The Parting of the Ways Between Christianity and Judaism and their Significance for the Character of Christianity by Dunn, James D.G. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Contents Preface to the Second Edition

Who or what parted? When did they part? Once more, the four pillars of Judaism The Way(s) ahead

Preface to the First Edition Abbreviations 1 Introduction: from Baur to Sanders

1.1 Baur and Lightfoot 1.2 The Jesus of History and the Christ of Faith 1.3 The end of a parenthesis 1.4 The re-emergence of the issue of Jesus' Jewishness and Christianity's Jewish matrix 1.5 The need for a fresh study

2 The Four Pillars of second Temple Judaism

2.1 Monotheism: God is one 2.2 Election - a covenant people, a promised land 2.3 Covenant focussed in Torah 2.4 Land focussed in Temple 2.5 Conclusion

3 Jesus and the Temple

3.1 Jesus' positive attitude to the Temple 3.2 The issue of purity 3.3 The issue of forgiveness 3.4 The 'cleansing of the Temple' 3.5 Jesus' word about the Temple 3.6 Who or what killed Jesus? 3.7 Did Jesus see his death as a sacrifice, to end all sacrifices? 3.8 Conclusions

4 A Temple 'made with hands'

4.1 The first Christians' attitude to the Temple 4.2 What about the Hellenists? 4.3 A community divided over the Temple 4.4 Stephen's defence 4.5 The significance of the Stephen affair 4.6 The sequel 4.7 Conclusions

5 A Temple 'made without hands'

5.1 Categories transposed - (1) Paul and the Temple 5.2 Categories transposed - (2) Paul and sacrifice 5.3 Categories transposed - (3) Paul and priesthood 5.4 Categories transposed - (4) Paul and purity 5.5 Categories transposed - (5) Jerusalem 5.6 The Epistle to the Hebrews 5.7 I Peter and the Revelation of John 5.8 John's Gospel 5.9 Conclusions

6 Jesus, Covenant and Torah

6.1 Did Jesus set himself against the law? 6.2 'Friend of sinners' 6.3 Jesus and the halakah of Pharisees and Qumran - the issue of table-fellowship 6.4 Jesus and Gentiles

7 Paul and 'covenantal nomism'

7.1 The first Christians and the law 7.2 From persecutor to apostle 7.3 The issue of circumcision 7.4 The council at Jerusalem 7.5 The issue of food laws - the incident at Antioch 7.6 Paul's mature view of the law

8 The Israel of God

8.1 The issue of 'anti-Judaism' in the New Testament writings 8.2 Who is a Jew? 8.3 Paul and Israel 8.4 The testimony of Acts - a people rejected? 8.5 The evidence of Matthew - church and synagogue in dispute 8.6 The polemic of John - 'sons of the devil'? 8.7 Conclusions

9 Jesus and the One God

9.1 Jesus the devout worshipper 9.2 Jesus as Messiah 9.3 Jesus as God's son 9.4 Jesus as son of man/Son of Man 9.5 Jesus' authority 9.6 Jesus in the Fourth Gospel 9.7 The eschatological plus 9.8 Conclusion

10 One God, One Lord

10.1 The significance of the resurrection for Jesus 10.2 Exaltation to divine functions 10.3 Jesus as Lord 10.4 Jesus as last Adam 10.5 Jesus as divine Wisdom 10.6 Jesus and the Spirit 10.7 Jesus as God

11 Is Christianity Monotheist? The first great christological debate

11.1 The Epistle to the Hebrews 11.2 James and I Peter 11.3 The Gospel of Matthew 11.4 The Revelation of John 11.5 The Fourth Gospel - christology and crisis 11.6 The Fourth Gospel - the divine revealer 11.7 A step too far?

12 The Parting of the Ways

(1) God is one

12.4 (2) The people of God 12.5 (3) The law of God (scripture and tradition) 12.6 (4) Priesthood and ministry 12.7 A concluding reflection

Appendix: Two Covenants or One?

1. Introduction 2. The Myth of Christian Beginnings? 3. What's in a Name? 4. 'The Apostle of the Heretics' 5. Conclusion

Bibliography Index of Biblical and Ancient Writings Index of Modern Authors Index of Subjects