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This first volume in the series Christian Origins and the Question of God provides a historical, theological, and literary study of first-century Judaism and Christianity. Wright offers a preliminary discussion of the meaning of the word god within those cultures, as he explores the ways in which developing an understanding of those first-century cultures are of relevance for the modern world.

But the proposal is still faced with some serious questions. It is not clear, from within the model, why one should be reading the New Testament to achieve this effect. Why should one not read, as of equal value, the Gospel of Thomas, or Pirke Aboth, or for that matter Pride and Prejudice? Likewise, it is not clear what continuing status the model gives to history, nor why, within its own terms, one should focus on literature specifically. Why not early Christian art or artifacts? Is it just that
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