The New Testament and the People of God

Tue, 16/09/2003 - 18:44

The first book addresses three main issues: i) Wright’s critical-realist hermeneutic; ii) the situation of Judaism within the first century Greco-Roman world; and iii) some general questions relating to primitive Christianity, in particular the importance of stories in shaping the Christian mindset.

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What did the early church fathers think of empire? In these post-Christendom, post-imperial, post-colonial, anti-capitalist times it is unsurprising that we are uncomfortable with the notion that the conversion of the Roman empire under Constantine was somehow an appropriate fulfilment of...