Acts for everyone, part 2: Chapters 13-28 - Softcover

WRIGHT, Tom

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0281055467 ISBN 13: 9780281055463

Publisher: SPCK Publishing, 2008

Synopsis

Tom Wright's own translation of Acts is combined, section by section, with a highly readable discussion, with background information, useful explanation and interpretation, and thoughts as to how it can be relevant to our lives today. No knowledge of technical jargon is required.

About this title

About the Author

Tom Wright is is Research Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at the University of St Andrews. He is a regular broadcaster on radio and television. Tom Wright is the author of over forty books, including the other For Everyone guides to the New Testament, the best-selling Simply Christian, Surprised by Hope, and Virtue Reborn; and the magisterial series entitled Christian Origins and the Question of God.

Review

"No other commentary series comes even close." --The Christian Century

"Readers who have been frustrated by the lack of accessible biblical commentaries for laypersons will welcome the series." --Publishers Weekly

"Well grounded in scholarship, accessible, and intensely contemporary. The series is a most welcome one!" --Walter Brueggemann, Emeritus, Columbia Theological Seminary

"Wright has accomplished a feat in this series. All the time, I tell Bible readers, 'Begin here!'" --Scot McKnight, North Park University

Edition details

• Publisher: SPCK Publishing
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0281055467
• ISBN 13: 9780281055463
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 280