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Excellent scholarship and very readable

Wright has a gift for combining simplicity and profundity in his writings and this short book does not disappoint. And apart from the reader's consistent mispronunciation of one of the key scholars under review, the book is read very well.

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Great content, sometimes distracting narrator

This is a fantastic read, and NT Wright delivers all that could be expected of this book. My only complaint is that the narrator's delivery is sometimes distracting, not for the any particular reason (Wright's other audio books from British narrators are not distracting to me) but even my wife concurred that she found the narrator difficult to listen to. I still give the book a 5 star, it's well worth the read (or listen).

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A scholarly rebuttal with some great insights

If you’re looking for a general book on who he was this may not be it. But if you want to know who he was and have been confused by some of the newer theories sometimes given equal weight in modern society than this will unpack those arguments neatly and comprehensively. Definitely recommended