Part 6 and 7 covers the Gospels and the Catholic Epistles, and then the final two parts explain how we got the New Testament and how we make the New Testament matter for today.įor a New Testament introduction, the breadth of material covered is quite impressive: everything from text criticism, source criticism, hermeneutics, views on Paul and Jesus, and book overviews. Part 5 introduces Paul and then goes into each individual book of the Pauline corpus. Parts 3 and 4 give an overview of Jesus, examining his identity, death, and resurrection. Part 2 contains background material covering the history of the Jews between the Persian and Roman Empire, the Jewish context of Jesus and the early church, and the Greco-Roman context. Part 1 instructs readers how to read the New Testament, speaking to hermeneutics, history, literature, and theology. Before I do, though, here’s a brief survey of its contents. No review will be able to touch on each part, so I’ll largely restrict my comments to the strengths and weaknesses of this volume and the way it was put together.
It ends up being part introduction, part survey of the whole New Testament, and part “reader” on Wright’s works. The book is divided into nine parts, and the breadth of material in its 900 pages is astounding.
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