James D G Dunn
Biographic Data
| ID | 2067010 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James D G Dunn |
| GIVEN NAMES | James D G |
| FAMILY NAME | Dunn |
| SIGNATURE | DUNN J D G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Durham University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 29 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 25 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 4 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Auslegung der Bibel in orthodoxer und westlicher Perspektive
In the autumn of 1998 a first symposium of orthodox, Catholic and Protestant New Testament scholars was held in the Theological Academy of the Neamt monastery in Romania. Well-known scholars from Eastern and Western Europe dealt with fundamental questions of biblical hermeneutics. Their purpose was not to ignore their confessional preconceptions but rather to use them for understanding the Bible. The articles represent an ecumenical dialog and a …
Michael J. Gorman, The Death of the Messiah and the Birth of the New Covenant
A New Perspective on the New Perspective on Paul
Der Aufsatz entfaltet, wie die »New Perspective« auf Paulus aus einer neuen Perspektive auf das Judentum erwächst, stellt die Bedeutung der Heidenmission des Paulus für seine Lehre über das Judentum heraus, klärt die Frage, warum Rechtfertigung für Paulus aus Glauben an Christus Jesus und nicht aus Werken des Gesetzes folgt, und appelliert schließlich daran, das ganze Evangelium des Paulus ernst zu nehmen, einschließlich seiner Haltung zum Gesetz…
“The Letter Kills, but the Spirit gives Life” (2 Cor. 3
The essay examines the Spirit/letter antithesis used by Paul (also in Rom. 2:27-29 and 7:6) as parallel to outward and visible/hidden and circumcision of flesh/heart antitheses. A close study of the 2 Corinthians 3 context draws out the importance of the allusions to Jeremiah 31:31-34, Ezekiel 11:19, 36:26-27, and the use of Exodus 34:29-35. The conclusion reflects on the Spirit/letter contrast today, in shaping expectations when reading Scriptur…
Kenneth Bailey's Theory of Oral Tradition
This article is a response to the critique of Kenneth Bailey's depiction of oral tradition made by Theodore Weeden in the preceding essay. The anecdotal evidence for the thesis certainly leaves the thesis open to criticism, but Weeden's critique suffers from a resolute antipathy to Bailey's thesis; it misrepresents the point Bailey is making on several occasions, and it consistently misunderstands the way oral tradition functions, which Bailey's …
Pistis and the Righteous One
The New Perspective on Paul
The collection of essays highlights a dimension of Paul's theology of justification which has been rather neglected in earlier decades: that his teaching emerged as an integral part of his understanding of his commission to preach the gospel to non-Jews; and that his dismissal of justification 'by works of the law' was directed not so much against Jewish 'legalism' but rather against his fellow Jews' assumption that the law remained a dividing wa…
Das Alte Testament als christliche Bibel in orthodoxer und westlicher Sicht
Der Band gibt die Vorträge der Zweiten europäischen orthodox-westlichen Exegetenkonferenz vom 8.-15. September 2001 im Rilakloster in Bulgarien wieder. Außerdem werden die Diskussionen in den Arbeitsgruppen resümiert und in einem Ausblick Perspektiven des Gesprächs zwischen orthodoxen und »westlichen« Bibelwissenschaftlern formuliert. Nach einem ersten Symposium von orthodoxen, evangelischen und katholischen Neutestamentlern 1998 in Rumänien, das…
The Cambridge companion to St. Paul
The apostle Paul has been justifiably described as the first and greatest Christian theologian. His letters were among the earliest documents to be included in the New Testament and, as such, they influenced Christian thinking from its very beginning. This Companion provides an important assessment of the apostle as well as a new appreciation of his continuing contemporary significance. With eighteen chapters written by a team of well-known inter…
Altering the Default Setting
The literary mindset (‘default setting’) of modern Western culture prevents those trained in that culture from recognizing that oral cultures operate differently. The classic solution to the Synoptic problem, and the chief alternatives, have envisaged the relationships between the Gospel traditions in almost exclusively literary terms. But the earliest phase of transmission of the Jesus tradition was without doubt predominantly by word of mouth. …
