SAD NEWS FROM THE RELIGION PROF:
RIP Jimmy Dunn (James D. G. Dunn). Many tributes are pouring in for renowned New Testament scholar James Dunn, who passed away on Friday at the age of 80. I link to a memorial by James McGrath, who got his PhD under Jimmy's supervision. Professor McGrath links to other tributes.
James Douglas Grant Dunn was for a long time Lightfoot Professor of Divinity at the University of Durham. His Wikipedia page is
here.
Requiescat in pace.
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