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  <title><![CDATA[The New Testament and the People of God (Christian Origins and the Question of God)]]></title>
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  <default_description>Part of a five-volume project on the theological questions surrounding the origins of Christianity, this book offers a reappraisal of literary, historical and theological readings of the New Testament, arguing for a form of &quot;critical realism&quot; that facilitates different readings of the text.</default_description>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book functions more like an introduction and scene setter to the later books in the series.  It explores epistemology and literary criticism, critiques the history of New Testament historical studies, suggests what may be done to advance the field, and then sets out to do so.  A historical inve...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46541478">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Same as my review for Jesus and the Victory of God (vol 2).  Wright challenges both revisionist views of Jesus as well as popular Christian conceptions and instead looks into the historical social mileau of Palestinian first century to find the truth on who Jesus was and what was this Kingdom that h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60591382">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Oct 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[its an interesting read alongside Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance<br/><br/>Ok that said way back in the day. This was the most interesting introduction to anything i've ever read. I was told that it'd be kinda boring but the needed background for reading Wright's later stuff in the serie...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1547762">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[NT Wright is brilliant.  His passion for the topics at hand (the literature, history and theology of 1st-century Judaism and Christianity) makes for really engaging material that could otherwise be pretty dry.<br/><br/>He spends the first 150 pages discussing worldview and epistemology.  He tries ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1164201">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The New Testament and the People of God (Christian Origins and the Question of God) by N. T. Wright (?)]]></body>
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  <date_updated>Wed Feb 18 18:22:45 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[i'll never finish this book.  i quit.<br/><br/>pretty smart b/c it first helps you understand how different ways of understanding impacts what we read and how biblical texts require certain paradigm/approach for readers to understand them correctly.  but way too dense for me, and i'll concede N.T....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18195675">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="59427375">
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    <body><![CDATA[Glorious. ]]></body>
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    <review id="1231778">
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    <body><![CDATA[This book changed the way I read and understand the bible.  Gives good epistemological (sp?) foundations for believing that &quot;absolute&quot; truth can be found in the bible provided we are in proper critical dialogue with the text and other people.  Also gave me a totally new understanding of Ju...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1231778">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Wed May 27 07:40:40 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Part of my summer reading. Going through one chapter a week on Wednesdays. Started it once, but never finished. Restarting it now. Hopefully will finish by the end of the year.<br/><br/>Update: OK, still going to bomb on reading this. Got too much other reading to do. Putting it on hold for now.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A great understanding of historical critical method and also a great primer on the aims and life of Jesus.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[N. T. Wright is simply amazing! This book will change how you read the New Testament.]]></body>
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    <review id="36685528">
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Deep reading from a deep thinker about Jesus Christ.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Probably the most influential book I read in seminary.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Read everything by Wright.]]></body>
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