Simply Jesus: A New Vision of Who He Was, What He Did, and Why He Matters, (Paperback)

from SCRH

Maybe I should have read earlier books by Wright prior to this one, but as a standalone, I found it to be a Blah! The author asks good, simple questions, essentially the basic ones of who, what, where, when, and why, but his answers aren't so simple, as they are wordy and sometimes difficult (for...

from gdill

I read "The Challenge of Jesus" by N.T. Wright last year and wasn't impressed. I decided to give Wright a second chance by reading "Simply Jesus" and this time I found it much more interesting but still a rather dry read. However, I was particularly struck by Wright's historical knowledge and ins...

from jasoncomely

A lot of noodling around, but goes nowhere. A waste of my time.

from oataker

He puts Jesus in the context of the ancient Jewish hope of independant rule confronting the oppression of Rome and then adds in a description of what seemed to have been in Jesus mind as he followed his course. Wright is rather keen on the perfect storm metaphor and sees Jesus as caught by these ...

from pamjw

A well written book. Easy to grasp what Tom Wright is saying. Good theology, well presented