Jesus, Paul, and the Gospels

by Dunn, James D. G.

• ISBN13: 9780802866455
• ISBN10: 080286645X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-05-03
• Publisher: Eerdmans Pub Co

Summary

Compact, intelligent primer on the New Testament from a renowned scholar In this coherent and integrated introduction to basic issues in the study of the New Testament, James Dunn has gathered texts from three sets of lectures that he gave in 2009 to Catholic and Jewish audiences in Italy, Spain, and Israel. Each of these lectures aimed to introduce otherwise well-informed people to topics that were new or unfamiliar to them making this book ideal for readers and students of various theological backgrounds both within and beyond the Christian community. Some of the topics illuminated by Dunn in this volume: * Where, why, and how the Gospels were written and what we should expect from them * The reliability and historicity of the Gospels * The continuing significance of the Apostle Paul and his teaching * Points of continuity and discontinuity between the teaching of Jesus and of Paul and how to bridge the two

Author Biography

James D. G. Dunn is Lightfoot Professor Emeritus of Divinity at the University of Durham in England. His many other books include Jesus Remembered and Beginning from Jerusalem (volumes 1 and 2 of Christianity in the Making) and commentaries on Romans, Galatians, and Colossians and Philemon.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Personal Introduction	p. xii
List of Abbreviations	p. xviii
What Are The Gospels?
Fact or Fiction? How Reliable Are the Gospels?	p. 3
Between Jesus and the Gospels	p. 22
The Birth of a New Genre: Mark and the Synoptic Gospels	p. 45
A Very Different Version! John as a Source for the Historical Jesus	p. 70
From Jesus to Paul
From Jesus' Proclamation to Paul's Gospel	p. 95
The Bimillennial Paul
Who Did Paul Think He Was?	p. 119
Apostle or Apostate?	p. 133
The Gospel - for All Who Believe	p. 148
The Church - Paul's Trinitarian Ecclesiology	p. 165
Bibliography	p. 181
Index of Bible and Other Ancient Writings	p. 185
Index of Authors	p. 197
Index of Subjects	p. 200
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