Comments on: NT Wright for Dummies – a ten point bluffer’s guide (seriously)

By: matthew

matthew — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:59:03 +0000

Brilliant! Permit me to suggest number eleven:

11. “New”: N.T. Wright is the first person on the planet to notice ANY of these themes, and it’s hard to understand why everyone who’s ever done biblical studies before has been so immensely dense.

By: Joel

Joel — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:53:39 +0000

Thanks, Doug. I am reading Dunn’s NT Theology, and I can detect traces of the NPP throughout the work.

By: David Ker

David Ker — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:30:31 +0000

What a relief. Those big books always put me to sleep.

By: clayboy

clayboy — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 08:06:05 +0000

I think Dunn makes more room for traditional Reformation understandings than Wright. As far as I know he also thinks “end of the world” language is about a real expectation of cosmic conflagration. He would (I think) equally not see exile as omnipresent. As far as I know Wright’s emphasis on his understanding of resurrection and God’s future is uniquely his own.

By: Joel

Joel — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 03:43:23 +0000

How far is Dunn from Bishop Wright?

Consider me a dummy here.

By: Tim Chesterton

Tim Chesterton — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 22:04:15 +0000

This helps to explain why I find Wright at the same time so helpful and so confusing…!!!!

By: John Harris

John Harris — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:33:20 +0000

Very good – but maybe needs another point: that Jesus expands meaning of Jewish monotheism (proto-trinitarianism).

By: Sam Norton

Sam Norton — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 15:38:52 +0000

How incredibly handy. Thank you.