The Holy Spirit And Christian Origins: Essays In Honor Of James D. G. Dunn

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Review: Anyone who is interested in the rigorous study of early Christianity and who has not engaged with the works of James D. G. Dunn is not really interested in the rigorous study of early Christianity. No one would dispute that Professor Dunn is one of the most prolific New Testament scholars of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. And while a handful of scholars might have a list of publications to rival his own extensive publications list, none of them could claim to have set the agenda of scholarly study to the extent that Jimmy Dunn has done for a sustained period of time since the 1970s.

The Holy Spirit and Christian Origins comprises a selection of original essays that explore a topic that has held a prominent and distinctive place in the majority of Professor Dunn's publications. Written by twenty-seven leading scholars, this singular volume probes deep into the nascent Christian communities and their writings and investigates the early Christians' convictions concerning the Holy Spirit. Ranging widely through Scripture and across early church history, many of these essays introduce groundbreaking research in biblical studies, and some engage directly with Dunn's work in the field.

Presenting some of the best new work in New Testament studies as well as celebrating a respected career, The Holy Spirit and Christian Origins will help to stimulate further discussion and reflection in the theological academy and in the Christian church - two sectors that Jimmy Dunn has consistently and passionately sought to straddle, nurture, and refresh.


CONTRIBUTORS:

Robert Banks
John M. G. Barclay
Richard Bauckham
Peder Borgen
David Catchpole
Gordon D. Fee
Victor Paul Furnish
Beverly Roberts Gaventa
Joel B. Green
Morna D. Hooker
Robert Jewett
Hermann Lichtenberger
Bruce W. Longenecker
Ulrich Luz
I. Howard Marshall
Scot McKnight
R. W. L. Moberly
Robert Morgan
J. Lionel North
Graham N. Stanton
Loren T. Stuckenbruck
Peter Stuhlmacher
Anthony C. Thiselton
Marianne Meye Thompson
Paul Trebilco
Max Turner
Alexander J. M. Wedderburn


TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Contributors

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Editors' Preface

Unity and Diversity in New Testament Talk of the Spirit
Robert Morgan

Spirits and Demons in the Dead Sea Scrolls
Hermann Lichtenberger

John's Baptism: A Prophetic Sign
Morna D. Hooker

Covenant and Spirit: The Origins of the New Covenant Hermeneutic
Scot McKnight

Spiritual Remembering: John 14.26
Peter Stuhlmacher

The Breath of Life: John 20:22-23 Once More
Marianne Meye Thompson

Initiatives Divine and Human in the Lukan Story World
Beverly Roberts Gaventa

Rome's Victory and God's Honour: The Jerusalem Temple and the Spirit of God in Lukan Theodicy
Bruce W. Longenecker

The Spirit and Salvation in Luke-Acts
Max Turner

The Role of Charismatic and Noncharismatic Factors in Determining Paul's Movements in Acts
Robert Banks

Paul as Mystic
Ulrich Luz

Pauline Pneumatology and Pauline Theology
Alexander J. M. Wedderburn

Pneumatikos in the Social Dialect of Pauline Christianity
John M. G. Barclay

Who and Where Is the "Wretched Man" of Romans 7, and Why Is "She" Wretched?
David Catchpole

The Contrite Wrongdoer - Condemned or Set Free by the Spirit? Romans 7:7-8:4
Peder Borgen

The Question of the "Apportioned Spirit" in Paul's Letters: Romans as a Case Study
Robert Jewett

The Holy Spirit in 1 Corinthians: Exegesis and Reception History in the Patristic Era
Anthony C. Thiselton

The Spirit in 2 Thessalonians
Victor Paul Furnish

The Significance and Relevance of the Spirit in the Pastoral Epistles
Paul Trebilco

The Holy Spirit in the Pastoral Epistles and the Apostolic Fathers
I. Howard Marshall

The Spirit of God in Us Loathes Envy: James 4:5
Richard Bauckham

Faithful Witness in the Diaspora: The Holy Spirit and the Exiled People of God according to 1 Peter
Joel B. Green

"Test the Spirits": God, Love, and Critical Discernment in I John 4
R. W. L. Moberly

The Holy Spirit in the Ascension of Isaiah
Loren T. Stuckenbruck

The Spirit in the Writings of Justin Martyr
Graham N. Stanton

The Transformation of Some New Testament Texts in Fourth- and Fifth-Century Disputes about Pneuma
J. Lionel North

Translational Tendenz: English Versions and Pneuma in Paul
Gordon D. Fee

List of Publications by James D. G. Dunn

Index of Names