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Abstract: In The Climax of the Covenant N. T. Wright’s exegetical arguments toward Christ’s covenantal fulfillment of the Old Testament offer a rich harvest of biblical-theological and covenantal insights. However, compared to other Reformed covenantal theologians, a lack of robust thinking about mankind’s prelapsarian covenantal state may be a small weakness in Wright’s beginning that leads to larger errors at the end of his conclusions.
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Climax was my first entree into Wright’s massive (and growing!) corpus. I welcome any critiques and suggestions of my preliminary evaluations, especially from readers more seasoned in Wright’s writings.
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LO.
Well done. You are a fabulous writer. I think you critique Wright very well. I am a fan of Wright, in part, because when I spent a summer studying in England, he was the best ally I had. His leadership against the extreme left-wing of biblical scholarship has been remarkable and effective. I like, however, when people in our camp can read, appreciate, and appropriate his stuff without losing some of our fundamentals. Well done.
Chuck
Interesting article, I am very impressed by N. T. Wright and have recently finished his Jesus and the Victory of God which is most excellent. I still have some doubts about his view of Second Temple Judaism though, but that aside, his work can greatly enrich Reformed thinking.