Sometimes Wright's books can be, shall we say, simply storage containers for the over-used comma "," but this stuff - boy - is just incredible to digest.
We're talking more than forty years worth of scholarly work on the person of Paul that is presented here.
Wright will transport you into Paul's world and into the thinking and culture of the time. He will give you fuller appreciation for his societal status and his passion/drive.
All that being said - if you have read ANYTHING else that Wright has written about Paul, much of the content of this book may sound familiar.
Say what you want to about N.T. Wright, but this man knows how to pull you in; and with a speculative biography!!
Here's the goldmine of the book: when you get into the sections that talk about the Paul behind the letters. That is where this book really shines. Sure it's fun to imagine what Paul's life was like in a biographical sort of way, but when you take that and put it behind the words of 2 Corinthians and some of the other letters, it makes it pop all the more.
This is such a terrific N.T. Wright book.
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