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DAVID A. deSILVA, Ph.D.

Trustees’ Distinguished Professor of New Testament and Greek

Ashland Theological Seminary ● 910 Center Street ● Ashland, OH 44805

(419) 289-1373 ● ddesilva@ashland.edu

EDUCATION:

Ph.D. (Religion/New Testament), Emory University, 1995. Dissertation: “Despising

Shame: The Social Function of the Rhetoric of Honor and Dishonor in the Epistle to the

Hebrews” (advisor: Luke T. Johnson).

M. Div., Princeton Theological Seminary, 1990. Thesis: “Paul’s Defense Of His

Apostolate In 2 Corinthians: Conflicting Understandings of Apostolic Legitimation and

Their Implications for the Gospel” (advisor: J. Christiaan Beker).

A. B. (English), Princeton University, 1987. Thesis: “Old Wine, New Wineskins: The

Reform of Anglican Homiletics during the Seventeenth Century” (advisor: Seth Lerer).

ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT:

Ashland Theological Seminary, Ashland, OH

Trustees’ Distinguished Professor, 2006-present; Professor, 2002-2006; Associate

Professor, 1998-2002; Assistant Professor, 1995-1998.

Courses taught: New Testament Introduction; Biblical Greek; Exegetical Greek;

Latin; Specialized Exegesis Courses (Galatians; 2 Corinthians; 1 and 2

Thessalonians; Hebrews; James & Jude; 1 Peter; the Revelation of John); Judaism

in the Second Temple Period; The Apocrypha and the Christian Church;

Apocalyptic Literature; Dead Sea Scrolls; Social-Scientific and Rhetorical

Approaches to Biblical Interpretation; Senior Seminar in Biblical Studies; Biblical

Foundations of Formational Counseling (D. Min. Program)

Absury Theological Seminary, Orlando, FL

Adjunct Faculty, Spring 2015

Course Taught: Exegesis of the Johannine Literature: Revelation

Colombo Theological Seminary, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Visiting Professor of New Testament, Fall 2010, Summer 2013

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Courses Taught: Exegesis of Galatians (August 2010); Exegesis of Revelation

(September 2010); Hebrews (July 2013); 2 Corinthians (July 2013)

Trinity School for Ministry, Pittsburgh, PA

Visiting Professor of New Testament, Summer 2010

Course Taught: Introduction to the Apocrypha, June 2010

Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA

Visiting Professor of New Testament, Summer 2004

Course Taught: New Testament Exegesis: Exegesis of 1 Peter

Candler School of Theology, Atlanta, GA

Assistant Instructor, 1994-1995; Adjunct Faculty, 1992-1994;

Courses Taught: Exegesis of the Revelation of John (NT 339); Introduction to the

Apocrypha (OT 352); New Testament Greek (BL 331 and 333); Social Sciences and

NT Interpretation (NT 320).

PUBLICATIONS

1. ACADEMIC BOOKS

Galatians (Baylor Handbooks on the Greek New Testament; Waco: Baylor University

Press, 2014).

The Jewish Teachers of Jesus, James, and Jude: What Earliest Christianity Learned from the

Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha (Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2012).

The Letter to the Hebrews in Social-Scientific Perspective (Cascade Companions; Eugene,

OR: Cascade, 2012).

Reviewed by Kevin B. McCruden, Interpretation 67/3 (2013) 309.

Jude, in James and Jude, with John Painter (Paideia Commentaries; Grand Rapids, MI:

Baker Academic, 2012).

The Apocrypha (Core Biblical Studies; Nashville: Abingdon, 2012).

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Global Readings: A Sri Lankan Commentary on the Letter to the Galatians (Eugene, OR:

Cascade Books, 2011). Sinhalese translation (Kohuwala, Sri Lanka: CTS Publishing,

2015).

Reviewed by Peter Oakes, JSNT 34/5 (2012) 94.

Seeing Things John’s Way: The Rhetoric of the Book of Revelation (Louisville, KY:

Westminster John Knox Press, 2009).

Reviewed by Hanna Stenstro ̈m, CBQ 74/2 (2012) 367-368; Steven Moyise, JSNT 33/5 (2011) 121;

Mitchell G. Reddish, Int 64/4 (2010) 429-430; Jacqueline M. Hidalgo, Biblical Interpretation 18

(2010) 440-442.

Despising Shame: Honor Discourse and Community Maintenance in the Epistle to the Hebrews

(Revised Edition) (Studia Biblica 21; Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2008).

4 Maccabees: Introduction and Commentary on the Greek Text of Codex Sinaiticus (LXX

Commentary Series; Leiden: Brill, 2006).

Reviewed by Jan Willem van Henten, Journal for the Study of Judaism in the Persian, Hellenistic and

Roman Period 39 (2008) 399-400; Robert J. Hiebert, Catholic Biblical Quarterly 69 (2007) 771-773;

Hans-Josef Klauck, Biblica 89 (2008) 284-288; Martin Rösel, Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche

Wissenschaft 120 (2008) 473; Michael F. Bird, Expository Times 118 (2007) 511.

An Introduction to the New Testament: Contexts, Methods & Ministry Formation (Downers

Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2004). Chinese translation (Taiwan: Campus Evangelical

Fellowship Press, 2013). Korean translation (Seoul: Christian Literature Crusade, 2013).

Arabic translation (Beirut: Dar Manhal al Hayat, 2014).

Reviewed by Russell Pregeant, Interpretation 60/1 (2006) 101; Peter Oakes, JSNT 27/5 (2005) 7-8;

Kevin L. Anderson, RBL 7 (2005) 286-88; Darian R. Lockett, Midwestern Journal of Theology (March

2005) 90-92; Andrew Gregory, Church of England Newspaper (July 1, 2005) 12-13; Donald G.

Mackay, The Monthly Record (September 2005) 14.

Introducing the Apocrypha: Message, Context, and Significance (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker

Academic, 2002). Chinese translation, 2010.

Reviewed by John J. Collins, Expository Times 118 (2006) 44; Phillip J. Long, Trinity Journal, ns 27

(2006) 172-174; Simon J. Gathercole, JSNT 28 (2006) 117; B. Paul Wolfe, BBR 15/2 (2005) 309-310; P.

J. Harland, VT 55/2 (2005) 280-81; Eric Noffke, RBL (www.bookreviews.org) (2005); Don Polaski,

Interpretation 59/1 (2005) 89-90; Sarah Henrich, Word and World 24/1 (2004) 100-104; Stephen

Felder, RBL 6 (2004) 294-96; Herbert Bateman IV, JETS 47/3 (2004) 504-506; Charles Talbert, Pers

Rel Stud 30/4 (2003) 484-85; Jeremy Corley, CBQ 65/4 (2003) 619-21; Daniel J. Harrington, S.J.,

Theological Studies 64/4 (2003) 876; Daniel M. Gurtner, Trin J NS 24/1 (2003) 131-34; Kristen De

Troyer, Rel Stud Rev 29/4 (2003) 370; Robin G. Branch, OTE 16/3 (2003) 789-90; Hans-Josef Klauck,

Journal of Religion 83/4 (2003) 608-609; J. T. Williams, JSOT Book List Issue 27/5 (2003) 163; Richard

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Allison, Ash Th J 35 (2003) 131-32; Stephen Dawes, Methodist Recorder (April 24, 2003) 17; Edith M.

