Anders Runesson

• Runesson, Anders (2025). Synagogues at the Intersection of Text and Archaeology: The Genesis and Framework of Second Temple Judaism. I Gurtner, Daniel M. & Stuckenbruck, Loren T. (Red.), Second Temple Judaism in Scholarly Perspective: Advancing Recent Developments. Bloomsbury T&T Clark. ISSN 9780567707291. s. 27–48. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Runesson, Anders (2024). The Gentile Other: A Theo-Ethnic Teaching Tool for Israel About to be Transformed. I Hauge, Matthew Ryan & Anderson, Craig Evan (Red.), Character Studies in the Gospel of Matthew. Bloomsbury T&T Clark. ISSN 9780567699510. s. 175–190. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Runesson, Anders (2024). Synagogues. I Crossley, James G. & Keith, Chris (Red.), The Next Quest for the Historical Jesus.. William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. ISSN 9781467465786. s. 269–283. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Runesson, Anders (2023). What Does It Mean to Read New Testament Texts 'within Judaism'? New Testament Studies. ISSN 0028-6885. 69(3), s. 299–312. doi: 10.1017/S0028688522000431. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Abstract For centuries, Christians have understood some of the texts included in the New Testament as ‘Jewish,’ in the sense of them being written by (converted) Jews for other Jews. From a historical perspective, a new development in the academy suggests that such approaches do not do justice to the nature of these texts. Indeed, even more recent attempts at understanding the New Testament against the background of Judaism are also found wanting. Instead, placing these texts within the broader context of the diverse ways of embodying Jewish ancestral customs in the pre-rabbinic Second Temple period, this interpretive trajectory, involving scholars from a wide array of backgrounds, insists that Paul, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Revelation etc., should be understood as expressions of Judaism. This article highlights key issues involved in such re-readings of New Testament texts, including ways in which they may or may not relate to normative-theological positions among Christians and Jews today. First, the study looks at how the question is asked in our contemporary setting. Then, moving down historical layers, issues related to history and categorisation are addressed before we, finally, return to the present to consider possible implications of our findings.

