Jesus and the Continuing Exile of Israel in the Writings of N.T. Wright

N.T. Wright’s thesis that the historical Jesus conducted his prophetic career in the context of a widespread belief that Israel was in a protracted state of exile has courted much controversy. This study sketches Wright’s articulation of the return-from-exile theme in Jewish literature, describes so...

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Published in:Journal for the study of the historical Jesus
Main Author: Bird, Michael F. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2015
In: Journal for the study of the historical Jesus
RelBib Classification:HC New Testament
HD Early Judaism
NBQ Eschatology
TK Recent history
Further subjects:B Exile historical Jesus Jewish restoration eschatology Second Temple Judaism N.T. Wright
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
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Summary:N.T. Wright’s thesis that the historical Jesus conducted his prophetic career in the context of a widespread belief that Israel was in a protracted state of exile has courted much controversy. This study sketches Wright’s articulation of the return-from-exile theme in Jewish literature, describes some of the scholarly criticisms to this view, and defends a chastened view of Wright’s thesis that return-from-exile remains a useful category for understanding Judaism and Jesus even if it does not necessarily carry the meta-narratival freight that Wright attributes to it.
ISSN:1745-5197
Contains:In: Journal for the study of the historical Jesus
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/17455197-01302001