Interpreting Scripture : essays on the Bible and hermeneutics / N.T. Wright.

A collection of essays, comprising 20 previously published essays and 2 previously unpublished ones. Dates of original publication range from 1997 to 2020 (see "Acknowledgments", pages 368-370).

Series statement from book jacket.

"Also published in Great Britain in 2020 [by the] Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-367) and indexes.

Introduction to The language and imagery of the Bible by G.B. Caird -- The Lord's Prayer as a paradigm of Christian prayer -- God and Caesar, then and now -- Christian origins and the question of God -- Faith, virtue, justification, and the journey to freedom -- Neither anarchy nor tyranny: government and the New Testament -- The bishop and living under Scripture -- Imagining the Kingdom: mission and theology in early Christianity -- Revelation and Christian hope: political implications of the Revelation to John -- The monarchs and the message: reflections on Bible translation from the sixteenth to the twenty-first century -- Joy: some New Testament perspectives and questions -- Pastoral theology for perplexing topics: Paul and adiaphora -- Apocalyptic and the sudden fulfilment of divine promise -- The Bible and Christian mission -- Wouldn't you love to know? Towards a Christian view of reality -- Signs and means of new creation: public worship and the creative reading of Scripture -- The powerful breath of the new creation -- Sacred space in the city -- Foreword to The church and Its vocation: Lesslie Newbigin's missionary ecclesiology by Michael Goheen -- The Honest to God controversy -- Christ and the cosmos: kingdom and creation in Gospel perspective -- Get the story right and the models will fit: victory through substitution in 'atonement theology.'

"Interpreting Scripture brings together N.T. Wright's most important articles on Scripture and hermeneutics over the last two decades. Many of the included studies have never been published or are only available in hard-to-find larger volumes and journals. This companion volume to Interpreting Jesus and Interpreting Paul is essential reading for all with a serious interest in the Bible and its continuing relevance for today. Each essay will amply reward those looking for detailed, incisive, and exquisitely nuanced exegesis, resulting in a clearer, deeper, and more informed appreciation of Scripture and its application to Christian life and thought today. All essays are preceded by brief reflections written by N.T. Wright; these reflections serve to contextualize the writing of each essay and to highlight their place and significance within Wright's voluminous corpus."-- Book jacket.