Humphrey, RBL (www.bookreviews.org) (2003); John Byron, Themelios 29/2 (2003) 53-54.

New Testament Themes (St. Louis, MO: Chalice Press, 2001).

Reviewed by Charles Talbert, Pers Rel Stud 28/3 (2001) 309-10; Ronald Allen, Homiletic 27/1 (2002)

28-29.

Honor, Patronage, Kinship, and Purity: Unlocking New Testament Culture (Downers Grove,

IL: InterVarsity Press, 2000). Korean translation in process.

Reviewed by Carolyn Osiek, CBQ 64 (2002) 156-57; Kenneth Berding, JETS 45/2 (2002) 354-56;

Kenneth Litwak, Review of Biblical Literature 4 (2002) 322-34; Ritva H. Williams, Interpretation 55/4

(2001) 438, 440.

Perseverance in Gratitude: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews

(Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2000).

Reviewed by Wolfgang Kraus, “Neuere Ansätze in der Exegese des Hebräerbriefes,”

Verkündigung und Forschung 48/2 (2003) 65-80; Paul Ellingworth, Ev Q 74/1 (2002) 77-78; Gabriel

Lopez, Kairos 30/1 (2002) 127-28; Pamela Eisenbaum, Ang Theol Rev 84/2 (2002) 417-18; Harold W.

Attridge, Biblica 82/4 (2001) 584-86; James Thompson, Res Q 43/3 (2001) 187-89; Moschos

Goutzioudis, RBL 3 (2001) 463-66; Arnold S. Browne, JTS 52/1 (2001) 285-87; David M. Hay,

Interpretation 55/2 (2001) 191-192; Claus-Peter März, Theologische Literaturzeitung 126/12 (2001)

1278-79; Charles Talbert, Pers Rel Stud 28/2 (2001) 141-42; Craig Koester, CBQ 62/4 (2000) 749-50;

Louise Lawrence, Theological Book Review (UK) 13/1 (2000); Lionel Wickham, Church Times (UK)

(November 24, 2000); Neville Clark, Exp T 112/1 (2000) 28.

The Hope of Glory: Honor Discourse and the New Testament (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical

Press, 1999; repr. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2009). Published in Portuguese as A

Esperança da Glória (Säo Paulo, Brazil: Paulinas, 2005).

Reviewed by N. Clayton Croy, Ash Th J 32 (2000) 115-17; Jerome H. Neyrey, Interpretation 54/2

(1999) 199-200.

4 Maccabees (Guides to the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha; Sheffield: SAP, 1998).

Reviewed by J. R. Bartlett, JTS 51/1 (2000) 217-18; J. Snaith, JSOT Book List Issue 84 (1999) 167;

Sarah Pearce, JJS 50/1 (1999) 152.

Despising Shame: Honor Discourse and Community Maintenance in the Epistle to the Hebrews

(Society of Biblical Literature Dissertation Series 152; Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1995).

Reviewed by Wolfgang Kraus, “Neuere Ansätze in der Exegese des Hebräerbriefes,”

Verkündigung und Forschung 48/2 (2003) 65-80; Don N. Howell, Jr., JETS 42/1 (1999) 161-63; Peter

H. Davids, CBQ 60 (1998) 363-64; J. Verheyden, Eph Th L 73/1 (1997) 185-87; Hans-Friedrich

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Weiss, Theologische Literaturzeitung 122 (1997) 667-69; Harm W. Hollander, Bibliotheca Orientalis

54/3-4 (1997) 484-86; Bruce J. Malina, JBL 116/2 (1997) 378-79; Ruth Ann Reese, JSNT 65 (1997)

124; Clayton Croy, AshTJ 29 (1997) 143-45.

2. BOOKS FOR ECCLESIASTICAL OR POPULAR AUDIENCES

Day of Atonement. A Novel of the Maccabean Revolt (Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2015).

Transformation: The Heart of Paul’s Gospel (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2014).

Unholy Allegiances: Heeding Revelation’s Warning (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2013).

Apocrypha (Immersion Bible Studies; Nashville: Abingdon, 2013).

Sacramental Life: Spiritual Formation through the Book of Common Prayer (Downers Grove,

IL: InterVarsity, 2008).

Reviewed by Robert Davis Hughes, III, Journal of Spiritual Formation & Soul Care 3/1 (2010) 105-

106.

Invitation to the New Testament: Participant Guide (co-authored with Emerson Powery;

Disciple Short-Term Studies; Nashville: Abingdon, 2005).

Invitation to the New Testament: Digital Video Disk (with Emerson Powery and guests

Amy-Jill Levine, K. K. Yeo, and William Willimon; Disciple Short-Term Studies;

Nashville: Abingdon, 2005).

Afterlife: Finding Hope in the Face of Death (Nashville, TN: Abingdon, 2003).

Paul and the Macedonians (Nashville, TN: Abingdon, 2001).

Praying with John Wesley (Nashville, TN: Discipleship Resources, 2001).

Bearing Christ's Reproach: The Challenge of Hebrews in an Honor Culture (N. Richland Hills,

TX: Berkeley Institute for Biblical Archaeology and Literature Press, 1999).

Reviewed by Mouschos Goutzioudis, RBL 4 (2002) 438-440; Donald Senior, The Bible Today 39/4

(2001) 254.

The Credentials of An Apostle: Paul's Gospel in 2 Corinthians 1 through 7 (N. Richland Hills,

TX: Berkeley Institute for Biblical Archaeology and Literature Press, 1998).

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Untold Stories of the Bible (co-authored with Dr. Victor Matthews; Lincolnwood, IL:

Publications International Ltd., 1998). Republished as Missing Stories of the Old

Testament and Missing Stories of the New Testament (Lincolnwood, IL: Publications

International Ltd., 2013).

3. BOOKS IN PREPARATION (ANTICIPATED MS. COMPLETION DATES GIVEN):

Galatians (New International Commentary on the New Testament; Grand Rapids, MI:

Eerdmans, 2015).

A Socio-rhetorical Commentary on the Revelation of John (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans,

2016).

Discovering Revelation (London: SPCK, 2016).

Studies in 4 Maccabees: Rhetoric and Reception (Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2016).

The New Testament and Christian Formation (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2017).

A Day In the Life of Ephesus (Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 2017).

Exploring the World of the First Christians (London: SPCK, 2018).

Judea Under Greek and Roman Rule (New York: Oxford University Press, 2019).

An Introduction to the Pseudepigrapha (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2020).

4. SELECTED ARTICLES IN JOURNALS AND COLLECTIONS OF ESSAYS:

Second Temple Judaism

“The Noble Contest: Honor, Shame, and the Rhetorical Strategy of 4 Maccabees,” Journal

for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha 13 (1995) 31-57.

“The Wisdom of Ben Sira: Honor, Shame, and the Maintenance of the Values of a

Minority Culture,” Catholic Biblical Quarterly 58 (1996) 433-455.

“The Dead Sea Scrolls and Early Christianity,” Sewanee Theological Review 39 (1996) 285-

302.

“Fourth Ezra: Maintaining Jewish Cultural Values Through Apocalyptic Rhetoric,” in L.

G. Bloomquist and Greg Carey, eds., Vision and Persuasion: Rhetorical Dimensions of

Apocalyptic Discourse (St. Louis, MO: Chalice Press, 1999), 123-139.

“Why Did God Choose Abraham?” Bible Review 16.3 (June 2000) 16-21, 42-44.

