Jesus and Paul: Global Perspectives in Honour of James D. G. Dunn. A festschrift for his 70th Birthday

James D. G. Dunn has been one of the most influential New Testament scholars of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. His works have altered the very way biblical theologians view Jesus and Paul. This book is written in gratitude of his influence and mentorship. The focus of the work parallels the major research of Dunn's career. It emphasizes the life and teachings of Jesus as remembered by his disciples, the new perspective on Paul, teachings in the Pauline letters, and relevant topics related to ancient Judaism, the Law, Soteriology and Christology in the New Testament. 

In 2005 another festschrift for James D. G. Dunn's 65th birthday was published with essays by Professor Dunn's many colleagues and friends. In this volume, a new generation of scholars, who are being widely recognized in their own contributions and publications, now honour their former teacher and demonstrate to the scholastic community the breadth of his influence.

• Table of contents
• Editors' Preface
• Foreword by Richard B. Hays
• Foreword by N. T. Wright
• Select Bibliography of Publications by James D. G. Dunn
• Part I: Jesus And The Gospels
  • 1. Written Islands in an Oral Stream: Gospel and Oral Tradition - James F. McGrath
  • 2. Debtors, Laborers and Virgins: The Voice of Jesus and the Voice of Matthew in Three Parables - Stephen I. Wright
  • 3. Jesus' Message of the Kingdom of God: Present and Future Tensions Revisited - Jey J. Kanagaraj
  • 4. Sinner According to Words of the Law, Righteous by Works of Love: Boundary Challenges in Relation to the Woman Who Anoints Jesus (Luke 7:36-50) - Ellen Juhl Christiansen
  • 5. Jesus and Magic in Luke-Acts - Graham H. Twelftree
  • 6. Barabbas Remembered - Helen K. Bond
  • 7. Judas and the Jews: Anti-Semitic Interpretation of Judas Iscariot, Past and Present - Arie W. Zwiep
  • 8. Jews or Christians? The Opponents of Jesus in the Fourth Gospel - J. Martin C. Scott
  • 9. New Testament Christology in Recent British Scholarship: A Sketch of Distinctives and Debates - Simon J. Gathercole
  • 10. The Worship of Jesus among Early Christians: The Evidence of Hebrews - Kenneth L. Schenck
• Part II: Paul And His Letters
  • 11. Inheriting the Agitator's Mantle: Paul and the Nature of Apostleship in Luke-Acts - C. K. Robertson
  • 12. Running in Vain, but Not as an Athlete (Galatians 2:2): The Impact of Habakkuk 2:2-4 on Paul's Apostolic Commission - B. J. Oropeza
  • 13. Of "Doing" and "Living": The Intertextual Semantics of Leviticus 18:5 in Galatians and Romans - Douglas C. Mohrmann
  • 14. Israel's Triumphant King: Romans 1:5 and the Scriptures of Israel - Don Garlington
  • 15. Paul and Ethnicity: The Paradigm of Glocalization - Lung-kwong Lo
  • 16. The Cheirograph in Colossians 2:14 and the Ephesian Connection - Allan R. Bevere
  • 17. The Epistle to Philemon: Paul's Strategy for Forging the Ties of Kinship - John Byron
• About the Contributors
• Index