N.T. Wright
The New Testament for the Twenty-First Century,Many readers of the New Testament have grown overly familiar with the biblical text, losing sight of the wonder and breadth of its innovative ideas and world-changing teachings about the life and role of Jesus of Nazareth. InÂ ,The Kingdom New Testament,, N. T. Wright, author andÂ one of the worldâ€™s leading New Testament scholars, offers an all-new English translation thatÂ invigorates these sacred texts and allows contemporary readers to encounter these historic works afresh. The original Greek text is vibrant, alive, and active, and Wrightâ€™s translation retains that spirit by providing a new English text for the twenty-first-century reader. At the same time, based on his work as a pioneering interpreter of the Bible, Wright also corrects other translations so as to provide more accurate representations of the original writersâ€™ intent.,The Kingdom New Testament,Â features consistent use of gender-neutral language and a more â€œpopular-levelâ€ language matching character of the original Greek, while maintaining the vibrancy and urgency of the original work.Â It will help the next generation of Christians acquire a firsthand understanding of what the New Testament had to say in its own world, and what it urgently has to say in ours.,Features:,Complete text of the Kingdom New Testamentâ€”a fresh, new translation by N. T. Wright,Preface by N. T. Wright,Dozens of maps throughout the text,Paragraph headings
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The Kingdom New Testament: A Contemporary Translation