In this highly anticipated volume, N. T. Wright focuses directly on the historical Jesus: Who was he? What did he say? And what did he mean by it? Wright begins by showing how the questions posed by Albert Schweitzer a century ago remain central today. Then he sketches a profile of Jesus in terms of his prophetic praxis, his subversive stories, the symbols by which he reordered his world, and the answers he gave to the key questions that any world view must address. The examination of Jesus' aims and beliefs, argued on the basis of Jesus' actions and their accompanying riddles, is sure to stimulate heated response. Wright offers a provocative portrait of Jesus as Israel's Messiah who would share and bear the fate of the nation and would embody the long-promised return of Israel's God to Zion.

The second book in N.T. Wright's major multi-volume project sets out his compelling account of how Jesus understood his mission.

About the Author
N. T. Wright is Research Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at the University of St Andrews. He is the author of over seventy books, including the 'For Everyone' guides to the New Testament and, most recently, Creation, Power and Truth, Finding God in the Psalms, The Meal Jesus Gave Us, Surprised by Scripture, Simply Good News and Paul and the Faithfulness of God.

Reviews
* No one could read this without learning something fresh about almost every verse of the Synoptics, and being provoked into new wrestling with the text.... * Rowan Williams, Church Times *
"No New Testament scholar since Bultmann has even attempted - let alone achieved - such an innovative and comprehensive account of New Testament history and theology." -- Richard B. Hays



Book Information
ISBN 9780281074051
Author NT Wright
Format Paperback
Page Count 768
Imprint SPCK Publishing
Publisher SPCK Publishing
Weight(grams) 1204g