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“The Sinaiticus Text of 4 Maccabees,” Catholic Biblical Quarterly 68 (2006) 47-62.

“Seven Papyrus Fragments of a Greek Manuscript of Exodus,” Vetus Testamentum 56

(2006) 143-70.

“The Perfection of ‘Love for Offspring’: Greek Representations of Maternal Affection

and the Achievement of the Heroine of 4 Maccabees,” New Testament Studies 52

(2006) 251-268.

“Judith the Heroine? Lies, Seduction, and Murder in Cultural Perspective, Biblical

Theology Bulletin 36 (2006) 55-61.

“‘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 the Pseudepigrapha 16 (2006) 15-

40.

“Never Without a Witness: The Apocrypha and Spiritual Formation,” Ashland

Theological Journal 38 (2006) 77-89.

“Five More Papyrus Fragments from a Greek Codex of Exodus,” Bulletin of the

International Organization of Septuagint and Cognate Studies 40 (2007) 1-29.

“Using the Master’s Tools to Shore Up Our House: A Postcolonial Analysis of 4

Maccabees,”Journal of Biblical Literature 127.1 (2007) 99-127.

“Jesus and James in the School of Ben Sira: The impact of an extracanonical sage on the

first founders of Christianity,” Theologie für die Praxis 33 (2007) 84-97.

“Jewish Martytology and the Death of Jesus,” in Gerbern Oegema and James H.

Charlesworth, eds., The Pseudepigrapha and Christian Origins: Essays from the

Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas (London: T. & T. Clark, 2008), 51-67.

“‘An Example of How to Die Nobly For Religion’: The Influence of 4 Maccabees on

Origen’s Exhortatio ad Martyrium,” Journal of Early Christian Studies 17 (2009) 337-355.

“A Bibliographic Guide to the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha,” Ashland Theological

Journal 42 (2010) 61-109. Also published, in slightly modified form, as “Apocrypha

and Pseudepigrapha” in Christopher Matthews, ed., Oxford Bibliographies in Biblical

Studies (New York: Oxford University Press, 2010).

“The Human Ideal, the Problem of Evil, and Moral Responsibility in 4 Maccabees,”

Bulletin for Biblical Research 23 (2013) 57-78.

“Jews in the Diaspora,” pp. 272-290 in Joel B. Green and Lee M. McDonald, eds. The

World of the New Testament: Cultural, Social, and Historical Contexts (Grand Rapids:

Baker Academic, 2013).

“The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs as Witnesses to Pre-Christian Judaism: A Re-

Assessment,” Journal for the Study of the New Testament 22 (2013) 21-68.

“The Hellenistic Period,” pp. 426-459 in Rick Hess and Bill Arnold, eds., Ancient Israel’s

History: An Introduction to Issues and Sources (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2014).

“Ambrose’s Use of 4 Maccabees in De Jacob et Vita Beata: Some Correctives,” Journal of

Early Christian Studies 22 (2014) 287-293.

“4 Maccabees,” forthcoming in Randall Chesnutt, ed., Blackwell Companion to the Old

Testament Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha (Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2015).

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“The Author of 4 Maccabees and Greek Paideia: Facets of the Formation of a Hellenistic

Jewish Rhetor,”forthcoming in Bulletin for Biblical Research.

Letter to the Hebrews

“Despising Shame: A Cultural-Anthropological Investigation of the Epistle to the

Hebrews,” Journal of Biblical Literature 113 (1994) 459-481.

“Exchanging Favor for Wrath: Apostasy in Hebrews and Patron-Client Relations,”

Journal of Biblical Literature 115 (1996) 91-116.

“The Epistle to the Hebrews in Social-Scientific Perspective,” Restoration Quarterly 36

(1994) 1-21.

“Hebrews 6:4-8: A Socio-Rhetorical Investigation,” Tyndale Bulletin 50 (1999) 33-57, 225-235.

“Eschatology, Rest, and the Rhetorical Strategy of Hebrews,” Trinity Journal 21NS (2000)

25-43.

“The Invention and Argumentative Function of Priestly Discourse in the Epistle to the

Hebrews,” Bulletin for Biblical Research 16 (2006) 295-323.

“How Greek Was the Author of ‘Hebrews’?” pp. 629-650 in Stanley Porter and Andrew

Pitts (eds.), Christian Origins and Greco-Roman Culture. Early Christianity in Its

Hellenistic Context. Volume 1 (Leiden: Brill, 2012).

The Revelation of John

“The Social Setting of the Apocalypse of John: Conflicts Within, Fears Without,”

Westminster Theological Journal 54 (1992) 273-302.

“The Revelation to John: A Case Study in Apocalyptic Propaganda and the Maintenance

of Sectarian Identity,” Sociological Analysis (now Sociology of Religion) 53 (1992) 375-

395.

“The Image of the Beast and the Christians in Asia Minor,” Trinity J. 12NS (1991) 185-

206.

“The Construction and Social Function of a Counter-Cosmos in the Revelation of John,”

Forum 9:1-2 (1993) 47-61.

“Honor Discourse and the Rhetorical Strategy of the Apocalypse of John,” Journal for the

Study of the New Testament 71 (1998) 79-110.

“The Persuasive Strategy of the Apocalypse: A Socio-Rhetorical Investigation of

Revelation 14:6-13,” Society of Biblical Literature Seminar Papers 37 (1998) 785-806.

“A Socio-Rhetorical Investigation of Revelation 14:6-13: A Call to Act Justly toward the

Just and Judging God,” Bulletin for Biblical Research 9 (1999) 65-117.

“Final Topics: The Rhetorical Functions of Intertexture in Revelation 14:14— 16:21,” pp.

215-241 in D. F. Watson, ed., The Intertexture of Apocalyptic Discourse in the New

Testament (Symposium Series; Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2002).

“Toward a Socio-Rhetorical Taxonomy of Divine Intervention: Miracle Discourse in the

Revelation to John,” in D. B. Gowler, L. G. Bloomquist, and D. F. Watson (eds.),

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Fabrics of Discourse: Essays in Honor of Vernon K. Robbins (Harrisburg, PA: Trinity

Press International, 2003), 303-316.

“The Revelation to John and the Practice of Christian Counseling,” Asbury Theological

Journal, 60/1 (2006) 67-87.

“What Has Athens To Do With Patmos? Rhetorical Criticism of the Revelation of John

(1980-2005),” Currents in Biblical Research 6.2 (2008) 256-289.

“X Marks the Spot? A Critique of the Use of Chiasm in Macro-Structural Analyses of

Revelation to John,” Journal for the Study of the New Testament 30 (2008) 343-371.

“The Strategic Arousal of Emotions in the Apocalypse of John: A Rhetorical-critical

Investigation of the Oracles to the Seven Churches,” New Testament Studies 54 (2008)

90-114.

“Seeing Things John’s Way: Rhetography and Conceptual Blending in Revelation 14:6-

13,” Bulletin for Biblical Research 18 (2008) 271-298.

“The Strategic Arousal of Emotions in John’s Visions of Roman Imperialism: A

Rhetorical-Critical Investigation of Revelation 4-22,” Neotestamentica 42 (2008) 1-34.

“Out of Our Minds? Appeals to Reason (Logos) in the Seven Oracles of Revelation 2-3,”

Journal for the Study of the New Testament 31 (2008) 123-155.

