Articles

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On Hearing (Rather Than Reading) Intertextual Echoes: Christology and Monotheistic Scriptures in an Oral Context, Biblical Theology Bulletin (2011)

While recent studies of the New Testament have found the methods of intertextuality and orality...

 

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Reading the Story of Miriai on Two Levels: Evidence from Mandaean Anti-Jewish Polemic about the Origins and Setting of Early Mandaeism, ARAM Periodical (2010)

New Testament scholars, drawing on Mandaean sources to shed light on the Gospel of John,...

 

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History and fiction in the Acts of Thomas: The state of the question, Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha (2008)

The Acts of Thomas has not yet received as much attention as the Gospel associated...

 

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Was Jesus illegitimate? The evidence of his social interactions, ournal for the Study of the Historical Jesus (2007)

This article examines the social status of the historical Jesus in relation to recent studies...

 

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Two Powers’ and Early Jewish and Christian Monotheism (with Jerry Truex), Journal of Biblical Studies (2004)

Our understanding of early Judaism and its relationship to Christianity has been significantly advanced by...

 

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Christology on Two Fronts: A New Testament Model for 'Doing' Christology in a Pluralistic Context, Religion & Theology (1999)

Explores religious pluralism for doing Christology in the New Testament section of the `Bible.' Corollaries...

 

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A rebellious son? Hugo Odeberg and the interpretation of John 5.18, New Testament Studies (1998)

A solution to the difficult question of how to interpret John 5.18 appeared to have...

 

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Change in Christology: New Testament Models and the Contemporary Task, Irish Theological Quarterly (1998)

The purpose of this paper is to review different models of development which have been...

 

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Going up and coming down in Johannine legitimation, Neotestamentica (1997)

In his study of Johannine christology Wayne Meeks stressed the importance of understanding the ascent·descent...

 

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Prologue as Legitimation: Christological Controversy and the Interpretation of John 1:1-18, Irish Biblical Studies (1997)

Recent scholarship on the Fourth Gospel has suggested that this document was produced by a...

 

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Uncontrived Messiah or Passover Plot? A Study of A Johannine Apologetic Motif, Irish Biblical Studies (1997)

The aim of this article is not to weigh the merits of Schonfield's thesis in...

 

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Johannine Christianity: Jewish Christianity?, Koinonia (1996)

This article argues that, with respect to both Torah-observance and Christology, the Gospel of John...

 

Books

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The Only True God: Early Christian Monotheism in its Jewish Context, Faculty Scholarship (2009)

Chapter 5: "Monotheism and Worship in the Book of Revelation" is an excerpt from The...

 

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The Burial of Jesus: History and Faith (2008)

In The Burial of Jesus: History and Faith, Dr. James F. McGrath seeks to introduce...

 

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John's Apologetic Christology (2001)

John's Apologetic Christology utilizes a model from the sociology of knowledge to shed light on...

 

Contributions to Books

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Robots, Rights and Religion, Religion and Science Fiction (2011)

If there is one area in which science fiction has failed to quickly become historical...

 

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The Desert of the Real: Christianity, Buddhism & Baudrillard in The Matrix Films and Popular Culture, Visions of the Human in Science Fiction and Cyberpunk (2010)
 

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"Destroy This Temple": Issues of History in John 2, John, Jesus, and History, Volume 2: Aspects of Historicity in the Fourth Gospel (2009)

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Written Islands in an Oral Stream, Jesus and Paul: Global Perspectives in Honor of James D. G. Dunn for His 70th Birthday (2009)

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Jesus as False Prophet, Who Do My Opponents Say That I Am? Investigating the Accusations Against Jesus (2008)

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Artificial Minds and Human Religions: An illustration of the diversity of possible intersections between religious thought and practice and technological advances, Transdisciplinary Approaches of the Dialogue between Science, Art and Religion in the Europe of Tomorrow (2007)

A survey of recent science-fiction would show that the theme of this paper -artificial minds...

 

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Neo: messianic superhero of The Matrix, Gospel according to superheroes (2005)

Exploration of religious (and more specifically Messianic) themes in the Matrix movies.

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'A Glutton and a Drunkard’? What Would Jesus Drink?, Religion and Alcohol: Sobering Thoughts (2004)

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“Early Jewish and Christian Monotheism: A Select Bibliography, Early Jewish and Christian Monotheism (2004)

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Religion, But Not as We Know It: Spirituality and Sci-Fi, Religion as Entertainment (2002)

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Reviews

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Review of Nalo Hopkinson and Uppinder Mehan, editors, So Long Been Dreaming: Postcolonial Science Fiction and Fantasy, Journal of Postcolonia Theory and Theology (2011)

Article reviews the book So Long Been Dreaming: Postcolonial Science Fiction and Fantasy.

 

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Review of Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes: Cultural Studies in the Gospels, Sharing the Practice (2008)

In his latest book, Kenneth Bailey provides further study of the New Testament Gospels from...

 

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Review of Ancient Gnosticism: Traditions and Literature, Review of Biblical Literature (2008)

Article reviews the book "Ancient Gnosticism: Traditions and Literature," by Birger A. Pearson.

 

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Review of Beyond Paradise: Technology and the Kingdom of God, Teaching Theology & Religion (2008)

Article reviews the book "Beyond Paradise: Technology and the Kingdom of God," by Jack Clayton...

 

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Review of The Early Christian Artifacts: Manuscripts and Christian Origins, Review of Biblical Literature (2007)

The article reviews the book "The Early Christian Artifacts: Manuscripts and Christian Origins," by Larry...

 

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Review of The Mutilation of Mark’s Gospel, Teaching Theology & Religion (2006)

Article reviews the book "The Mutilation of Mark’s Gospel," by N. Clayton Croy.

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Review of James C. VanderKam's The Dead Sea Scrolls Today, Folia Orientalia (1997)

For this book is neither another technical, detailed study of one or more documents or...

 

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Review of Barbara Thiering, "Jesus of the Apocalypse. The Life of Jesus after the Crucifixion”, Qumran Chronicle (1996)
 

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Review of Lawrence H. Shiffman "Reclaiming the Dead Sea Scrolls. The History of Judaism, the Background of Christianity, The Lost Library of Qumran", Qumran Chronicle (1996)
 

Presentations

Winning Strategies from IR All-Stars (with Chad Bauman, Laura Behling, Jennifer Laherty, David Mason, Brad Matthies, Mark Newton, Charles Watkinson, and David Stout), Digital Commons Events (2011)

Your faculty and students have been producing scholarly work for many years. Is it locked...

 

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The Blogging Revolution: New Technologies and their Impact on How we do Scholarship, Conference Paper (2010)

What follows below is the text of my presentation at the session on blogging and...