Ask NT Wright Anything #24 The New Testament In Its World

2019-11-06T17:00:00+00:00

In a one–year anniversary special of the show, Justin and Tom are joined by Australian Bible scholar Mike Bird to talk about their major new collaborative book ‘The New Testament in its World: An introduction to the history, literature and theology of the first Christians’.

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