“On the Sidelines of the Pi/stij Xristou~ debate: The View from Revelation,” pp. 259-

274 in Michael Bird and Preston Sprinkle (eds.), The Faith of Jesus Christ” Exegetical,

Biblical, and Theological Studies (Carlisle: Paternoster and Peabody: Hendrickson,

2009).

“Reading Revelation in Sri Lanka,” Asia Journal of Theology 27 (2013) 21-37.

Paul

“Measuring Penultimate Against Ultimate Reality: An Investigation of the Integrity and

Argumentation of 2 Corinthians,” Journal for the Study of the New Testament 52 (1993)

41-70.

“Recasting the Moment of Decision: 2 Corinthians 6:14-7:1 In Its Literary Context,”

Andrews University Seminary Studies 31 (1993) 3-16.

“No Confidence in the Flesh: The Meaning and Function of Phil 3:2-21,” Trinity Journal

15NS (1994) 27-54.

“Meeting the Exigency of a Complex Rhetorical Situation: Paul's Strategy in 2

Corinthians 1 through 7,” Andrews University Seminary Studies 34 (1996) 5-22.

“Worthy of His Kingdom: Honor Discourse and Social Engineering in 1 Thessalonians,”

Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 64 (1996) 49-79.

“‘Let the One Who Claims Honor Establish that Claim in the Lord’: Honor Discourse in

the Corinthian Correspondence,” Biblical Theology Bulletin 28 (1998) 61-74.

“Neither Tamil Nor Sinhalese: Reading Galatians with Sri Lankan Christians,” pp. 39-55

in Craig Keener and M. Daniel Carroll R. (eds.), Global Voices: Reading the Bible in the

Majority World (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2013).

“Grace, the Law, and Justification in 4 Ezra and the Pauline Letters: A Dialogue,” JSNT

37 (2014) 25-49.

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“A Rhetorical Analysis of Galatians 5.1-12,” forthcoming in Stanley Porter and Brian

Dyer, eds., Paul and Ancient Rhetoric (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,

2015).

“Honor, Shame, and the Letters of Paul,” forthcoming in J. Paul Sampley, ed., Paul in the

Greco-Roman World (2nd edition; Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark).

Miscellaneous

“The Feast in the Text: The Sermons of Lancelot Andrewes,” Anglican Theological Review,

76 (1994) 9-26.

“At the Threshold of Heaven: The Preaching of John Donne as Sacrament of the Word,”

Anglican & Episcopal History, 43 (1994) 5-34.

“Investigating Honor Discourse: Guidelines from Classical Rhetoricians,” Society of

Biblical Literature Seminar Papers 36 (1997) 491-525.

“1 Peter: Strategies for Counseling Individuals on the Way to a New Heritage,” Ashland

Theological Journal 32 (2000) 33-52.

“Embodying the Word: Sociological Exegesis of the New Testament,” pp. 118-129 in S.

McKnight and G. Osborne (eds.), The Face of New Testament Studies (Grand Rapids:

Baker Academic, 2004).

“The Pattern for Preachers: Archbishop John Tillotson and the Reform of Ecclesiastical

Oratory in the Seventeenth Century,” Anglican & Episcopal History 75 (2006) 368-400.

“Turning Shame into Honor: The Pastoral Strategy of 1 Peter,” pp. 159-186 in Robert

Jewett, Wayne Alloway, Jr., and John G. Lacey (eds.), The Shame Factor: How Shame

Shapes Society (Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2010). Published with a new section

(“Embodying 1 Peter Among Sri Lanka’s ‘Elect Resident Aliens’”) in Journal of the

Colombo Theological Seminary 7 (2011) 21-56.

“Attentive to the Word: Biblical Scholarship and the Devotional Life,” Ashland

Theological Journal 45 (2013) 29-52.

5. CONTRIBUTIONS TO REFERENCE WORKS, ETC.:

“Revelation,” pp. 215-220 in Oxford Encyclopedia of Bible and Ethics. Volume 2 (gen. ed.

Robert Brawley; New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014).

“Hebrews,” pp. 625-653 in Fortress Commentary on the Bible: New Testament (ed. Margaret

Aymer, Cynthia Briggs Kittredge, and David A. Sanchez; Minneapolis: Fortress,

2014).

“Rhetorical Criticism,” pp. 273-283 in Oxford Encyclopedia of Biblical Interpretation (gen.

ed. Stephen McKenzie; New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013).

Introductions and Annotations to “Wisdom of Ben Sira,” “2 Esdras,” “4 Maccabees,”

and “Additions to Daniel,” in The Common English Bible Study Bible (ed. Joel B.

Green; Nashville: Abingdon, 2013).

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Introduction and Annotations to 4 Maccabees, Outside the Bible (3 vols.; ed. James Kugel,

Lawrence Schiffman, and Emmanuel Tov; Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society,

2013), 2362-2398.

“The Apocrypha and the Old Testament Scriptures” and “The Apocrypha and the New

Testament,” pp. 265-268 in Edward A. Engelbrecht (gen. ed.), The Apocrypha:

Lutheran Study Edition with Notes. English Standard Version (St. Louis, MO:

Concordia, 2012).

“Pseudepigrapha,” Encyclopedia of the Books of the Bible (ed. Michael Coogan; Oxford

and New York: Oxford University Press, 2011), 212-28.

“Apocrypha,” in Cambridge Dictionary of Judaism (ed. Judith Baskin; Cambridge:

Cambridge University Press, 2011), 19-21.

“Circumcision” in Dictionary of Scripture and Ethics (ed. Joel B. Green; Grand Rapids:

Baker Academic, 2011), 139-40.

“Clean and Unclean in Dictionary of Scripture and Ethics (ed. Joel B. Green; Grand

Rapids: Baker Academic, 2011), 145-47.

“Deuterocanonicals/Apocrypha” in Dictionary of Scripture and Ethics (ed. Joel B. Green;

Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2011), 221-24.

“Hebrews” in Dictionary of Scripture and Ethics (ed. Joel B. Green; Grand Rapids: Baker

Academic, 2011), 360-61.

“Nations, Peoples, and Empires, Part II,” in Gordon D. Fee and Robert Hubbard (eds.),

Eerdmans Companion to the Bible (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2011), 492-95.

Introduction and Annotations to 4 Maccabees, Oxford Annotated Bible, 4th edition (Oxford

and New York: Oxford University Press, 2010) 359-380.

Introduction and Annotations to Hebrews, The Wesley Study Bible (ed. Joel Green and

William Willimon; Nashville: Abingdon, 2008), 1483-1497.

“Honor and Shame,” in Tremper Longman and Peter Enns (eds.), Dictionary of the Old

Testament: Wisdom and Poetical Books (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2008),

287-300.

“Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha,” in Craig A. Evans (ed.), The Encyclopedia of the

Historical Jesus (NewYork and London: Routledge, 2008), 15-22.

“Martyr and Martyrdom in Jewish Late Antiquity,” in Craig A. Evans (ed.), The

Encyclopedia of the Historical Jesus (New York and London: Routledge, 2008), 386-393.

“Maccabees, Fourth Book of” in Katherine Doob Sakenfeld (gen. ed.), The New

Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible (Nashville, TN: Abingdon, 2008), 746-750.

“Social Scientific Criticism, NT” in Katherine Doob Sakenfeld (gen. ed.), The New

Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible (Nashville, TN: Abingdon, 2009), 311.

