Questions of Method in James Dunn's Jesus Remembered

Bengt Holmberg

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Questions of Method in James Dunn's Jesus Remembered

Bengt Holmberg

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Parts of Dunn's methodology in "Jesus Remembered" (2003) are scrutinised: the meaning of "memory" and whether this is the ultimately attainable object of historiography. I contend that historical research should not content itself with investigating how memories are "fictionalized", i.e. retained in narrative form, but press on to verified judgments on historical facts. "Grand (or: master) narratives", i.e. large-scale, holistic frameworks for the interpretation of data are - critically used - more important for historical work than Dunn wants to admit.

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Originalspråk	engelska
Sidor (från-till)	445-457
Tidskrift	Journal for the Study of the New Testament
Volym	26
Nummer	4
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1177/0142064X0402600404
Status	Published - 2004

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