Books

Divine Wrath and Salvation in Matthew (2016)

Anders Runesson. Divine Wrath and Salvation in Matthew. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2016.

2017 winner of the Frank W. Beare Award for an “outstanding book in the areas of Christian Origins, Post-Biblical Judaism and/or Graeco-Roman Religions.”

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Purity, Holiness, and Identity in Judaism and Christianity (2013)

Carl Ehrlich, Anders Runesson and Eileen Schuller (eds.). Purity and Holiness in Judaism and Christianity: Essays in Memory of Susan Haber. WUNT 305. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2013.

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Mark and Matthew: Comparative Readings II (2013)

Eve-Marie Becker and Anders Runesson, eds., Mark and Matthew. Comparative Readings II: Hermeneutics, Reception History, Theology. WUNT 304. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2013.

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Mark and Matthew: Comparative Readings I (2011)

Eve-Marie Becker and Anders Runesson, eds. Mark and Matthew. Comparative Readings I: Understanding the Earliest Gospels in their First Century Settings. WUNT 271. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2011.

"This collection of essays employs a sustained
multi-perspectival comparative approach to Mark and Matthew,
the earliest Gospel writings, which contributes to the
Synoptic Problem discourse and sheds light on the individual
Gospels in their first century setting(s)."

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O att du slet itu himlen och steg ner! (2011)

Runesson, Anders. O att du slet itu himlen och steg ner! Om Jesus, Jonas Gardell och Guds andedräkt. (O That You Would Tear Open the Heavens and Come Down! On the Historical Jesus, Jonas Gardell, and the Breath of God.) Örebro and Skellefteå: Libris and Artos, 2011.
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The Ancient Synagogue: A Source Book (Paperback, 2010)

Runesson, Anders, Donald D. Binder, and Birger Olsson. The Ancient Synagogue: From its Origins to 200 c.e. A Source Book. Leiden: Brill, 2010. (328 pages + map). ISBN 978 90 04 18890 7.

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The Ancient Synagogue: A Source Book (2008)

Runesson, Anders, Donald D. Binder, and Birger Olsson. The Ancient Synagogue: From its Origins to 200 c.e. A Source Book. Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity Series 72. Leiden: Brill, 2008. (328 pages + foldout map). ISBN 9789004161160.

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Jesus och de första kristna (Jesus and the First Chrisitans) (2006)

Mitternacht Dieter and Anders Runesson (eds.). Jesus och de första kristna: Inledning till Nya testamentet. (Jesus and the First Christians: An Introduction to the Study of the New Testament). Stockholm: Verbum, 2006. (527 pages). ISBN 97891-526-4721-9.
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Varför ser ni mot himlen? (Why Do You Look Towards Heaven?) (2005)

Runesson, Anders and Torbjörn Sjöholm (eds.). Varför ser ni mot himlen? Utmaningar från den kontextuella teologin. [Why Do you Look Towards Heaven? Challenges from Contextual Theology]. Stockholm: Verbum, 2005. (204 pages).

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The Origins of the Synagogue (2001)

Runesson, Anders. The Origins of the Synagogue: A Socio-Historical Study. ConBNT 37. Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell International, 2001. (573 pages). ISBN 91-22-01946-4.

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Current Book Projects Under Contract

Commentary on the Gospel Matthew. With Oxford University Press; will appear in their new commentary series. Approach is Ricœurean, with three foci: The world of the text, the world behind the text, and the world in front of the text.
The Synagogue in the Time of Jesus. With Baker Academic. A study on the importance of the ancient synagogue for the understanding of the New Testament and the earliest history of the Jesus movement. The book develops the argument from a 2014 article (“The Historical Jesus, the Gospels, and First-Century Jewish Society: The Importance of the Synagogue for Understanding the New Testament.”).
Reading Matthew After Supersessionism: Restoring the Mosaic Covenant. With Cascade Publishers. Part of a new series entitled The New Testament After Supersessionism (NTAS), edited by Justin Hardin, David Rudolph, J. Bryan Tucker, and Joel Willitts.
Matthew Within Judaism: Israel and the Nations in the First Gospel. With SBL/Early Christian Literature Series. Co-editor, with Daniel Gurtner. Scheduled for publication 2019.
The New Testament and Christian Origins: An Introduction. With Eerdmans. This is a translated, updated and expanded edition of a textbook first published in 2006 (in Swedish). Co-editor with Dieter Mitternacht. Scheduled for 2020.

Other Current Book Projects

Architecturalizing Jesus: Space, Art, and Identity in the Material Lives of Early Christ Groups.nCo-authored with Wally V. Cirafesi. Deals with the reception of Jesus in architecture until 300 CE. The monograph builds on our co-authored article “Art and Architecture at Capernaum, Kefar ‘Othnay, and Dura Europos,” Scheduled to appear in 2019.
From Jesus to Paul to Matthew: Introducing Institution Criticism. Monograph manuscript, partial. The book lays out the details of a new approach I have called institution criticism, aimed at understanding the effect of institutional structures on the formation of theology.
Judaism for Gentiles: Paul Beyond the Parting of the Ways Paradigm. A collection of revised and updated essays on Paul, some of which are previously unpublished. There will also be a summarising discussion bringing the various conclusions of the essays into sharper focus in an overall reconstruction of Paul. This project is with Mohr Siebeck.