The Jesus Blog: Tom Wright and the Victory of Fortress Press

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Tom Wright and the Victory of Fortress Press

My favorite Facebook quote of the day comes from Jeremiah Baily who writes:

Jeremiah Bailey

Only N.T. Wright could get away with publishing "Volume 4" in 3 parts. That's some Lightfoot level shenanigans.

...and in case you're wondering, it is quite true. I copied this from the St. Andrew's divinity faculty webpage:

2013 - *Paul and the Faithfulness of God. Vol. IV of Christian Origins and the Question of God. London: SPCK; Minneapolis: Fortress (forthcoming) (three separate ‘volumes’)

How can you not be entertained by this business?!

-anthony

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J. R. Daniel KirkJanuary 16, 2013 at 4:40 PM
Apparently, pt 2 of the three volume set is the one that we've been waiting for. The others look rather like they don't fit the COQG series. It's a bit disappointing, really...
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LarryJanuary 16, 2013 at 5:20 PM
"NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition!

Our chief weapon is surprise ... surprise and fear ... fear and surprise .... Our two weapons are fear and surprise ... and ruthless efficiency .... Our *three* weapons are fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency ... and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope.... Our *four* ... no ... *Amongst* our weapons .... Amongst our weaponry ... are such elements as fear, surprise .... I'll come in again."

Counting is hard.
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John HundleyJanuary 16, 2013 at 6:01 PM
I wanna know how the guy has time. I just saw him on a youtube video singing a song he wrote called "Genesis" to the Beatles "Yesterday" tune. Just a little gig on the side...of writing thousands of pages per year.
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FernandoJanuary 16, 2013 at 6:01 PM
Didn't Barth do something similar?
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Rev. Bryant J. Williams IIIJanuary 16, 2013 at 9:04 PM
Is this Tom's version of a trinity: 3 in 1 and 1 in 3?
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Peter M. HeadJanuary 17, 2013 at 3:51 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGaDrE8xXG4
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Chad GibbonsJanuary 17, 2013 at 4:41 AM
Every volume that J.P. Meier writes for the Marginal Jew series seems to double the amount of books to his projected total. I find it hard to complain about though, because more JP Meier can't be a bad thing. I feel the same about Wright. If he writes something, I'll read it, and probably enjoy myself doing it.
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dannyyencichJanuary 17, 2013 at 7:36 AM
He must've gotten the idea from Peter Jackson.
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James Crossley (PhD, Nottingham) is Professor of Bible, Society, and Politics at St. Mary's University, Twickenham, London. In addition to most things historical Jesus, his interests typically concern Jewish law and the Gospels, the social history of biblical scholarship, and the reception of the Bible in contemporary politics and culture. He is co-executive editor of the Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus.

Christine Jacobi studied protestant theology and art history in Berlin and Heidelberg. She is research associate at the chair of exegesis and theology of the New Testament and apocryphal writings. She completed her dissertation at the Humboldt-University of Berlin in 2014. She is the author of Jesusüberlieferung bei Paulus? Analogien zwischen den echten Paulusbriefen und den synoptischen Evangelien (BZNW 213), Berlin: de Gruyter 2015. Christine Jacobi is a member of the „August-Boeckh-Antikezentrum“ and the „Berliner Arbeitskreis für koptisch-gnostische Schriften“.

Chris Keith (PhD, Edinburgh) is Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity and Director of the Centre for the Social-Scientific Study of the Bible at St. Mary’s University, Twickenham, London.

Anthony Le Donne (PhD, Durham) is Associate Professor of New Testament at United Theological Seminary. He is the author/editor of seven books. He is the co-founder of the Jewish-Christian Dialogue and Sacred Texts Consultation and the co-executive editor of the Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus.

Brant Pitre (PhD, University of Notre Dame) is Professor of Sacred Scripture at Notre Dame Seminary in New Orleans. Among other works, he is the author of Jesus, the Tribulation, and the End of the Exile (Mohr-Siebeck/Baker Academic, 2005), and Jesus and the Last Supper (Eerdmans, 2015). He is particularly interested in the relationship between Jesus, Second Temple Judaism, and Christian origins.

Rafael Rodríguez (PhD, Sheffield) is Professor of New Testament at Johnson University. He has published a number of books and essays on social memory theory, oral tradition, the Jesus tradition, and the historical Jesus, as well as on Paul and Pauline tradition. He also serves as co-chair of the Bible in Ancient and Modern Media section of the Society of Biblical Literature.

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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Tom Wright and the Victory of Fortress Press

Jeremiah Bailey

Only N.T. Wright could get away with publishing "Volume 4" in 3 parts. That's some Lightfoot level shenanigans.

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