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Jesus, the New Testament, and Christian Origins: Perspectives, Methods, Meanings (2021, forthcoming)
Dieter Mitternacht and Anders Runesson (eds.) Jesus, the New Testament, and Christian Origins: Perspectives, Methods, Meanings. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2021, forthcoming. Foreword by David E. Aune. 

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In this up-to-date introduction to the New Testament, twenty-two leading biblical scholars guide the reader through the New Testament’s historical background, key ideas, and textual content. Seminarians and anyone else interested in a deep understanding of Christian Scripture will do well to begin with this thorough volume that covers everything from the historical Jesus to the emergence of early Christianity. The contributors stress the importance of Christianity’s emergence within and from Second Temple Judaism. 
Unique to this book is a special focus on interpretative methods, with several illustrative examples included in the final chapter of various types of scriptural exegesis on select New Testament passages. Readers are guided through the hermeneutical considerations of a historical text-oriented reading, a historical-analogical reading, a rhetorical-epistolary reading, argumentation analysis, feminist analysis, postcolonial analysis, and narrative criticism, among others. These practical, hands-on applications enable students to move from an abstract understanding of the New Testament to a ready ability to make meaning from Scripture.



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​Matthew within Judaism (2020)
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Anders Runesson and Daniel M. Gurtner (eds.) Matthew within Judaism: Israel and the Nations in the First Gospel, Atlanta: SBL Press, 2020.

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Divine Wrath and Salvation in Matthew (2016)

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

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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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