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Scripture and the Authority of God: How to Read the Bible Today

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In Scripture and the Authority of God: How to Read the Bible Today, Widely respected Bible and Jesus scholar, N. T. Wright gives new life to the old, tattered doctrine of the authority of scripture, delivering a fresh, helpful, and concise statement on the current "battles for the Bible," and restoring scripture as the primary place to find God's voice. In this revised and expanded version of The Last Word, leading biblical scholar N. T. Wright shows how both evangelicals and liberals are guilty of misreading Scripture and reveals a new model for understanding God's authority and the Bible.

About the Author :
N. T. Wright is the former Bishop of Durham in the Church of England and one of the world's leading Bible scholars. He is Senior Research Fellow at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford University, and Senior Editor at Saint Andrews. He has been featured on ABC News, Dateline, The Colbert Report, and NPR's Fresh Air. Wright is the award-winning author of many books, including Paul: A Biography, Simply Christian, Surprised by Hope, The Day the Revolution Began, Simply Jesus, After You Believe, and Scripture and the Authority of God.

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"Here is Bishop Wright at his best--probing, provocative, insightful, ever reframing old questions and old debates, always inviting a fresh encounter with Holy Scripture as a living, dynamic reality. This is a book of uncommon wisdom for all who read and love the Bible." - Timothy George, Dean of Beeson Divinity School of Samford University and Executive Editor of Christianity Today "[P]robing, provocative, insightful...This is a book of uncommon wisdom for all who read and love the Bible." - Timothy George, Dean of Beeson Divinity School of Samford University and Executive Editor of Christianity Today "This wide-ranging whirlwind-tour account of Scripture channeling God's authority, with its tweaking of distortions back into shape and its first-class approach to Bible study, is masterly throughout." - J. I Packer, Professor of Theology, Regent College "Wright offers sensible insights on the transforming power of God, very necessary in these times of skepticism and confusion." - Publishers Weekly "N. T. Wright's biblical scholarship has had a profound, formative influence on many of us. He has helped us see the Bible in a new way - a narrative way - and the results have been exhilarating. Now he turns attention to our assumptions about the Bible itself - and opens for us a path beyond of the paralyzing polarization of "liberal" and "conservative." - Brian McLaren, author of A New Kind of Christian "N. T. Wright opens for us a path beyond of the paralyzing polarization of "liberal" and "conservative." - Brian McLaren, author of A New Kind of Christian "The best book of its kind available." - The Christian Century "Wright appeals to the reader to take another look at the Bible, not as an isolated phenomenon--a veritable rule book similarly applicable at all times and in all places--but rather as a book better placed within both the contemporary cultural context and as part of a larger tradition of interpretation." - Explorefaith.org "Wright is a provocative theologian... there is so much here that you will wish that it were longer-- but its brevity makes for easy reading and it certainly deserves to be read." - Church of England Newspaper "With his usual clarity of thought and mastery of expression, Dr. Wright takes his readers on one of the most refreshing and insightful tours of what the Bible itself presents as the relationship between its authority and God's authority and how that works itself out in the life of the Church. This volume deserves to be taken seriously and is a valuable contribution to the ongoing debate." - Evangelicals Now "This highly readable book pleads for the Bible to be given a central place in the church... shrewd. " - Evangelical Times "The whole book gives further cause for gratitude for God's gift of Wright to his Church." - ANVIL "In a fashion that is both old fashioned and new fangled at the same time Bishop Wright takes us through a sane and helpful study of what it means to treat the Bible as the authoritative Word of God. Highly Recommended!" - Ben Witherington, author of The Brother of Jesus "Written by one of the leading Christian thinkers in the world today, this book is a refreshing and accessible resource concerning the perennial question of biblical authority that moves the discussion beyond the liberal-conservative impasse of our times. Highly Recommended." - John R. Franke, Professor of Theology, Biblical Theological Seminary "Theologians, ministers, laypeople and anyone interested in the discussion on the authority of Christian Scripture should read and discuss this book." - Open Source Theology


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  • ISBN-13: 9780062079060
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: Collins
  • Edition: Unabridged edition
  • No of Pages: 224
  • ISBN-10: 0062079069
  • Publisher Date: 01 Mar 2011
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: How to Read the Bible Today


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