“Hebrews, Epistle to the” in Katherine Doob Sakenfeld (gen. ed.), The New Interpreter’s

Dictionary of the Bible. Volume 2 (Nashville, TN: Abingdon, 2007), 779-786.

“Gratitude,” in Katherine Doob Sakenfeld (gen. ed.), The New Interpreter’s Dictionary of

the Bible. Volume 2 (Nashville, TN: Abingdon, 2007), 662-663.

“Apocrypha/Deuterocanonicals,” in Katherine D. Sakenfeld (ed.), New Interpreter’s

Dictionary of theBible. Volume 1 (Nashville: Abingdon, 2006), 195-200.

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“Cultural Relationships in the World of the New Testament,” in Stanley Porter (ed.),

Dictionary of Biblical Criticism and Interpretation (London: Routledge, 2006), 67-69.

“Hebrews,” “1 & 2 Peter,” and “Jude” in C. A. Evans (ed.), Bible Knowledge Background

Commentary, vol. 3, pp. 199-256 and 289-340 (Elgin, IL: Cook Communications/

Chariot Victor Publishing, 2005).

Introductions and Notes on 1-4 Maccabees and 1-2 Esdras, pp.1405-1470, 1493-1611 in

Richard Foster, Dallas Willard, Walter Brueggemann, and Eugene Peterson (eds.),

The Renovaré Spiritual Formation Bible (San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 2005).

“Apocrypha,” pp. 53-57 in K. J. Vanhoozer (gen. ed.), Dictionary for Theological

Interpretation of the Bible (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2005).

“4 Maccabees,” pp. 888-901 in J. D. G. Dunn and J. W. Rogerson, eds., Eerdmans

Commentary on the Bible (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2003).

“Honor and Shame,” pp. 431-436 in D. W. Baker (ed.), Dictionary of the Old Testament:

Pentateuch (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2002).

“Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha,” pp. 58-64 in C. A. Evans and S. Porter, eds.,

Dictionary of New Testament Backgrounds (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press,

2000). Repr. in D. G. Reid, ed., Dictionary of the New Testament (Downers Grove, IL:

InterVarsity, 2004).

“Honor and Shame,” pp. 518-522 in C. A. Evans and S. Porter, eds., Dictionary of New

Testament Backgrounds (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2000).

“Patronage in the Greco-Roman World,” pp. 766-771 in C. A. Evans and S. Porter, eds.,

Dictionary of New Testament Backgrounds (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2000).

“Ruler Cult,” pp. 1026-1030 in C. A. Evans and S. Porter, eds., Dictionary of New

Testament Backgrounds (Downers Grove. IL: InterVarsity Press, 2000).

“Sirach,” pp. 1116-1124 in C. A. Evans and S. Porter, eds., Dictionary of New Testament

Backgrounds (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2000).

“Testament of Moses,” pp. 1192-1199 in C. A. Evans and S. Porter, eds., Dictionary of

New Testament Backgrounds (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2000).

“3 and 4 Maccabees,” pp. 661-666 in C. A. Evans and S. Porter, eds., Dictionary of

NewTestament Backgrounds (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2000).

“Wisdom of Solomon,” pp. 1268-1276 in C. A. Evans and S. Porter, eds., Dictionary of

New Testament Backgrounds (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2000).

“Writing and Literature — Jewish,” pp. 1289-1299 in C. A. Evans and S. Porter, eds.,

Dictionary of New Testament Backgrounds (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2000).

“Grace,” pp. 524-526 in D. N. Freedman, ed., Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (Grand

Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2000).

“Maccabees, Third and Fourth Books of,” pp. 839-841 in D. N. Freedman, ed., Eerdmans

Dictionary of the Bible (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2000).

“Exaltation, Enthronement,” pp. 359-63 in P. H. Davids and R. P. Martin, eds.,

Dictionary of the Later New Testament and Its Developments (Downers Grove:

InterVarsity, 1997).

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“Heaven, New Heavens,” pp. 439-43 in P. H. Davids and R. P. Martin, eds., Dictionary of

the Later New Testament and Its Developments (Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 1997).

“Repentance, Second Repentance,” pp. 1011-15 in P. H. Davids and R. P. Martin, eds.,

Dictionary of the Later New Testament and Its Developments (Downers Grove:

InterVarsity Press, 1997).

“Visions, Ecstatic Experience,” pp. 1194-98 in the Dictionary of the Later New Testament

and Its Developments (Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1997).

6. BIBLE TRANSLATION AND EDITORIAL WORK

Apocrypha Editor, The Common English Bible, Abingdon Press (2007-2011). Recruited

translation teams for each book of the Apocrypha; edited their work after receiving

reports from readability consultants and reading groups. Also served as first

translator for Prayer of Manasseh, Psalm 151, and 4 Maccabees; consulting

translator for the Epistle to the Hebrews; and editor for the Revelation of John.

Published in The Common English Bible With the Apocrypha (Nashville: Abingdon,

2011).

Translator/Reviser, The Apocrypha: English Standard Version, Oxford University Press.

Responsible for the translation/revision of Sirach 1-26, Letter of Jeremiah, Prayer of

Manasseh, Psalm 151, 3 Maccabees, 2 Esdras, and 4 Maccabees. Published in The

English Standard Version Bible with the Apocrypha (New York: Oxford University

Press, 2009), pp. 1237-64, 1299-1301, 1378-1438.

Contributing Editor, Lexham Septuagint Project, Logos Research Systems (2005-2007).

Developed prospectus for project and guidelines for the work of contributors, and

recruited scholars to work on each book.

7. SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS

“The Author of 4 Maccabees and Greek Paideia: Facets of the Formation of a Hellenistic

Jewish Rhetor,” Fifth Enoch Seminar Nangeroni Meeting, July 1-5, 2015 (Naples,

Italy).

“Grace, the Law, and Justification in 4 Ezra and the Pauline Letters: A Dialogue,” Third

Enoch Seminar Nangeroni Meeting, June 22-26, 2014 (Rome, Italy).

“Reading Revelation in Sri Lanka,” John's Apocalypse and Cultural Contexts Ancient

and Modern Section, 2012 National SBL Meeting (Chicago, IL).

“Progymnastic Training and the Rhetorical Composition of Hebrews,” Rhetoric and

New Testament Section, 2012 National SBL Meeting (Chicago, IL).

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“The Contribution of 4 Maccabees to Ambrose's De Jacob et vita beata,” Function of

Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha in Early Judaism and Early Christianity Section,

2012 National SBL Meeting (Chicago, IL).

“Neither Tamil Nor Sinhalese: Reading Galatians in Sri Lanka,” 2011 Annual Meeting of

the Institute for Biblical Research (San Francisco, CA).

Panelist, Review of The Common English Bible, 2011 Annual Meeting of the Society of

Biblical Literature (San Francisco, CA).

“James and the Testament of Job: The Evidence for Intertextuality,” Letters of James,

Peter, and Jude Section, 2010 National SBL Meeting (Atlanta, GA).

Panel Review of Seeing Things John’s Way, Rhetoric and New Testament Section, 2009

National SBL Meeting (New Orleans, LA).

“How Greek Is the Author of the Letter to the Hebrews: A Study of the Author’s

Location in Regard to Greek Paideia,” Hebrews Group, 2008 National SBL Meeting

(Boston, MA).

