I have a strong suspicion that this book sets out in short form what was most recently more expanded in "Justification" and, ultimately, will be more thoroughly demonstrated in the 4th volume of Christian Origins and the Question of God. He shows how Paul is no Hellenist but a Jew maintaining a strong criticism of paganism while also critiquing the Jews themselves. Wright makes strong arguments regarding the nature of the Gospel, justification, and God as Paul believed and elaborated. Most of the book is an attempt to make sense of Paul as a first-century former Pharisaic Jew promoting the message of Jesus of Nazareth as the Crucified Lord. I do hope to read it again someday.Īn excellent if short analysis of Pauline theology and doctrine- an attempt to navigate the shoals of modern controversy while remaining true to what Paul said.The title is a bit sensationalistic Wright does eventually get around to examining the question of Paul as founder of Christianity (and does well at showing how Jesus is the focus, and Paul the pointer to Jesus). I know I didn't understand a few important parts of his argument. It seemed to be largely responsible for the dancing around points rather than their clear declaration.As it was, I had to work pretty hard to get as much as I did out of it, and I flatter myself that I'm no slouch at reading. I found this component annoying and distracting, as I was seeking explanation and exegesis rather than evangelism. Again, I don't know if this is my failing or the book's, but I found it a problem throughout my reading.Perhaps in addition to, or because of, my inexperience with this sort of literature, there seemed to be a small but significant component of apologetics. For example, one critical, and technical, concept that he made much reference to is "redemption " but while there was much discussion of other critical technical terms (such as justification), redemption was used as though the reader were already comfortable with it. But it is unclear to me whether this experience is because I am inexperienced with this sort of literature, or if it really is more wordy and less straightforward than need be. Many of them are good points, to be sure but dude, just spit it out. However, it seemed that he kept dancing around many of his points, without ever actually coming out and making them explicit, so that the reader had, finally, to infer them. What I was able to get out of it was really good stuff.
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This is a good book that could have been great. Free PDF El Verdadero Pablo: Sangre, Traicion Y Muerte., by Astrid Maria Legarda Martínez El Verdadero Pablo: Sangre, Traicion Y Muerte., By Astrid Maria Legarda Martínez. Caveat: this is only the second book on religion I've read since high school, lo these many geological ages ago.
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