Tom Wright - God's Plan Paul's Vision

In the home page of logos - the blurb for Tom Wright makes the claim that his book does full justice to all of Paul's letters. I think this is a big claim that would take a host of scholarly scrutiny to ascertain it's truthfulness. But the claim also makes me wonder as to the objectivity of logos?

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Lynden O. Williams

Welcome to the forums Philip. These statements usually come from the Publisher of the work. Not seeing it, so I am unable to comment any further.

NB.Mick

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/462427#Comment_462427

Lynden, the book is at http://www.logos.com/product/30283/justification-gods-plan-and-pauls-vision

Philip: the statement by the publisher is probably intended to convey that Wright's exegesis covers more than just an isolated verse somewhere in Romans or Galatians. When you locate the Amazon page of the book you'll find the same wording plus Look-into and a number of detailed reviews that deal with the content of the book. Overall, Logos will use publisher's wording for the resources, this doesn't mean they endorse the content of the books or that the publisher's blurb (or the praises below) is correct.

Lynden O. Williams

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/462432#Comment_462432

Thanks NB.

Philip Justin Carter

Thank you for the reply that clarifies that this is a comment from the publisher and does not necessarily reflect the opinion of logos. I am satisfied with that...I think it is impossible for any modern author to claim absolute certainty of understanding of Paul's mindset and culture from a modern standpoint. In a recent class with Douglas Moo on Justification in Romans we were asked to compare Wright and Piper on this issue and it appeared that there are some strengths and weaknesses in both authors.