Title: The climax of the covenant
Subtitle: Christ and the law in Pauline theology.
First published: 1991
Description: With an eye to recent proposals on Paul's view of the Law and his relation to his first-century context, N. T. Wright looks in detail at passages central to the current debate. Among them are some of the most controversial sections of Paul. From his meticulous exegesis Wright argues that Paul saw the death and resurrection of Jesus as the climactic moment in the covenant history of Israel and from this perspective came to a different understanding of the function of the Jewish Law. Wright thus creates a basis from which many of the most vexed problems of Pauline exegesis can in principle be solved and longstanding theological puzzles clarified.
Subjects: Biblical teaching, Covenants, Bible, Law (Theology), Theology, History of doctrines, Jesus Christ -- History of doctrines -- Early church, ca. 30-600, Law (Theology) -- Biblical teaching, Covenants -- Biblical teaching, Bible. N.T. Epistles of Paul -- Theology, Doctrinal Theology, Theology, doctrinal, Bund Gottes, Christologie, Gesetz, Law, New Testament, Jesus christ, history of doctrines, Bible, commentaries, n. t. epistles of paul
People: Jesus Christ
Time periods: Early church, ca. 30-600
LC classification: BS2655.C74 W75 1992