Jesus & the Restoration of Israel: A Critical Assessment of N. T. Wright’s Jesus and the Victory of God
Overview
N. T. Wright’s Jesus and the Victory of God is widely heralded as one of the most significant and brilliantly argued works in the current “third quest” of the historical Jesus. In this second volume, Wright uncovers a Jesus that most historians and believers never met.
Rooted and engaged in the soil of Israel’s history, its first-century plight, and its prophetic hope, this portrait of Jesus has set new terms of discourse and debate. Through Wright’s lens, familiar sayings and actions of Jesus that have long been taken to mean one thing now look totally different. Yet amidst all that is new in Wright’s portrait, there emerges a profile of Jesus that bears striking lines of continuity with the Jesus of Christian belief and worship. This resemblance has captured the attention of confessing Christian biblical scholars and theologians.
Jesus & the Restoration of Israel is a serious attempt to offer a multifaceted and critical appreciation and assessment of Wright’s world. Essays focus on Israel’s continuing exile, Jesus as prophet, his Christology, apocalyptic sayings, parables, and ethics. The entire portrait of Jesus is evaluated from the standpoint of philosophy and systematic theology. Wright then responds to the essayists, and Marcus Borg, a prominent Jesus scholar and Wright’s frequent dialogue partner, offers his critical appraisal of the discussion.
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Key Features
- Assess N.T. Wright's work on Jesus and the Victory of God
- Highlights congruences between Wright‘s portrait of the historical Jesus and the church’s classic teaching on Christ
- Brings readers up to date on the “third quest for the historical Jesus”
Top Highlights
“Among the problems with all of these works are their lack of adequately Jewish portraits of Jesus” (Page 21)
“Finally, if Jesus thought he was taking Israel’s judgment upon himself at the cross, why would he then prophesy that Israel would (again?) be judged and destroyed within a generation?” (Page 55)
“Only a bodily resurrection from the dead can adequately account for the later church’s move beyond the cryptic” (Page 35)
“particularly recognizing that he announced the arrival of the climactic moment in Israel’s history” (Page 23)
“a day early, Jesus set up an alternative Passover of sorts, one in which he himself” (Page 50)
Product Details
- Title: Jesus & the Restoration of Israel: A Critical Assessment of N. T. Wright’s Jesus and the Victory of God
- Editor: Carey C. Newman
- Publisher: IVP
- Publication Date: 1999
- Pages: 320
