What Wright writes, Wax reads. (Say that three times fast. I dare you.)
In all seriousness, N. T. Wright has been a favorite author of mine for more than a decade now. His work always challenges me to take a step back and analyze my overall approach to interpreting Scripture, and his ”big picture view” usually reveals things I’ve missed. That said, when I get back into the nitty gritty of textual study, I discover aspects of the biblical story Wright doesn’t do justice to — emphases and themes prominent in the storyline that are sparsely treated in Wright’s work. In the end, I go to Wright for the forest, but to others for the trees.
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