• Runesson, Anders (2023). John among the Synoptics? Understanding the Institutional World of the Fourth Gospel in Light of Other Early Gospels. I Kobel, Ester; Brant, Jo-Ann A. & Warren, Meredith J.C. (Red.), The Ties that Bind: Negotiating Relationships in Early Jewish and Christian Texts, Contexts, and Reception History. Essays in Honor of Adele Reinhartz.. Bloomsbury T&T Clark. ISSN 9780567702616. s. 44–52. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Runesson, Anders (2023). What Does ‘Within Judaism’ Mean? Some Thoughts on Method, History, and Theology. I Zetterholm, Karin Hedner & Runesson, Anders (Red.), Within Judaism? Interpretive Trajectories in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam from the First to the Twenty-First Century. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. ISSN 9781978715066. s. 22–34. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Runesson, Anders (2022). Jesus against the Forces of Death Reading Matthew Thiessen's Reading of the Gospels' Reading of Jesus' War against Ritual Impurity. Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus. ISSN 1476-8690. 20(1), s. 33–49. doi: 10.1163/17455197-bja10004. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Runesson, Anders (2022). Beyond the Parting of Ways: Institutional Contexts as Matrices for the Formation of Judaism and Christianity. I Runesson, Anders; Zetterholm, Karin Hedner; Wassén, Cecilia & Zetterholm, magnus (Red.), Negotiating Identities: Conflict, Conversion, and Consolidation in Early Judaism and Christianity (200 BCE–600 CE). Lexington Books. ISSN 9781978714731. s. 351–379. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Runesson, Anders (2022). Who Needs the Pharisees? New Testament and Beyond. Ancient Jew Review (AJR). Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Runesson, Anders (2022). Who Killed Jesus and Why? The Jewish Nature of Matthew’s Anti-Imperial Polemics. I Sim, David; Schröter, Jens & Verheyden, Joseph (Red.), The Composition, Theology, and Early Reception of Matthew's Gospel. Mohr Siebeck. ISSN 9783161610486. s. 179–193. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Runesson, Anders Paul Lennart (2021). Paths to the Past: On Sources and Methods. I Runesson, Anders Paul Lennart & Mitternacht, Dieter (Red.), Jesus, the New Testament and Christian Origins: Perspectives, Methods, Meanings. William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. ISSN 9780802868923. s. 39–49. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Runesson, Anders Paul Lennart (2021). Men, Women, and Power in Ancient Society and the Early Jesus Movement. I Runesson, Anders Paul Lennart & Mitternacht, Dieter (Red.), Jesus, the New Testament and Christian Origins: Perspectives, Methods, Meanings. William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. ISSN 9780802868923. s. 147–163. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Runesson, Anders Paul Lennart (2021). Paths to the past: On Scources and Methods. I Runesson, Anders Paul Lennart & Mitternacht, Dieter (Red.), Jesus, the New Testament and Christian Origins: Perspectives, Methods, Meanings. William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. ISSN 9780802868923. s. 31–49. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Runesson, Anders Paul Lennart (2021). The Synagogue. I Runesson, Anders Paul Lennart & Mitternacht, Dieter (Red.), Jesus, the New Testament and Christian Origins: Perspectives, Methods, Meanings. William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. ISSN 9780802868923. s. 73–76. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Runesson, Anders Paul Lennart (2021). Jewish Christ-Followers and the Emergence of Christianity and Judaism. I Runesson, Anders Paul Lennart & Mitternacht, Dieter (Red.), Jesus, the New Testament and Christian Origins: Perspectives, Methods, Meanings. William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. ISSN 9780802868923. s. 365–399. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Runesson, Anders Paul Lennart (2021). Beginnings. I Runesson, Anders Paul Lennart & Mitternacht, Dieter (Red.), Jesus, the New Testament and Christian Origins: Perspectives, Methods, Meanings. William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. ISSN 9780802868923. s. 1–12. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Runesson, Anders (2021). “Beyond Universalism and Particularism: Rethinking Paul and Matthew on Gentile Inclusion". I Charles, Ronald (Red.), Paul and Matthew Among Jews and Gentiles Essays in Honour of Terence L. Donaldson. Bloomsbury T&T Clark. ISSN 9780567694119. s. 99–11. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Runesson, Anders (2021). Institutions as Text: The Dissemination of Religious Knowledge in Ancient Synagogues. I Voitila, Anssi; Lahti, Niilo; Sundkvist, Mikael & Valve, Lotta (Red.), From Text to Persuasion : Festschrift in Honour of Professor Lauri Thurén on the Occasion of his 60th Birthday. Finnish Exegetical Society. ISSN 9789519217789. s. 44–64. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Runesson, Anders (2021). What Never Belonged Together Cannot Part: Rethinking the So-Called Parting of the Ways between Judaism and Christianity. Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der älteren Kirche. ISSN 0171-6441. 253, s. 33–56. doi: 10.1515/9783110742213-003. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Runesson, Anders (2021). “Paul and the Joining of the Ways: Ordering the Eschaton, Preparing for Judgment”. I Abel, Frantisek (Red.), Israel and the Nations: Paul's Gospel in the Context of Jewish Expectation. Lexington Books. ISSN 9781978710801. s. 25–48. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Runesson, Anders Paul Lennart & Gurtner, Daniel M. (2020). The Location of the Matthew-within-Judaism Perspective in Past and Present Research. I Runesson, Anders Paul Lennart & Gurtner, Daniel M. (Red.), Matthew within Judaism: Israel and the Nations in the First Gospel. Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) Press. ISSN 9780884144434. s. 1–25. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Runesson, Anders Paul Lennart & Cirafesi, Wally (2020). Reassessing the Impact of 70 CE on the Origins and Development of Palestinian Synagogues. I Bonnie, Rick (Red.), The Synagogue in Ancient Palestine: Current Issues and Emerging Trends. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. ISSN 9783525522141. s. 37–57. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Runesson, Anders Paul Lennart (2020). Aspects of Matthean Universalism:::: Ethnic Identity as a Theological Tool in the First Gospel. I Runesson, Anders Paul Lennart & Gurtner, Daniel M. (Red.), Matthew within Judaism: Israel and the Nations in the First Gospel. Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) Press. ISSN 9780884144434. s. 103–133. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Runesson, Anders Paul Lennart & Cirafesi, Wally (2019). Art and Architecture at Capernaum, Kefar 'Othnay, and Dura Europos. I Keith, Chris; Bond, Helen K.; Jacobi, Christine & Schröter, Jens (Red.), The Reception of Jesus in the First Three Centuries. Volume Three: From Celsus to the Catacombs: Visual, Liturgical, and Non-Christian Receptions of Jesus in the Second and Third Centuries CE.. Bloomsbury T&T Clark. ISSN 9780567000194. s. 151–220. doi: 10.5040/9780567693464.ch-068. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Runesson, Anders Paul Lennart (2019). Space, Ritual, and Politics in (the Reconstruction of) the Ancient Synagogue: An Exploration of the Historical Archive. I Bergmann, Claudia & Kranemann, Benedikt (Red.), Ritual Dynamics in Jewish and Christian Contexts. De Gruyter Brill. ISSN 9789004405950. s. 190–212. doi: 10.1163/9789004405950_011. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Runesson, Anders Paul Lennart (2017). Synagogues without rabbis or Christians? Ancient institutions beyond normative discourses. Journal of Beliefs and Values. ISSN 1361-7672. 38(2), s. 159–172. doi: 10.1080/13617672.2017.1315708. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Runesson, Anders Paul Lennart (2017). City of God or Home of Traitors and Killers? Jerusalem According to Matthew. I Gill, David W. J.; Trebilco, Paul & Walton, Steve (Red.), The Urban World and the First Christians. William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. ISSN 9780802874511. s. 219–235. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Runesson, Anders Paul Lennart (2017). Jewish and Christian Interaction From the First to the Fifth Centuries. I Esler, Philip F. (Red.), The Early Christian World. Routledge. ISSN 9781138200074. s. 244–264. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Runesson, Anders Paul Lennart (2016). Entering a Synagogue with Paul: First Century Torah Observance. I Wendel, Susan J. & Miller, David M. (Red.), Torah Ethics and Early Christian Identity. William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. ISSN 9780802873194. s. 11–26. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Runesson, Anders Paul Lennart (2015). “The Rise of Normative Judaism and Christianity: The Role of Politics in the Formation of ‘Religion’ in Late Antiquity.”. Patristica Nordica Annuaria. ISSN 2001-2365. 30, s. 57–76. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Runesson, Anders Paul Lennart (2015). “Placing Paul: Institutional Structures and Theological Strategy in the World of the Early Christ-believers.”. Svensk Exegetisk Årsbok. ISSN 1100-2298. 80, s. 43–67. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv

