New James Dunn Book Coming in Spring 2011

When I walked past the Eerdmans stall at SBL, there was a poster board for a new book from James D.G. Dunn called Jesus, Paul, and the Gospels. By doing a bit of internet research, I discovered that, while the book sells itself as a “primer” for New Testament studies, it appears to be a number of lectures that Dunn has given in the past that have been brought together into a collection. In any case, I am excited for more published work from this great scholar.

Here are some topics that will be covered:

• 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

Amazon has a street-release of March 31, Eerdmans webpage has April 29. So, maybe May or June…