Description: In this compelling study, Dunn provides a critique of the quest for the historical Jesus. Dunn claims that the quest has been misguided from the start in its attempt to separate the historical Jesus from the Christ of faith.
Brief description: James D. G. Dunn (1939-2020; PhD, DD, University of Cambridge) was C. K. Barrett's successor at Durham University for twenty-one years and then served as Emeritus Lightfoot Professor of Divinity. He was a fellow of the British Academy whose numerous books include commentaries on Romans, Galatians, Colossians/Philemon, and 1 Corinthians, as well as The Theology of Paul the Apostle and Jesus Remembered.