Jesus Remembered: Christianity in the Making, vol. 1

"For decades James Dunn has been a leader in serious and balanced study of both Christology
and history-of-Jesus research. I have profited greatly from his many books and articles, and I
am delighted to read this massive distillation of his many years of reflection and publication
on the historical Jesus. I highly recommend Jesus Remembered to all those interested in a thoughtful
and methodologically sophisticated approach to the major questions that plague and
stimulate historical-Jesus research today." -JOHN P. MEIER
University of Notre Dame
"The first volume of James Dunn's study of'Christianity in the making,' Jesus Remembered is
highly readable and reliably informative on the history and tendencies of critical research on
Jesus. The title Jesus Remembered is at the same time a program. The Synoptic Gospels have
been studied for centuries largely through literary and source-critical approaches, but without
any resulting clear picture of the Jesus tradition. Dunn now offers a 'new perspective' on
that tradition. . .. He emphasizes that the Synoptic Evangelists do not falsify the memory of
Jesus but, instead, preserve and present it so that it can lead to an encounter with Jesus even
today. This view is truly worth mentioning, and for this reason Dunn's imposing work deserves
attention beyond an academic readership."
PETER STUHLMACH ER
University of Tübingen
"Modern portraits of the historical Jesus abound. But here James Dunn provides a tour of
ancient sketches — a gallery of impressions that this provocative figure left upon his earliest
followers. It is no hall of mirrors, no academic trickery that flatters us with wishful thinking
or self-projection. The images Dunn reveals are surprising, challenging, and even contradictory,
and they are the more convincing on that account. The adventure itself is thrilling and
the outcome significant.. . . Jesus Remembered is indeed an indispensable contribution to an
ongoing quest to comprehend the significance of Jesus for the history of Christianity and
for modern civilization." - MARK ALLAN POWELL
Trinity Lutheran Seminary
"A magnificent achievement. Jesus Remembered is massively thorough and wide-ranging, innovative
in its stress on orality, at times provocative, yet also immensely readable and clear.
James Dunn's book will undoubtedly shape Jesus study for the next generation and more.
This is a 'must' for all those engaged in study of Jesus at whatever level."
-CHRISTOPHER TU C K ETT
Pembroke College, University of Oxford
"This is not just one more book on Jesus but rather an esteemed scholar's wide-ranging presentation
of conclusions arrived at over a lifetime of informed, critical reflection. It is full of
good sense and much learning. As always, Dunn's work is characterized not only by a genuine
familiarity with Jesus' first-century Jewish world but also by an unsurpassed knowledge of
the vast secondary literature. Especially suggestive is the consistent appeal to continuing oral
tradition, which often appears justified."
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