Missing Lenses: How reading scripture with the first century church can help us find our lost identity

In the individualistic West it is commonly assumed the Bible is about me and my relationship with God when as many now agree it is addressed primarily to the believing community. Written for the non-academic reader in this updated version of his earlier book Contours of Pauline Theology Tom Holland makes a compelling case that in losing this emphasis critical aspects of the communitys central role in Gods plan for humanity were inadvertently pushed into the background. This has caused us to not only misread key texts but also to experience far less than what scripture promises regarding our life as a Spirit-filled people.Holland shows how recovering the communal Hebraic mindset of the New Testament writers and the Passover-New Exodus storyline on which they relied can help us see scripture our life together in Christ and our identity as individuals in an amazing new light!