Jesus and the Victory of God

By Tom Wright

In this highly anticipated volume, N. T. Wright focuses directly on the historical Jesus: Who was he? What did he say? And what did he mean by it?

Wright begins by showing how the questions posed by Albert Schweitzer a century ago remain central today. Then he sketches a profile of Jesus in terms of his prophetic praxis, his subversive stories, the symbols by which he reordered his world, and the answers he gave to the key questions that any world view must address. The examination of Jesus' aims and beliefs, argued on the basis of Jesus' actions and their accompanying riddles, is sure to stimulate heated response.

Wright offers a provocative portrait of Jesus as Israel's Messiah who would share and bear the fate of the nation and would embody the long-promised return of Israel's God to Zion.

• Language: English
• Publisher: SPCK
• Release date: Jun 7, 2012
• ISBN: 9780281069798

Tom Wright

Tom Wright is Research Professor Emeritus of New Testament and Early Christianity at the University of St Andrews and Senior Research Fellow at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford. He is the author of more than 80 influential books, including The New Testament for Everyone, Simply Christian, Surprised by Hope, The Day the Revolution Began, Paul: A biography, The New Testament in its World, On Earth as in Heaven and Into the Heart of Romans (all published by SPCK).

Reviews for Jesus and the Victory of God

[Paul Winter · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

As someone who has no where near the intellect and knowledge of N.T Wright, I have to admit that this was a challenging book for me to read. I have taken about 3 months to get through it. I often realised my limited education when he referred to a theologian or ancient character or text.

However, I found the book really helpful. The author makes a good case for placing Jesus in his historical context. He shows how a lot of things I have puzzled over make sense when you understand the historical background behind what Jesus said and did.

Although reading this book was no walk in the park for me, I feel well rewarded for sticking with it. I look forward to reading the other books in this series.

If you are unfamiliar with NT Wright's work, I would suggest that you start with his other more popular titles that he has written under the name Tom Wright. This is an author who is capable of communicating with both specialists and non-specialists.