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The Parting of the Ways is James Dunn's classic exploration of the
important questions that surround the emergence of Christian
distinctiveness and the pulling apart of Christianity and Judaism
in the first century of our era. The book begins by surveying the
way in which questions have been approached since the time of F C
Baur in the nineteenth century. The author then presents the four
pillars of Judaism: monotheism, election and land, Torah and
Temple. He then examines various issues which arose with the
emergence of Jesus: Jesus and the temple; the Stephen affair;
temple and cult in earliest Christianity; Jesus, Israel and the
law; 'the end of the law'; and Jesus' teaching on God. The theme of
'one God, one Lord', and the controversy between Jews and
Christians over the unity of God, lead to a concluding chapter on
the parting of the ways. The issues are presented with clarity and
the views and findings of others are drawn together and added to
his own, to make up this comprehensive volume. James Dunn was
Lightfoot Professor of Divinity at the University of Durham until
his recent retirement. He is the author of numerous best-selling
books and acknowledged as one of the world's leading experts on New
Testament study.
Concise: Each book gets straight to the heart of its subject
James Dunn introduces readers to the key passages that must be
examined when trying to understand what the New Testament says
about worshipping Jesus. Dunn, an internationally respected
scholar, examines the key texts that have led Christians to believe
that Jesus is God and worship him as part of the Trinity. But what
did the New Testament writers say about worshipping Jesus? Did they
portray him as God, someone whom we should worship? Or did they see
him as a great prophet like Moses or Elijah? Here, James Dunn
introduces readers to the key New Testament passages that must be
examined when trying to understand this important topic. He argues
that we find a clear sense that Jesus enables worship, that Jesus
is in a profound way the place and means of worship. Equally, for
the first Christians Jesus was seen to be not only the one by whom
believers come to God, but also the one by whom God has come to
believers.
Through a discussion of Biblical texts, this book presents four
perspectives on the role of works at the final judgment. The final
judgment is the last and final act before God dwells with his
people forever. Scripture makes that clear, but what function do
our actions play in the final assessment of our souls--especially
those of professing Christians? The contributors each state their
case for one of four prominent views on the effect of works at the
end of time: Robert N. Wilkin: Works will determine rewards but not
salvation Thomas R. Schreiner: Works will provide evidence that one
actually has been saved James D. G. Dunn: Works will provide the
criterion by which Christ will determine eternal destiny of his
people Michael P. Barber: Works will merit eternal life This book
allows each contributor to not only present the case for his view,
but also to critique and respond to the critiques of the other
contributors, allowing you to compare their beliefs in an open
forum setting to see where they overlap and where they differ. The
Counterpoints series presents a comparison and critique of
scholarly views on topics important to Christians that are both
fair-minded and respectful of the biblical text. Each volume is a
one-stop reference that allows readers to evaluate the different
positions on a specific issue and form their own, educated opinion.
Concise: Each book gets straight to the heart of its subject
- Author distills a life-time of biblical research into an
easy-to-understand survey of Jesus' life, his mission, and his
self-understanding - Both introduction and source of new insights
Renowned New Testament scholar James Dunn investigates what is
known about the historical Jesus and the reasons for his enormous
impact--then and now.
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Romans 1-8, Volume 38A (Hardcover)
James D.G. Dunn; Edited by (general) Bruce M. Metzger, David Allen Hubbard, Glenn W. Barker; Series edited by John D.W. Watts, …
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The Word Biblical Commentary delivers the best in biblical
scholarship, from the leading scholars of our day who share a
commitment to Scripture as divine revelation. This series
emphasizes a thorough analysis of textual, linguistic, structural,
and theological evidence. The result is judicious and balanced
insight into the meanings of the text in the framework of biblical
theology. These widely acclaimed commentaries serve as exceptional
resources for the professional theologian and instructor, the
seminary or university student, the working minister, and everyone
concerned with building theological understanding from a solid base
of biblical scholarship. Overview of Commentary Organization
Introduction-covers issues pertaining to the whole book, including
context, date, authorship, composition, interpretive issues,
purpose, and theology. Each section of the commentary includes:
Pericope Bibliography-a helpful resource containing the most
important works that pertain to each particular pericope.
Translation-the author's own translation of the biblical text,
reflecting the end result of exegesis and attending to Hebrew and
Greek idiomatic usage of words, phrases, and tenses, yet in
reasonably good English. Notes-the author's notes to the
translation that address any textual variants, grammatical forms,
syntactical constructions, basic meanings of words, and problems of
translation. Form/Structure/Setting-a discussion of redaction,
genre, sources, and tradition as they concern the origin of the
pericope, its canonical form, and its relation to the biblical and
extra-biblical contexts in order to illuminate the structure and
character of the pericope. Rhetorical or compositional features
important to understanding the passage are also introduced here.