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• Zetterholm, Karin Hedner & Runesson, Anders (2023). Within Judaism? Interpretive Trajectories in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam from the First to the Twenty-First Century. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. ISBN 9781978715066. 432 s. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Runesson, Anders; Zetterholm, Karin Hedner; Wassén, Cecilia & Zetterholm, magnus (2022). Negotiating Identities: Conflict, Conversion, and Consolidation in Early Judaism and Christianity (200 BCE–600 CE). Lexington Books. ISBN 9781978714731. 626 s. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Runesson, Anders (2022). Judaism for Gentiles: Reading Paul Beyond the Parting of the Ways Paradigm. Mohr Siebeck. ISBN 9783161593284. 391 s. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Runesson, Anders Paul Lennart & Mitternacht, Dieter (2021). Jesus, the New Testament and Christian Origins: Perspectives, Methods, Meanings. William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. ISBN 9780802868923. 706 s. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Runesson, Anders Paul Lennart & Gurtner, Daniel M. (2020). Matthew within Judaism: Israel and the Nations in the First Gospel. Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) Press. ISBN 9780884144434. 574 s. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Runesson, Anders Paul Lennart (2016). Divine Wrath and Salvation: The Narrative World of the First Gospel. Fortress Press. ISBN 9780800699598. 545 s. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Judgment and the wrath of God are prominent themes in Matthew's Gospel. Because judgment is announced not only on the hypocritical but also on those who reject God's messengers—and because this rejection is implicitly connected with the destruction of Jerusalem—the Gospel has often been read in terms of God's rejection of Israel, with catastrophic results. Anders Runesson sets out to show, through careful study of Matthew's composition and comparison with contemporary Jewish literature, that the theme of divine judgment plays very different and distinct roles regarding diverse groups of Jews (including Jesus' disciples) and non-Jews in this Gospel. Runesson examines various assumptions regarding the criteria of judgment in each case and finds that Matthew does not support some of the most popular slogans in Christian theology. The results and implications for our historical understanding of Christian origins and our theological estimation of Matthew's place in that story will be of vital interest to scholars and students for years to come.

