Articles
An Example of How to Die Nobly for Religion: the Influence of 4 Maccabees on Origen's Exhartatio ad Matyrium, Journal of Christian Studies (2009)
In the course of his Exhortatio ad Martyrium, Origen retells the famous story of the...
Recasting the Moment of Decision: 2 Corinthians 6:14-7:1 In Its Literary Context, Andrews University Seminary Studies (2007)
Using the Master's Tools to Shore Up Our House: A Postcolonial Analysis of 4 Maccabees, Journal of Biblical Literature (2007)
Five More Papyrus Fragments from a Greek Codex of Exodus, Bulletin of the International Organization of Septuagint and Cognate Studies (2007)
Jesus and James in the School of Ben Sira: The Impact of an Extracanonical Sage on the First Founders of Christianity, Theologie fur die Praxis (2007)
And Not a Drop to Drink: The Story of David's Thirst in the Jewish Scriptures, Josephus, and 4 Maccabees, Journal for the Study of Pseudepigrapha (2006)
Judith the Heroine: Lies, Seduction, and Murder in Cultural Perspective, Biblical Theology Bulletin (2006)
The Perfection of "Love for Offspring": Greek Representations of Maternal Affection and the Achievment of the Heroine of 4 Maccabees, New Testament Studies (2006)
A Socio-Rhetorical Investigation of Revelation 14:6-13: A Call to Act Justly toward the Just and Judging God, Bulletin of Biblical Research (1999)
Honor Discourse and the Rhetorical Strategy of the Apocalypse of John, Journal for the Study of the New Testament (1998)
Exchanging Favor for Wrath: Apostasy in Hebrews and Patron-Client Relations, Journal of Biblical Literature (1996)
The Revelation to John: A Case Study in Apocalyptic Propaganda and the Maintenance of, Sociological Analysis (1996)
The Social Setting of the Apocalypse of John: Conflicts Within, Fears Without, Westminster Theological Journal (1996)
The Wisdom of Ben Sira: Honor, Shame, and the Maintenance of the Values of a Minority Culture, Catholic Biblical Quarterly (1996)
Worthy of His Kingdom: Honor, Discourse and Social Engineering in 1 Thessalonians, Journal for the Study of the New Testament (1996)
The Noble Contest: Honor, Shame, and the Rhetorical Strategy of 4 Maccabees, Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha (1995)
Despising Shame: A Cultural-Anthropological Investigation of the Epistle to the Hebrews, Journal of Biblical Literature (1994)
Measuring Penultimate Against Ultimate Reality: An Investigation of the Integrity and, Journal for the Study of the New Testament (1993)
Academic Books
Seeing Things John's Way: the Rhetoric of the Book of Revelation (2009)
The emotionally evocative power of the book of Revelation has been often noted and experienced...
Contributions to Books
On the Sidelines of the Pistis Christou Debate: The View from Revelation, The Faith of Jesus Christ: Exegetical, Biblical, and Theological Studies (2010)