Comment-verse-by-verse interpretation of the text and dialogue with
other interpreters, engaging with current opinion and scholarly
research. Explanation-brings together all the results of the
discussion in previous sections to expose the meaning and intention
of the text at several levels: (1) within the context of the book
itself; (2) its meaning in the OT or NT; (3) its place in the
entire canon; (4) theological relevance to broader OT or NT issues.
General Bibliography-occurring at the end of each volume, this
extensive bibliographycontains all sources used anywhere in the
commentary.
Unity and Diversity in the New Testament is a thorough
investigation into the canon of the New Testament, and
Christianity's origins. It assumes the reader is familiar with the
basic question of who wrote the books, when, why etc and it moves
on to look in detail at what were the various emphases in the
gospel proclaimed by Jesus, Luke, Paul and John. It also examines
primitive Christianity's preaching and teaching, confessional
formulae, oral traditions, organisation and worship, concepts of
ministry and community, and ritual acts. In the second half of the
book, the author maps out the scope of the diversity he found in
the fist half's investigation. Here he identifies and traces the
major currents within the stream of first and second generation
Christianity which includes a study of Jewish Christianity,
Hellenistic Christianity, Apocalyptic Christianity and Early
Catholicism. The book concludes with a consideration of the
repercussions of such findings, for how Christians understand the
New Testament, and what it means to be Christian, today. This new
edition is further enhanced with the author's consideration of
these same themes, 25 years after he first wrote about them. The
final chapter is the authors "critical refinement" of the ideas and
issues that remain relevant and important for any realistic
theology of canon to be considered today.
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Romans 9-16, Volume 38B (Hardcover)
James D.G. Dunn; Edited by (general) Bruce M. Metzger, David Allen Hubbard, Glenn W. Barker; Series edited by John D.W. Watts, …
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The Word Biblical Commentary delivers the best in biblical
scholarship, from the leading scholars of our day who share a
commitment to Scripture as divine revelation. This series
emphasizes a thorough analysis of textual, linguistic, structural,
and theological evidence. The result is judicious and balanced
insight into the meanings of the text in the framework of biblical
theology. These widely acclaimed commentaries serve as exceptional
resources for the professional theologian and instructor, the
seminary or university student, the working minister, and everyone
concerned with building theological understanding from a solid base
of biblical scholarship. Overview of Commentary Organization
Introduction-covers issues pertaining to the whole book, including
context, date, authorship, composition, interpretive issues,
purpose, and theology. Each section of the commentary includes:
Pericope Bibliography-a helpful resource containing the most
important works that pertain to each particular pericope.
Translation-the author's own translation of the biblical text,
reflecting the end result of exegesis and attending to Hebrew and
Greek idiomatic usage of words, phrases, and tenses, yet in
reasonably good English. Notes-the author's notes to the
translation that address any textual variants, grammatical forms,
syntactical constructions, basic meanings of words, and problems of
translation. Form/Structure/Setting-a discussion of redaction,
genre, sources, and tradition as they concern the origin of the
pericope, its canonical form, and its relation to the biblical and
extra-biblical contexts in order to illuminate the structure and
character of the pericope. Rhetorical or compositional features
important to understanding the passage are also introduced here.
Comment-verse-by-verse interpretation of the text and dialogue with
other interpreters, engaging with current opinion and scholarly
research. Explanation-brings together all the results of the
discussion in previous sections to expose the meaning and intention
of the text at several levels: (1) within the context of the book
itself; (2) its meaning in the OT or NT; (3) its place in the
entire canon; (4) theological relevance to broader OT or NT issues.
General Bibliography-occurring at the end of each volume, this
extensive bibliography contains all sources used anywhere in the
commentary.
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Judges & Ruth (Paperback, New)
Victor Harold Matthews; Edited by Ben Witherington, Bill T Arnold, James D.G. Dunn, Michael V. Fox, …
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Bringing to life the world portrayed in the stories in Judges and Ruth, this commentary offers readers an "insider" perspective on the narratives. After establishing a cultural and literary context, Victor Matthews analyzes each episode separately and as a whole.
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 international Pauline specialists, the collection will have wide appeal and be an invaluable point of departure for subsequent studies.
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 international Pauline specialists, the collection will have wide appeal and be an invaluable point of departure for subsequent studies.