“Out of Our Minds? Appeals to Reason (Logos) in the Seven Oracles of Revelation 2-3,”

Rhetoric and the New Testament Section, 2008 National SBL Meeting (Boston, MA).

“‘An Example of How to Die Nobly For Religion’: The Influence of 4 Maccabees on

Origen’s Exhortatio ad Martyrium,” Non-canonical Literature Section, 2007 National

SBL Meeting (San Diego, CA).

“Five Fragments of a Greek Codex of Exodus,” International Organization for

Septuagint and Cognate Studies, 2006 National SBL Meeting (Washington, DC).

“Seeing the World Through John’s Eyes: Rhetography in Revelation,” Rhetoric of

Religious Antiquity Seminar, 2006 National SBL Meeting (Washington, DC).

“Seven Fragments of a Greek Manuscript of Exodus,” International Organization for

Septuagint and Cognate Studies, 2005 National SBL Meeting (Philadelphia, PA).

Panelist for discussion on “The Strategic Evocation and Shaping of ‘Story’ in the New

Testament,” Rhetoric of Religious Antiquity Seminar, 2005 National SBL Meeting

(Philadelphia, PA).

“The Sinaiticus Text of 4 Maccabees,” Short Paper, 2005 SNTS Meeting (Halle,

Germany).

Panelist for discussion on “Priestly Discourse in the New Testament,” Rhetoric and

New Testament Section of the 2004 National SBL Meeting (San Antonio, TX).

Panelist for discussion on “Miracle Discourse in the New Testament,”Rhetoric and New

Testament Section of the 2001 National SBL Meeting (Denver, CO).

“Final Topics: The Rhetorical Functions of Intertexture in Revelation 14:14— 16:21,”

presented as part of panel discussion on “The Intertexture of Apocalyptica

Discourse,” Rhetoric and New Testament Section of the 1999 National SBL Meeting

(Boston, MA).

“The Persuasive Strategy of the Apocalypse: A Socio-Rhetorical Investigation of

Revelation 14:6-13,” 1998 National Meeting of the SBL (Orlando, FL).

“Investigating Honor Discourse: Guidelines from Classical Rhetoricians,” 1997 National

SBL Meeting (San Francisco, CA).

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“Honor Discourse and the Socio-Rhetorical Strategy of Matthew's Gospel,” 1997

Midwest Regional Meeting of the SBL (Chicago, IL).

“Worthy of God's Kingdom: Honor Discourse and Social Engineering in 1

Thessalonians,” 1996 National SBL Meeting (New Orleans, LA).

“The Wisdom of Ben Sira: Honor, Shame, and the Maintenance of Minority Cultural

Values,” 1995 National SBL Meeting (Philadelphia, PA) and Regional Meeting of

SECSOR (Gainesville, FL).

“Despising Shame: A Cultural-Anthropological Investigation of the Epistle to the

Hebrews,” 1994 National SBL Meeting (Chicago, IL); 1994 Southeastern Regional

Meeting (Atlanta, GA).

“Meeting the Exigencies of a Complex Rhetorical Situation: An Investigation of the

Integrity of 2 Corinthians 1-7,” 1993 Southeastern Regional Meeting of the SBL,

Charleston, SC.

8. INVITED LECTURES:

“A Political Reading of the Revelation of John: Creating a Culture of Critique and

Resistance,” Arab Baptist Theological Seminary, Beirut, Lebanon, February 26, 2015

(https://youtu.be/yBr9T0bt77g).

“Reading Revelation in the (2)1st Century,” Second Presbyterian Church, Louisville, KY,

January 17, 2015.

“Transformation: The Heart of Paul’s Gospel,” Educational Opportunities Tours

“Journeys of Paul” tour, November 1-12, 2013 and October 11-24, 2014.

“The Jewish Teachers of Jesus, James, and Jude,” 2013 Spring Ecumenical Lecture,

Mount Aloysius College, April 11, 2013.

“Attentive to the Word: Biblical Scholarship and the Devotional Life,” The Fire of the

Word (Renovare Conference, Denver, CO), May 4-5, 2012.

“Revelation and Roman Imperial Ideology: Apocalypse as Call to Resistance,” New

Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, April 12, 2012.

“The Jewish Teachers of Jesus, James, and Jude: The impact of Ben Sira, Tobit, and 1

Enoch,” Florida Southern College, April 2, 2012.

“Heeding the Book of Revelation Without Playing End-games,” Educational

Opportunities Tours “Sixth Celebration Cruise,” January 15-24, 2012.

“Menschenbild, the Problem of Evil, and the Problem of Theodicy in 4 Maccabees,”

Institut für Evangelische Theologie, Universität Osnabrück, August 23, 2011.

“The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs: Jewish or Christian? A Re-assessment,” English-

German Colloquium, Institute for the Study of Early Christianity and the

Evangelische-theologisches Seminar, Universität Tübingen, July 18, 2011.

“Turning Shame into Honor: The Pastoral Strategy of 1 Peter,” St. Mark’s United

Methodist Church, Lincoln, NE, October 25, 2010.

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“Is Your Bible Thick Enough? Challenging the New Testament Canon,” Colombo

Theological Seminary, Colombo, Sri Lanka, October 1, 2010.

“The Apocrypha and Evangelical Christians,” Colombo Theological Seminary,

Colombo, Sri Lanka, September 17, 2010.

“The Challenge of Revelation for Christian Formation,” Vanderbilt Presbyterian

Church, Naples, FL, March 20, 2010.

“Preaching Through Hebrews,” Pastors’ Clinic, Sandberg Leadership Center, Ashland

Theological Seminary, August 2009.

“The Heart of the New Testament Message: Toward a Biblical Theology,” 2008 Fall

Lecture Series, Ashland Theological Seminary.

“Preaching Through Revelation,” Pastors’ Clinic, Sandberg Leadership Center, Ashland

Theological Seminary, February 2009.

“Jesus and James in the School of Ben Sira,” Theologisches Seminar Reutlingen,

Germany, June 13, 2007.

“Honor, Shame, and Paul,” McManis Lecture, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL, April

2006.

“The Jewish Teachers of Jesus and James: What the Leaders of Judean Christianity

Learned from the Apocrypha” University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, February 22,

2006.

“The Jewish Teachers of Jesus, James, and the author of Hebrews: What early Christian

Leaders learned from the Apocrypha,” Hampden-Sydney College, October 27, 2005.

“Never Without a Witness: The ‘With-God’ Life in the Intertestamental Period,”

Renovaré 2005 International Conference (Denver, CO).

“Living Like You’ll Live Forever,” Ashland University Spring Convocation, March 23,

2005.

“Reading the Bible at Qumran, Alexandria, and Ephesus,” public lecture given on April

4, 2004, “From the Dead Sea Scrolls to the Forbidden Book” exhibit, John S. Knight

Center, Akron, Ohio.

“Across this Threshold,” Ashland University Baccalaureate Service, May 11, 2001.

9. SELECTED BOOK REVIEWS:

Jewish and Greco-Roman Environments

J. J. Collins, The Scepter and the Star, Interpretation 50 (1996) 426-428.

Alan K. Bowman, et al, eds., The Cambridge Ancient History: Volume X, The Augustan

Empire, 43 B.C.-A.D. 69, Asbury Theological Journal 52 (1997) 91-92.