Paul and the Mosaic Law
Jesus and Purity
The importance of purity legislation and the ‘separateness’ that it implied within Second Temple Judaism confirms the significance of the renewed interest in purity issues in ‘historical Jesus’ research. The relevance of John the Baptist's ‘baptism’ is less clear than at first appears. But that Jesus himself shared at least some purity priorities is implied by Mark 1.44 and by his ‘cleansing of the Temple’. Yet he also sat loose to the purity hal…
Who Did Paul Think He Was? A Study of Jewish–christian Identity
The question of Paul's identity is raised by his history as a diaspora Jew, then Pharisee, who became a believer in Messiah Jesus and apostle to the gentiles. How did he think of himself? The essay focuses on the categories ‘Jew’, ‘(in) Judaism’, ‘Hebrew’ and ‘Israel(ite)’, with particular reference to Rom 2.28–9, 1 Cor 9.20–1, Gal 1.13–14, 2 Cor 11.22, Phil 3.4–7 and Rom 11.1. It also contrasts Paul's devaluation of circumcision and food laws wi…
Baptism in the Holy Spirit.. …yet once more
(1998). Baptism in the Holy Spirit.. ...yet once more. Journal of the European Pentecostal Theological Association: Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 3-25
QMMT and Galatians
The occurrence of the phrase in 4QMMT had already been exciting comment for some years prior to the official publication of the scroll fragments. In one of the first reflections on the official publication, Martin Abegg has suggested that Paul's use of the same phrase, ἔργα ν⋯μον, in Galatians and Romans (Gal 2.16; 3.2, 5,10; Rom 3.20, 28) indicates that Paul was ‘rebutting the theology of documents such as MMT ... that Paul was reacting to the k…
The Holy Spirit and Spiritual Gifts
Paul and the Mosaic Law
The authors of the papers presented in this conference volume aim to engage in as complete as possible a study of the key passages in the letters of Paul which deal with or have a bearing on his understanding of and attitude to the Mosaic Law. They draw together a representative sample of the range of current scholarly opinion on these passages. The conference participants searched as far as possible for common ground on a wide range of exegetica…
Jesus for Today
Prolegomena to a Theology of Paul
We are in a better position to write a theology of Paul than the theology of anyone else for the first hundred years of Christianity. In contrast, though a theology of Jesus would be the more fascinating, we have nothing first-hand from Jesus which can provide such a secure starting point. The theologies of the Evangelists are almost equally problematic, since their focus on the ministry and teaching of Jesus makes their own theology that much mo…
Jews and Christians
Jews and Christians
Jews and Christians. The Parting of the Ways A.D. 70 to 135
Jesus' Call to Discipleship
The latest book in the Understanding Jesus Today series deals with the role of discipleship in Christianity. James Dunn explores the original meaning of discipleship in the early church and then discusses what discipleship should mean for Christians today. The evidence in the Gospels regarding the requirements of discipleship, including the beliefs and daily character of the life of a disciple, are explored and a firm basis upon which a tradition…
The True Cost-of-Living Index With Changing Preferences
This article investigates the theoretical and empirical properties of a true cost-of-living index under conditions of changing preferences. A family of true indexes is defined based on the notion of the current utility function. A particular index, based on the previous period's utility level, is then defined. Given this definition, a true cost-of-living index is computed based on a quadratic expenditure system estimated with quarterly data from …
Works of the Law and the Curse of the Law (Galatians 3.10–14)
The two most recent studies of Paul and the law both show a large measure of agreement in criticizing Paul's treatment of the law as inconsistent and self-contradictory. E. P. Sanders argues that Paul's ‘break’ with the law gave rise to different questions and problems, and that his ‘diverse answers, when set alongside one another, do not form a logical whole’. 1 So, in particular, Paul's ‘treatment of the law in chapter 2 (of Romans) cannot be h…
Mark 2.1–3.6