Paul's Letter to the Galatians is one of the fiercest and most
polemical writings in the Bible. That is what makes it, for the
author of this study, such an exciting document to deal with. It
emerges from the early days of a vigorous new movement
(Christianity), when basic principles were first being formulated,
and when the whole character of the movement was at stake. In the
pages of Galatians we witness fundamental features of Christian
theology taking shape before our eyes, where the living heart of
Paul's gospel is encountered. For James D. G. Dunn there is an
elemental quality about the letter, to which those tired of
compromising half-truths are drawn when they feel the impulse to
return to first principles. This book, which benefits from this
perspective on Paul, explains more clearly than hitherto both the
issues which confronted Paul and the powerful theological arguments
he brought to bear in response, and casts light on a document still
capable of shaping lives and theology today.
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 of
discipleship can be defined is found. Important questions addressed
are: to whom was Jesus's call to discipleship primarily directed;
what were the characteristics of the community of disciples that
formed around Jesus in His lifetime and how has the character of
that community, which has become the Christian Church, changed over
time; how does modern discipleship measure up against discipleship
in the early Church? The book is based on the best of current
scholarship but is written at a popular level.
In Baptism in the Holy Spirit James Dunn argues that water baptism
is only one element in the New Testament pattern of conversion and
initiation. The gift of the Spirit, he believes, is the central
element. For the writers of the New Testament only those who had
received the Holy Spirit could be called Christians. For them the
reception of the Spirit was a very definite and often very dramatic
experience - the decisive and climactic experience in conversion -
initiation - to which Christians were usually recalled when
reminded of their Christian faith and experience. In this book
James Dunn uncovers the place of the gift of the Holy Spirit in the
total complex event of becoming a Christian. His conclusions will
help readers to deepen their understanding of the sacrament of
baptism. Since its original publication in 1970 Baptism in the Holy
Spirit has become a classic of New Testament scholarship. This new
edition, published on the fortieth anniversary of its original
publication, includes a new extended Preface in which James Dunn
engages with the debates about Baptism in the Holy Spirit since it
was first published. James D. G. Dunn was Lightfoot Professor of
Divinity in the University of Durham. He is the author of numerous
best-selling books and acknowledged as one of the world's leading
experts on New Testament study.
This collection of essays highlights a dimension of Paul's theology
of justification that has been neglected ? 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 wall separating
Christian Jews from Christian Gentiles.
James Dunn seeks to carry forward the debate on Jewish
soteriology, on the relation of justification by faith to judgment
"according to works," on Christian fulfillment of the law, and on
the crucial role of Christ, his death and resurrection. Full of
detail and intriguing thought, Dunn's collection will enlighten any
scholar of the New Testament.
The New Testament documents cover an intense period of innovation
and development in what we now call "Christology." Before Jesus,
"Christology" either did not exist, or existed, properly speaking,
only in different forms of "messianic expectation." At the end of
that period, however, an advanced and far-reaching Christology is
already in place that does not hesitate to speak of Jesus as "God."
This excellent study of the origins and early development of
Christology by James D. G. Dunn clarifies in rich detail the
beginnings of the full Christian belief in Christ as the Son of God
and incarnate Word. By employing the exegetical methods of
"historical context of meaning" and "conceptuality in transition,"
Dunn illumines the first-century meaning of key titles and passages
within the New Testament that bear directly on the develop-ment of
the Christian understanding of Jesus. Chosen by Christianity Today
as one of the year's "Significant Books" when it first appeared in
1980, this second edition of Christology in the Making contains a
new extended foreword that responds to critics of the first edition
and updates Dunn's own thinking on the beginnings of Christology
since his original work.
Richard Bauckham expounds the theology of the Book of Revelation: its understanding of God, Christ and the Spirit, the role of the Church in the world, and the hope of the coming of God's universal kingdom. Close attention is paid both to the literary form in which the theology is expressed and to the original context to which the book was addressed. Contrary to many misunderstandings of Revelation, it is shown to be one of the masterpieces of early Christian literature, with much to say to the Church today. This study offers a unique account of the theology and message of Revelation.
To answer the title question effectively requires more than the
citing of a few texts; we must first acknowledge that the way to
the answer is more difficult than it appears and recognize that the
answer may be less straightforward than many would like. The author
raises some fascinating yet vexing questions: What is worship? Is
the fact that worship is offered to God (or a god) what defines him
(or her) as "G/god?" What does the act of worship actually involve?
The conviction that God exalted Jesus to his right hand obviously
is central to Christian recognition of the divine status of Jesus.
But what did that mean for the first Christians as they sought to
reconcile God's status and that of the human Jesus? Perhaps the
worship of Jesus was not an "alternative "to worship of God but
another "way "of worshiping God. The questions are challenging but
readers are ably guided by James Dunn, one of the world's top New
Testament scholars.
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