Exile
Subtitle: a conversation with N. T. Wright
By: edited by James M. Scott
Publisher: IVP Academic, an imprint of InterVarsity Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 343
ISBN-13: 9780830851836
Subjects: Bible; Jews; Biblical teaching; Exile (Punishment); Criticism, interpretation; Philosophy; History
Description: "N . T. Wright is well known for his view that the majority of Second Temple Jews saw themselves as living within an ongoing exile. This book engages a lively conversation with this idea, beginning with a lengthy thesis from Wright, responses from eleven New Testament scholars, and a concluding essay from Wright responding to his interlocutors"
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction :; title: N. T. Wright's hypothesis of an "ongoing exile" : issues and answers  -- James M. Scott -- Lead Essay :; title: Yet the sun will rise again : reflections on the Exile and restoration in Second Temple Judaism, Jesus, Paul, and the church today  -- N. T. Wright -- Part 1. Old Testament/Hebrew Bible/Septuagint : -- 1.; title: Wright on Exile : a response  -- Walter Brueggemann -- 2. Exile and restoration terminology in the Septuagint and the New Testament / -- Robert J. V. Hiebert / -- Robert J. V. Hiebert -- 3.; title: Not all gloom and doom : positive interpretations of Exile and diaspora in the Hebrew Bible and early Judaism / Jörn Kiefer -- -- Part 2. Early Judaism : -- 4.; title: Jewish nationalism from Judah the Maccabee to Judah the Prince and the problem of "continuing exile"  -- Philip Alexander; title: Continuing exile among the people of the Dead Sea scrolls : nuancing N. T. Wright's hypothesis  -- Robert Kugler -- 6.; title: The Dead Sea scrolls and Exile's end : sword and word and the execution of judgment  -- Dorothy M. Peters -- Part 3. New Testament : -- 7.; title: Exile to the land : N. T. Wright's Exile theory as organic to Judaism  -- Scot McKnight -- 8.; title: Paul, Exile, and the economy of God  -- S. A. Cummins -- 9.; title: How to write a synthesis : Wright and the problem of continuity in New Testament theology  -- Timo Eskola -- Part 4. Theology : -- 10.; title: Sacramental interpretation : on the need for theological grounding of narratival history  -- Hans Boersma -- 11.; title: Exile and figural history  -- Ephraim Radner -- Conclusion :; title: Responding to "Exile" -- N. T. Wright