N. T. Wright and Mark Kinzer: A Dialogue on the Meaning of Israel

N. T. Wright is the research professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. He previously taught New Testament in Cambridge, McGill and Oxford Universities before serving the church in various posts, finally as Bishop of Durham. A world-renowned scholar, Wright has published more than 80 books at both academic and popular levels and has broadcast frequently on radio and TV. Wright is married with four children and five grandchildren. Mark Kinzer is senior scholar and president emeritus of Messianic Jewish Theological Institute, a graduate school preparing leaders for service in the Messianic Jewish movement, and is co-chair of the Helsinki Consultation on Jewish Continuity in the body of Christ. He is the author of Post-missionary Messianic Judaism (2005), Israel’s Messiah and the People of God (2011), Searching Her Own Mystery (2015), and Jerusalem Crucified, Jerusalem Risen (2018). He received his Ph.D. in Near Eastern Studies from the University of Michigan (1995), and his rabbinical ordination from the Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations (2001).