Simply Jesus

by Wright, N. T.

• ISBN13: 9780062084392
• ISBN10: 0062084399
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-10-25
• Publisher: Harperone

Summary

In Simply Jesus, bestselling author and leading Bible scholar N. T. Wright breaks down the barriers that prevent us from fully engaging with the story of Jesus in the Bible. By appreciating the historical complexity of reading a two-thousand-year-old story and the distorting effect of two millennia of debate over these stories, Wright reveals a breathtaking vision of Jesus that more than matches the needs and complexities of our time. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
A Very Odd Sort of King	p. 1
The Three Puzzles	p. 9
The Perfect Storm	p. 13
The Making of a First-Century Storm	p. 27
The Hurricane	p. 37
God's in Charge Now	p. 57
The Campaign Starts Here	p. 67
Stories That Explain and a Message That Transforms	p. 87
The Kingdom Present and Future	p. 105
Battle and Temple	p. 119
Space, Time, and Matter	p. 131
At the Heart of the Storm	p. 151
Why Did the Messiah Have to Die?	p. 167
Under New Management: Easter and Beyond	p. 191
Jesus: The Ruler of the World	p. 207
Further Reading	p. 233
Scripture Index	p. 235
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