Description: N. T. Wrights magnum opus Paul and the Faithfulness of God is a landmark study on the history and thought of the apostle Paul. Here international scholars critically weigh and assess an array of issues in Wrights work, including exegetical, historical, and theological method, contexts of first-century Judaism and Christianity, Wrights construals of Pauls relation to Judaism, apocalypticism, paganism, and the Roman Empire, and consequences for theology and interfaith relations today. The volume includes Wrights response.
Brief description:
Christoph Heilig teaches New Testament and coordinates doctoral studies for the theology faculty of the University of Zurich. His publications include Paul's Triumph: Reassessing 2 Corinthians 2:14 in Its Literary and Historical Context (2016), and as co-editor, God and the Faithfulness of Paul (Fortress Press, 2017).