New Testament

About the Authors

N. T. Wright is the Chair of New Testament and Early Christianity at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. He is the award-winning author of many books, including After You Believe, Surprised by Hope, Simply Christian, The Challenge of Jesus, and The Meaning of Jesus (coauthored with Marcus Borg), as well as the series Christian Origins and the Question of God.

Michael F. Bird is Academic Dean and lecturer in theology at Ridley College in Melbourne, Australia. He is the author of Jesus and the Origins of the Gentile Mission, The Saving Righteousness of God, Evangelical Theology, Romans (Story of God Bible Commentary Series), The Gospel of the Lord: How the Early Church Wrote the Story of Jesus, and editor of The Apostle Paul: Four Views. He also runs a popular theological studies blog called “Euangelion”.