J. J. Collins, Jewish Wisdom in the Hellenistic Age, Ash T J 33 (2001) 114-115.

J. W. van Henten, The Maccabean Martyrs as Saviours of the Jewish People, Ash T J 33

(2001) 115-116.

Peter Enns, Exodus Retold: Ancient Exegesis of the Departure from Egypt in Wis 10:15-

21 and 19:1-9, Ash T J 33 (2001) 115.

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Social World of the New Testament

Bruce J. Malina, The New Testament World and Windows on the World of Jesus; Pheme

Perkins, Gnosticism and the New Testament, Perspectives in Religious Studies, 22

(1995) 79-82.

L. Michael White and O. Larry Yarbrough, eds., The Social World of the First Christians:

Essays in Honor of Wayne A. Meeks, Christian Century 113 (1996) 237-239.

Halvor Moxnes (ed.), Constructing Early Christian Families: Family as Social Reality

and Metaphor, Andrews University Seminary Studies 37 (1999) 327-329.

Gospels and Acts

David Bauer and Mark Powell (eds.), Treasures Old and New: Contributions to

Matthean Studies, Ash Th J 30 (1998) 115-16.

Jerome Neyrey, Honor and Shame in the Gospel of Matthew, AUSS 38 (2000) 166-168.

Paul

Jürgen Becker, Paul: Apostle to the Gentiles, Christian Century, 111 (1994) 504.

Daniel Boyarin, A Radical Jew: Paul and the Politics of Identity, Christian Century, 112

(1995) 581-82.

Don Garlington, Faith, Obedience and Perseverance: Aspects of Paul's Letter to the

Romans, Critical Review of Books in Religion 9 (1996).

Ben Witherington, III, Conflict and Community in Corinth: A Socio-Rhetorical

Commentary on 1 and 2 Corinthians, Andrews University Seminary Studies 35 (1997)

156-158.

Gordon Fee, Paul's Letter to the Philippians, CBQ 59 (1997) 577-78.

Hebrews and General Epistles

George H. Guthrie, The Structure of Hebrews: A Text-Linguistic Analysis, CBQ 57

(1995) 395-97.

Thomas Long, Hebrews, Theology Today 54/4 (1998) 576-77.

Victor Pfitzner, Hebrews, CBQ 61 (1999) 163-64.

N. C. Croy, Endurance in Suffering: Hebrews 12.1-13 in its Rhetorical, Religious, and

Philosophical Context, RBL 2 (2000) 452-54.

Barth Campbell, Honor, Shame, and the Rhetoric of 1 Peter, RBL 2 (2000) 459-62.

Luke T. Johnson, Hebrews, Interpretation 62/2 (2008) 198-200.

Revelation and Apocalyptic Literature

Philip E. Hughes, The Book of Revelation, Trinity Journal, 13NS (1992) 106-108.

Jürgen Roloff, The Revelation of John, Princeton Seminary Bulletin, 15 NS (1994) 207-209.

Jean-Pierre Prévost, How to Read the Apocalypse, Biblical Theology Bulletin 25 (1995) 94.

Bruce Malina, On the Genre and Message of Revelation: Star Visions and Sky Journeys,

JBL 116 (1997) 763-65.

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Sverre Bøe, Gog and Magog: Ezekiel 38 — 39 as pre-text for Revelation 19,17-21 and

20,7-10, JSNT 26 (2003) 127-128.

Stephen Smalley, The Revelation to John, Biblical Theology Bulletin, forthcoming.

Edmondo F. Lupieri, A Commentary on the Apocalypse of John, CBQ 71 (2009) 409-411.

New Testament Introduction, Biblical Interpretation and Theology

John Carroll and Joel Green, The Death of Jesus in Early Christianity, TrinJ 18NS (1997)

102-105.

D. A. Carson, D. J. Moo, and Leon Morris, An Introduction to the New Testament,

Christian Century, 109 (1992) 497-98.

Vernon Robbins, Exploring the Texture of Texts and The Tapestry of Early Christian

Discourse, Ash Th J 30 (1998) 123-26.

Ian G. Wallis, The Faith of Jesus Christ in Early Christian Traditions, CBQ 58 (1996) 568-

569.

10. PUBLISHED SERMONS

“What On Earth Are Good Protestants To Do With Saints?” Ashland Theological Journal

44 (2012) 35-39.

“A Summons to Sobriety,” Preaching 19/3 (Nov/Dec 2003) 53-54.

“Keeping God’s Sabbath,” Preaching 18/1 (July-August 2002) 39-42.

“What’s Wrong With a Little Murder,” Preaching On-line, July 2001.

“Our Wake-Up Call,” Preaching 16/3 (2000) 29-32.

“Giving Rebirth for Immortality,” Preaching 14/6 (1999) 32-37.

“Convictions,” Pulpit Digest, January/February 1995, 64-70.

“Scribes Trained for the Kingdom,” Ashland Theological Journal 29 (1997) 1-6.

11. PUBLICATIONS FOR DEVOTIONAL USE AND CHURCH-RELATED CURRICULUM:

Introductions to Matthew, Colossians, 1 & 2 Timothy, Philemon, Hebrews, 1 & 2 Peter,

and Jude, The CEB Student Bible (gen. ed. Elizabeth W. Corrie; Nashville: Abingdon,

2015).

“Episode 6: Hebrews,” pp. 63-70 in Participant Guide 1: Creating the Covenant and

accompanying video, Covenant Bible Study (Nashville: Abingdon, 2014).

“Remember Your Baptism: Living Out the Christian Rite of Transformation,”

Conversations 8.1 (2010) 86-91.

“Before Baptism: John the Baptizer and Jewish Purification Rites,” Adult Bible Studies

Illustrated 2/1 (2009) 19-22.

“Philippians, 1 & 2 Thessalonians,” in New International Lesson Annual 2009-2010 (ed.

Nan Duerling; Nashville: Abingdon, 2009).

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“1 John and Revelation: God’s Community Now and in the Future,” in New International

Lesson Annual 2006-2007 (ed. Nan Duerling; Nashville: Abingdon, 2006).

“1 and 2 Corinthians: Called to Community,” in New International Lesson Annual 2005-

2006 (ed. Nan Duerling; Nashville: Abingdon, 2005), 345-454.

“Introduction to Hebrews,” video segment for Disciple I: Revised Videos (Nashville:

United Methodist Publishing House, 2005).

“Hebrews: Living in Faith,” Adult Bible Studies June-July-August 2004 (Nashville: United

Methodist Publishing House, 2004).

“An Advent Sonnet,” Trinity Seminary Review 25.1 (2004) 67.

“A Sure Foundation,” pp. 327-333 in The Upper Room Disciplines 2003: A Book of Daily

Devotions (Nashville: Upper Room Books, 2002).

“Link-tionary” (Nashville: United Methodist Publishing House), November 1999,

March 2000, July 2000, December 2000, April 2001, and August 2001 issues. This

material has been re-issued in three annuals edited by Douglas Wingeier, Keeping

Holy Time: Year A, Year B, and Year C (Nashville: Abingdon, 2001-2003).

“Introduction to Daniel,” video segment for Disciple IV (Nashville: United Methodist

Publishing House, 2001).

“The Sermon on the Mount,” Adult Bible Studies Teacher (United Methodist Publishing

House) 9/1 (September-November 2001) 8-10.

“The Churches at Philippi, Ephesus, and Colossae,” Adult Bible Studies Teacher (United

Methodist Publishing House) 8/4 (June-August 2000) 2-5.

