![]() ![]() ![]() Wright and Michael Bird! Both scholars are talented writers who could not be boring if they tried. but it differs in one very important aspect…it is written by friggin’ N.T. ![]() The New Testament in its World (SPCK and Zondervan, 2019) functions like most introductions to the NT by covering issues like authorship, date, etc. So, I was more than just a little geeked when I discovered that the two had joined forces to produce a New Testament introduction that essentially summarizes N.T. ![]() I have been gladly following his work since as well. I ran across Michael Bird when I reviewed his spectacular tome Evangelical Theology. I’ve read just about everything the former Bishop has penned since. Just in that year (while working, learning Greek, and avoiding the west Texas heat that felt like Tatooine), I also worked through Jesus and the Victory of God, Who is Jesus? The Climax of the Covenant, Following Jesus, The Original Jesus, and his commentary on Colossians. I picked up The New Testament and the People of God for my Introduction to the NT class and was so intrigued I began to deduct an hour or so of sleep in order to keep reading his work. Wright during my first year in seminary (1999 when dial-up internet was cutting edge, cell phones had antennas and cable was all you had…it was a dark, dark age). ![]()
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