Books+ Search Results
Exile : a conversation with N.T. Wright
Title
Exile : a conversation with N.T. Wright / edited by James M. Scott.
ISBN
9780830851836 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0830851836 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Publication
Downers Grove, Illinois : IVP Academic, an imprint of InterVarsity Press, [2017]
Physical Description
xv, 343 pages ; 24 cm
Notes
Includes index.
Summary
"N . T. Wright is well known for his view that the majority of Second Temple Jews saw themselves as living within an ongoing exile. This book engages a lively conversation with this idea, beginning with a lengthy thesis from Wright, responses from eleven New Testament scholars, and a concluding essay from Wright responding to his interlocutors" Provided by publisher.
Other formats
Online version: Exile Downers Grove : InterVarsity Press, 2017
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 23, 2017
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction : N. T. Wright's hypothesis of an "ongoing exile" : issues and answers / James M. Scott
Lead Essay : Yet the sun will rise again : reflections on the Exile and restoration in Second Temple Judaism, Jesus, Paul, and the church today / N. T. Wright
Part 1. Old Testament/Hebrew Bible/Septuagint :
1. Wright on Exile : a response / Walter Brueggemann
2. Exile and restoration terminology in the Septuagint and the New Testament / Robert J. V. Hiebert / Robert J. V. Hiebert
3. Not all gloom and doom : positive interpretations of Exile and diaspora in the Hebrew Bible and early Judaism / Jörn Kiefer
Part 2. Early Judaism :
4. Jewish nationalism from Judah the Maccabee to Judah the Prince and the problem of "continuing exile" / Philip Alexander
Continuing exile among the people of the Dead Sea scrolls : nuancing N. T. Wright's hypothesis / Robert Kugler
6. The Dead Sea scrolls and Exile's end : sword and word and the execution of judgment / Dorothy M. Peters
Part 3. New Testament :
7. Exile to the land : N. T. Wright's Exile theory as organic to Judaism / Scot McKnight
8. Paul, Exile, and the economy of God / S. A. Cummins
9. How to write a synthesis : Wright and the problem of continuity in New Testament theology / Timo Eskola
Part 4. Theology :
10. Sacramental interpretation : on the need for theological grounding of narratival history / Hans Boersma
11. Exile and figural history / Ephraim Radner
Conclusion : Responding to "Exile" / N. T. Wright
Subjects
Also listed under
Bookmark As
Citation
