James d&g dunn biography

British New Testament scholar and theologian ()

For the actor, see James Dunn (actor).

James Douglas Grant DunnFBA (21 October &#; 26 June ),^[7] also known as Jimmy Dunn, was a British New Testamentscholar, who was for many years the Lightfoot Professor of Divinity in the Department of Theology at the University of Durham.

He is best known for his work on the New Perspective on Paul, which is also the title of a book he published in

He worked broadly within the Methodist tradition and was a member of the Church of Scotland and the Methodist Church of Great Britain during his life.

Biography

Dunn was born on 21 October ^[8] in Birmingham, England.

He had the following degrees:

Dunn was licensed as a minister of the Church of Scotland in ^[9] He was chaplain to overseas students at Edinburgh University in –^[9]

In , Dunn became a lecturer in divinity at the University of Nottingham,^[9] and was