• Runesson, Anders Paul Lennart (2015). “The Question of Terminology: The Architecture of Contemporary Discussions on Paul.”. Fortress Press. ISBN 9781451470031. 24 s. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv

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• Haaland, Gunnar; Runesson, Anders & Lindekleiv, Heidi Marie (2024). Bibelforskere reagerer på Hoem. [Journal]. Vårt Land. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Runesson, Anders (2022). The puzzle and politics of historical reconstruction The case of the rise and development of Christianity and Judaism. Approaching Religion. 12(1), s. 4–17. doi: 10.30664/ar.111496. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  This essay focuses on the topic of the emergence of Christianity and Judaism as related but distinct religious traditions, as an example of a process of religious and cultural change, which has had an enormous impact on Western and other societies around the world. At the heart of this question lies what appear to be contradictions between normative practices in antiquity and those we know of today, leading us to consider the historical and hermeneutical issue of continuity and change over time; its how, when and why. Rejecting the idea that theological differences between Judaism and Christianity necessitated a ‘parting of ways’ between them, it is argued that social, political and colonial decision-making was essential to this process, and that, furthermore, a historical focus on institutional realities in the ancient Mediterranean world, including in Jewish society, will challenge many long-held assumptions about the origins not only of Christianity but also of Judaism. The general historical reconstruction offered is then applied to a specific archaeological site, Capernaum, showing how traces of the larger pattern of development from the first to the fifth century CE may be seen in the histories of two buildings in this town.

• Runesson, Anders Paul Lennart (2020). "Matthew, Gospel of". I Stuckenbruck, Loren & Gurtner, Daniel M. (Red.), T&T Clark Encyclopedia of Second Temple Judaism Volumes I and II. Bloomsbury T&T Clark. ISSN 9780567661449. s. 358–362. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Runesson, Anders Paul Lennart (2020). “Synagogues”. I Stuckenbruck, Loren & Gurtner, Daniel M. (Red.), T&T Clark Encyclopedia of Second Temple Judaism Volumes I and II. Bloomsbury T&T Clark. ISSN 9780567661449. s. 766–772. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Runesson, Anders Paul Lennart (2016). “The Ancient Synagogue and the Birth of Judaism and Christianity.”. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Runesson, Anders Paul Lennart (2015). “Domestic Worship in Ancient Judaism: Some Comments on Religion in the non-Public Sphere. A Response to Gabriele Faßbeck”. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Runesson, Anders Paul Lennart (2015). “Reading Architecture and Reconstructing History: Archaeological Remains as Evidence of Ancient Judaism and Christianity.”. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Runesson, Anders Paul Lennart (2015). “Beyond Ethics: The Politics of Moral Purity in the World of Matthew’s Gospel.”. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Runesson, Anders Paul Lennart (2015). “Understanding the Other: Public Space and the Ancient Synagogue as the Birthplace of Judaism and Christianity.”. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Runesson, Anders Paul Lennart (2015). “‘Ljus, bli till!’: Om kampen mot mörkret i bibeln.”. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Runesson, Anders Paul Lennart (2015). “The (Institutional) Origins of Pauline Theology.”. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Runesson, Anders Paul Lennart (2015). “The Sacred and the City: Jerusalem, Galilee, and the Role of the Christ in Matthew’s Gospel.”. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Runesson, Anders Paul Lennart (2015). “The Future of New Testament Studies". Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Runesson, Anders Paul Lennart (2015). “Jerusalem: City of God or Home of Tyrants and Traitors? Matthew’s Perspective.”. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv

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