James Dunn (theologian)

James D. G. "Jimmy" Dunn FBA (born 21 October 1939)[1] is a British New

James Douglas Grant
Testament scholar who was for many years the Lightfoot Professor of Divinityin the
Dunn
Department of Theology at the University of Durham, now Emeritus Lightfoot
Professor. He has worked broadly within theProtestant tradition.
Born 21 October 1939
Birmingham, England
Nationality British
Occupation New Testament
Contents scholar

Biography Known for New Perspective on

Works Paul
Books Title Emeritus Lightfoot
References Professor of Divinity in
External links the Department of
Theology at the
University of Durham

Biography Academic background

Dunn has an MA and BD from the University of Glasgow and a PhD and DD from Education University of Glasgow,
the University of Cambridge. For 2002, Dunn was the President of the Studiorum University of
Novi Testamenti Societas, an international body for New Testament study. Only Cambridge
three other British scholars had been made President of the body in the preceding 25 Thesis (1968)
years. In 2006 he became a Fellow of theBritish Academy.
Academic work
In 2005 a festschrift was published dedicated to Dunn, comprising articles by 27 Discipline Biblical studies
New Testament scholars, examining early Christian communities and their beliefs Sub- NT studies
about the Holy Spirit in Christianity.[2] In 2009 another festschrift was dedicated to discipline
Dunn for his 70th birthday, comprising 17 articles all written by his former post-
Institutions University of Durham
graduate students who went on to have successful careers in either academic and
ministerial fields around the world.[3]. Notable The New Perspective
works On Paul (2007)
Dunn is especially associated with the New Perspective on Paul, along with N. T.
(Tom) Wright and E. P. Sanders.[4]

Dunn has taken up Sanders' project of redefining Palestinian Judaism in order to correct the Christian view of Judaism as a religion of
works-righteousness. One of the most important differences to Sanders is that Dunn perceives a fundamental coherence and
consistency to Paul's thought. He furthermore criticizes Sanders' understanding of the term "justification", arguing that Sanders'
understanding suffers from an "individualizing exegesis".

He is a minister of theChurch of Scotland and a Methodist local preacher.

Works
Dunn has written or edited numerous books and papers, including:

Books
 Dunn, James D. G. (1970).Baptism in the Holy Spirit. Studies in Biblical TheologySecond Series. 15. London: SCM
Press.
——— (1975). Jesus and the Spirit. London: SCM Press.
——— (1985). The Evidence for Jesus. Philadelphia, PA: Westminster Press. ISBN 978-0-664-24698-3.
——— (1980). Christology in the making: a New Testament inquiry into the origins of the doctrine of the incarnation .
Philadelphia, PA: Westminster Press. ISBN 0-664-24356-8.
———, ed. (1986). The Kingdom of God and North East England. London: SCM Press.ISBN 0334008379.
——— (1988). Romans 1-8, 9-16. Waco, TX: Word Books. ISBN 0-8499-0252-5.
——— (1990). Jesus, Paul, and the law: studies in Mark and Galatians . Louisville, KY: Westminster, John Knox
Press. ISBN 0-664-25095-5.
——— (1990). Unity and diversity in the New Testament: an inquiry into the character of earliest Christianity.
London: SCM Press. ISBN 0-334-02436-6.
——— (1991). The Partings of the Ways between Christianity and Judaism and their Significance for the Character
of Christianity. London: SCM Press.ISBN 0-334-02508-7.
——— (1993). The Epistle to Galatians. Peabody, Mass: Hendrickson Publishers.ISBN 1-56563-036-X.
———; Suggate, Alan M. (1994).The justice of God: a fresh look at the old doctrine of justification by faith
. Grand
Rapids, MI: Eerdmans.ISBN 0-8028-0797-6.
——— (1996). The Epistles to the Colossians and to Philemon: a commentary on the Greek text . Grand Rapids, MI:
Eerdmans. ISBN 0-8028-2441-2.
——— (1998). The Theology of Paul the Apostle. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans.ISBN 0-8028-3844-8.
———, ed. (2003). The Cambridge companion to St. Paul. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.ISBN 0-
521-78694-0.
———; Rogerson, John W., eds. (2003). Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans.
ISBN 0-8028-3711-5.
——— (2003). Christianity in the Making: Vol. 1, Jesus Remembered. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans.ISBN 0-8028-
3931-2.
——— (2005). A New Perspective On Jesus: What The Quest For The Historical Jesus Missed . Acadia Studies in
Bible and Theology. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic. ISBN 0-8010-2710-1.
——— (2007). The New Perspective On Paul. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans.ISBN 0-8028-4562-2.
——— (2008). Christianity in the Making: Vol. 2, Beginning from Jerusalem. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans.ISBN 0-
8028-3932-0.
——— (2009). The Living Word (second edition). Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press.ISBN 978-0-8006-6355-1.
——— (2010). Did the first Christians worship Jesus?. London - Louisville, KY: Society for promoting Christian
knowledge. ISBN 978-0-281-05928-7.
——— (2011). Jesus, Paul, and the Gospels. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans.ISBN 978-0-8028-6645-5.
——— (2013). The Oral Gospel Tradition. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans.ISBN 978-0-8028-6782-7.
——— (2015). Christianity in the Making: Vol. 3, Neither Jew nor Greek: A Contested Identity. Grand Rapids, MI:
Eerdmans. ISBN 978-0-8028-3933-6.

References
1. DUNN, Prof. James Douglas Grant(http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U151527), Who's
Who 2014, A & C Black, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014
2. Graham N. Stanton, Bruce W. Longenecker & Stephen Barton (editors) (2004).The Holy Spirit and Christian origins:
essays in honor of James D. G. Dunn. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.ISBN 0-8028-2822-1.
3. B. J. Oropeza, C. K. Robertson & Douglas C. Mohrmann (editors).Jesus and Paul: Global Perspectives in Honor of
James D. G. Dunn. A Festschrift for his 70th Birthday
. London: T. & T. Clark, 2009 ISBN 978-0-567-62953-1
4. Richard N. Longenecker, Introducing Romans: Critical Issues in Paul's Most Famous Letter(https://books.google.co
m/books?id=5Qs54KfN5dIC&pg=PA327), p. 327, at Google Books. Eerdmans, 2011. ISBN 978-0802866196

External links
Professional page, Durham University
The New Perspective on Paul
James D.G. Dunn in-depth interviewon "Beyond Evangelical"
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