The problem of continuity between Jesus and Paul is an old one, not least with regard to their respective attitudes towards the law. For example, in a private conversation some years ago Ernst Käsemann maintained a typically provocative position: (1) that Jesus' attitude to the law lies very much at the heart of Jesus' distinctiveness; (2) that Paul's attitude to the law was in fact the same; and (3) that Paul was independent of Jesus at this poi…
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Corinthians Iii. 17— ‘The Lord Is the Spirit’
2 CORINTHIANS III. 17— ‘THE LORD IS THE SPIRIT’ Get access J. D. G. DUNN J. D. G. DUNN Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Journal of Theological Studies, Volume XXI, Issue 2, October 1970, Pages 309–320, https://doi.org/10.1093/jts/XXI.2.309 Published: 01 October 1970
John vi—A Eucharistic Discourse
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Prophetic ‘I’-Sayings and the Jesus tradition
The Church drew no distinction between such utterances by Christian prophets (ascribed to the ascended Christ) and the sayings of Jesus in the tradition, for the reason that even the dominical sayings in the tradition were not the pronouncements of a past authority, but sayings of the risen Lord, who is always a contemporary for the Church
The Relationship between Paul and Jerusalem according to Galatians 1 and 2
1. What does Gal. 1–2 tell us about the relationship between Paul and the Jerusalem apostles during the ‘tunnel’ period between his conversion and his earliest correspondence? That is one of the key questions relating to the beginnings of Christianity which has never achieved a completely satisfactory resolution. It is clear enough that in Galatians itself Paul is striving to assert his independence from Jerusalem – that is hardly to be disputed.…
Mark 2.1–3.6
The problem of continuity between Jesus and Paul is an old one, not least with regard to their respective attitudes towards the law. For example, in a private conversation some years ago Ernst Käsemann maintained a typically provocative position: (1) that Jesus' attitude to the law lies very much at the heart of Jesus' distinctiveness; (2) that Paul's attitude to the law was in fact the same; and (3) that Paul was independent of Jesus at this poi…
The True Cost-of-Living Index With Changing Preferences
This article investigates the theoretical and empirical properties of a true cost-of-living index under conditions of changing preferences. A family of true indexes is defined based on the notion of the current utility function. A particular index, based on the previous period's utility level, is then defined. Given this definition, a true cost-of-living index is computed based on a quadratic expenditure system estimated with quarterly data from …
Works of the Law and the Curse of the Law (Galatians 3.10–14)
The two most recent studies of Paul and the law both show a large measure of agreement in criticizing Paul's treatment of the law as inconsistent and self-contradictory. E. P. Sanders argues that Paul's ‘break’ with the law gave rise to different questions and problems, and that his ‘diverse answers, when set alongside one another, do not form a logical whole’. 1 So, in particular, Paul's ‘treatment of the law in chapter 2 (of Romans) cannot be h…
Jews and Christians
Jews and Christians. The Parting of the Ways A.D. 70 to 135
Jesus' Call to Discipleship
The latest book in the Understanding Jesus Today series deals with the role of discipleship in Christianity. James Dunn explores the original meaning of discipleship in the early church and then discusses what discipleship should mean for Christians today. The evidence in the Gospels regarding the requirements of discipleship, including the beliefs and daily character of the life of a disciple, are explored and a firm basis upon which a tradition…
Prolegomena to a Theology of Paul
We are in a better position to write a theology of Paul than the theology of anyone else for the first hundred years of Christianity. In contrast, though a theology of Jesus would be the more fascinating, we have nothing first-hand from Jesus which can provide such a secure starting point. The theologies of the Evangelists are almost equally problematic, since their focus on the ministry and teaching of Jesus makes their own theology that much mo…
Jews and Christians
Jesus for Today
Paul and the Mosaic Law
