Neither Jew nor Greek: A Contested Identity (2015 Dunn), book

James D.G. Dunn, Neither Jew nor Greek: A Contested Identity (Christianity in the Making, 3; Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2015).

Abstract

"This book brings James Dunn's magisterial Christianity in the Making trilogy to a close. Neither Jew nor Greek covers the period following the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 C.E. and running through the second century, when the still-new Jesus movement firmed up its distinctive identity markers and the structures on which it would establish its growing appeal in the following decades and centuries. Dunn examines in depth the major factors that shaped first-generation Christianity and beyond, exploring the parting of the ways between Christianity and Judaism, the Hellenization of Christianity, and responses to Gnosticism. He mines all the first- and second-century sources, including the New Testament Gospels and such apostolic fathers as Ignatius, Justin Martyr, and Irenaeus. Comprehensively covering an important, complex era in early Christianity that is often overlooked, Neither Jew nor Greek is a landmark contribution to the field."--Publisher description.

Contents

Part ten: a new beginning. Christianity in the making ; The sources : first century (the New Testament) ; The sources : second century -- Part eleven : Jesus still remembered. From gospel to Gospel ; Retelling the story of Jesus : Mark, Matthew and Luke ; Reshaping the gospel of Jesus : John and Thomas ; The Jesus tradition in the second century -- Part twelve : Jewish Christianity and the parting of the ways. Jewish Christianity ; The parting of the ways -- Part thirteen : the continuing influence of Paul and Peter. Paul ; Peter -- Part fourteen : beyond the first generation. John ; A contested identity.