The authors of the papers presented in this conference volume aim to engage in as complete as possible a study of the key passages in the letters of Paul which deal with or have a bearing on his understanding of and attitude to the Mosaic Law. They draw together a representative sample of the range of current scholarly opinion on these passages. The conference participants searched as far as possible for common ground on a wide range of exegetica…
QMMT and Galatians
The occurrence of the phrase in 4QMMT had already been exciting comment for some years prior to the official publication of the scroll fragments. In one of the first reflections on the official publication, Martin Abegg has suggested that Paul's use of the same phrase, ἔργα ν⋯μον, in Galatians and Romans (Gal 2.16; 3.2, 5,10; Rom 3.20, 28) indicates that Paul was ‘rebutting the theology of documents such as MMT ... that Paul was reacting to the k…
The Holy Spirit and Spiritual Gifts
Baptism in the Holy Spirit.. …yet once more
(1998). Baptism in the Holy Spirit.. ...yet once more. Journal of the European Pentecostal Theological Association: Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 3-25
Who Did Paul Think He Was? A Study of Jewish–christian Identity
The question of Paul's identity is raised by his history as a diaspora Jew, then Pharisee, who became a believer in Messiah Jesus and apostle to the gentiles. How did he think of himself? The essay focuses on the categories ‘Jew’, ‘(in) Judaism’, ‘Hebrew’ and ‘Israel(ite)’, with particular reference to Rom 2.28–9, 1 Cor 9.20–1, Gal 1.13–14, 2 Cor 11.22, Phil 3.4–7 and Rom 11.1. It also contrasts Paul's devaluation of circumcision and food laws wi…
Paul and the Mosaic Law
Jesus and Purity
The importance of purity legislation and the ‘separateness’ that it implied within Second Temple Judaism confirms the significance of the renewed interest in purity issues in ‘historical Jesus’ research. The relevance of John the Baptist's ‘baptism’ is less clear than at first appears. But that Jesus himself shared at least some purity priorities is implied by Mark 1.44 and by his ‘cleansing of the Temple’. Yet he also sat loose to the purity hal…
The Cambridge companion to St. Paul
The apostle Paul has been justifiably described as the first and greatest Christian theologian. His letters were among the earliest documents to be included in the New Testament and, as such, they influenced Christian thinking from its very beginning. This Companion provides an important assessment of the apostle as well as a new appreciation of his continuing contemporary significance. With eighteen chapters written by a team of well-known inter…
Altering the Default Setting
The literary mindset (‘default setting’) of modern Western culture prevents those trained in that culture from recognizing that oral cultures operate differently. The classic solution to the Synoptic problem, and the chief alternatives, have envisaged the relationships between the Gospel traditions in almost exclusively literary terms. But the earliest phase of transmission of the Jesus tradition was without doubt predominantly by word of mouth. …
Das Alte Testament als christliche Bibel in orthodoxer und westlicher Sicht
Der Band gibt die Vorträge der Zweiten europäischen orthodox-westlichen Exegetenkonferenz vom 8.-15. September 2001 im Rilakloster in Bulgarien wieder. Außerdem werden die Diskussionen in den Arbeitsgruppen resümiert und in einem Ausblick Perspektiven des Gesprächs zwischen orthodoxen und »westlichen« Bibelwissenschaftlern formuliert. Nach einem ersten Symposium von orthodoxen, evangelischen und katholischen Neutestamentlern 1998 in Rumänien, das…
The New Perspective on Paul
The collection of essays highlights a dimension of Paul's theology of justification which has been rather neglected in earlier decades: that his teaching emerged as an integral part of his understanding of his commission to preach the gospel to non-Jews; and that his dismissal of justification 'by works of the law' was directed not so much against Jewish 'legalism' but rather against his fellow Jews' assumption that the law remained a dividing wa…
Kenneth Bailey's Theory of Oral Tradition
This article is a response to the critique of Kenneth Bailey's depiction of oral tradition made by Theodore Weeden in the preceding essay. The anecdotal evidence for the thesis certainly leaves the thesis open to criticism, but Weeden's critique suffers from a resolute antipathy to Bailey's thesis; it misrepresents the point Bailey is making on several occasions, and it consistently misunderstands the way oral tradition functions, which Bailey's …
Pistis and the Righteous One
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