“The Uniqueness of the Gospel of Mark,” Adult Bible Studies Teacher (United Methodist

Publishing House) 6/3 (March-May 1998) 2-4.

“Clement of Alexandria,” “William Tyndale,” and “John Donne,” in For All the Saints

(ed. Clifton Guthrie; Akron, OH: Order of Saint Luke Publications, 1995).

12. MUSIC PUBLICATIONS:

“Johannine Benediction,” SATB anthem, Folio Vol. 2.3, pp.30-31, Abingdon Press, 1992;

re-release, World Library Publications, 2010.

“Behold the Lamb,” SATB anthem, Abingdon Press, 1995.

“Ring We Now of Christmas,” handbell arrangement, Abingdon Press, 1998.

“O Clap Your Hands,” SATB anthem, Abingdon Press, 2001.

“Comfort, Comfort Ye, My People,” SATB anthem with ensemble, Abingdon Press,

2001; re-release, Concordia Publishing House, 2010.

“Transfiguration Prayer,” SATB a capella anthem, World Library Publications, 2008.

“Renaissance Suite” (organ arrangements of five dances by Tielman Susato), Church

Music Workshop vol. 11, nos. 1 (Jan-Apr), 2 (May-Aug), and 3 (Sep-Dec), Abingdon

Press, 2001.

“O Clap Your Hands,” TTBB anthem (re-arrangement of SATB anthem), Abingdon

Press, 2009.

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Two Renaissance Suites (organ arrangements of ten dances from Tielman Susato’s

Danserye [1551]), Concordia Publishing House, 2011.

Chorale Prelude on Allein Gott in der Höh (“All Glory Be to God on High”), pp. 54-57 in

Hymn Prelude Library, volume 1, edited by Kevin Hildebrand, Concordia Publishing

House, 2012.

Chorale Prelude on Die güldne Sonne (“The Golden Sun”), for Hymn Prelude Library,

volume 3, edited by Kevin Hildebrand (Concordia Publishing House, 2013).

A Time to Dance: Baroque Gigues for Organ (arrangements of gigues by Handel, Pachelbel,

and Bach), Beckenhorst, 2014.

“The Lord at First Did Adam Make,” SATB anthem, Concordia Publishing House, 2014.

Chorale Preludes on Herzlich tut mir verlangen (more commonly, “O Sacred Head, Now

Wounded”) and King’s Weston (“At the Name of Jesus”), for Hymn Prelude Library,

edited by Kevin Hildebrand (Concordia Publishing House, 2014).

Chorale Prelude on Nicaea (“Holy, Holy, Holy”), for Hymn Prelude Library, edited by

Kevin Hildebrand (Concordia Publishing House, forthcoming in 2015).

Seven Renaissance Dances (organ arrangements of seven additional dances by Tielman

Susato), Concordia, 2015.

“One Thing Have I Desired,” SATB anthem, Concordia Publishing House, 2015.

13. INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA

“Artemis of the Ephesians,” “Ephesus: Commerce and Community,” “Satan’s Throne:

Religion in Roman Pergamum,” “Corinth: Business and Order,” “Miletus: City of Paul’s

Farewell,” “Sardis: City of the Living Dead,“ “Rome: Center of the Empire,” “Qumran:

Monastic Center for the Truly Strictest Sect of Judaism,” “Alexander and his

Successors,” “Paphos: An Early Pauline Mission Field,” “Rhodes: Paul’s Rest Stop on

the Way to Jerusalem,” “Roman Corinth: Many Gods and Many Lords.“ Cultural

Context of the Bible. Logos Bible Systems, Faithlife Corporation, 2014-2015.

The Apocrypha: Witness Between the Testaments (BI 291), Mobile Ed Courseware, Logos

Bible Systems, Faithlife Corporation, 2015.

The Cultural World of the New Testament (NT 201), Mobile Ed Courseware, Logos Bible

Systems, Faithlife Corporation, 2015.

ACADEMIC HONORS, AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS:

Lilly Faculty Fellows Grant (2010-2011).

Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow (2006-2007); Renewal (Summer 2011).

Appointed the sixth Trustees’ Distinguished Professor of Ashland University (2005).

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ECPA Gold Medallion Award Finalist, Reference and Academic Books, 2005 (An

Introduction to the New Testament: Contexts, Methods & Ministry Formation

[InterVarsity, 2004]).

Elected to the Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas (2001).

SBL Regional Scholar (1995).

SBL (SECSOR) Graduate Student Paper Award (1994).

Emory University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Tuition Fellowship (1990-1991;

1991-1992); Graduate Fellowship (1990-1994); Assistant Instructorship (1994-1995).

ACADEMIC SERVICE:

Society of Biblical Literature

Co-chair (with Loren Johns), Function of Non-Canonical Literature Section (2009-

present).

Founding Chair, Rhetoric of Religious Antiquity Seminar (2005-2010).

Steering Committee, Rhetoric and the New Testament Section (2004-2010).

Steering Committee, Best Teaching Practices Consultation (2004-2010).

Ashland Theological Seminary

Department Chair, Biblical Studies (2005-2006; 2007-2010; 2011-2014)

Academic Affairs Committee (2005-2006; 2007-2010; 2011-2014)

Personal and Professional Development Committee (2001-2005; chair, 2004-2005).

Recruitment Committee, Ashland Theological Seminary (2002-2003).

Spiritual Formation, Chapel, and Student Life Committee (2003-2004, ex-officio as

interim Director of the Chapel; 2010-2011).

Library Committee (1995-2001; chair, 1997-2001).

Other

Editorial Board, Bulletin for Biblical Research (2015-present).

Editorial Board, Common English Bible Review Committee (2011-present)

Editorial Board, Rhetoric of Religious Antiquity Project (1999-2014).

Editorial Board, Emory Studies in Early Christianity (1999-2014).

Editorial Board, Journal for the Study of New Testament (1997-2003).

External Dissertation Examiner, Fuller Theological Seminary

External Reviewer, Andrews University Seminary Studies; InterVarsity Press

Consultant, United Methodist Publishing House (Disciple Series)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS MAINTAINED

Society of Biblical Literature

Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas (SNTS)

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Ordination as an Elder in Full Connection in the Florida Annual Conference of the

United Methodist Church (Elder, 2004-present; Deacon, 1995-2004).

EMPLOYMENT IN PASTORAL MINISTRY

One unit of Clinical Pastoral Education at Akron General Medical Center, Akron, Ohio

(Summer 2003).

Substitute Preacher at various churches (primarily those where I have also been

employed as Minister of Music [see below]).

Intern at St. George's Episcopal Church, Helmetta, NJ (Fall 1989 to Spring 1990).

Campus Minister for Westminster Choir College, Nassau Christian Center, Princeton,

NJ (September 1987 to 1989).

EMPLOYMENT IN MUSIC MINISTRY

Organist/Director of Music, Port Charlotte United Methodist Church, Port Charlotte, FL

(July 2014-present).

Organist/Director of Music, Christ United Methodist Church, Ashland, OH (1998-2014).

Conference Organist, United Methodist Church Ohio East Area, 2009 and 2010.

Guest Organist, Friedenskirche (Evangelisch-methodistische Kirche), Tuebingen,

Germany (2006-2007).

Interim Chapel Co-ordinator, Organist, and Director of the Seminary Chapel Choir,

Ashland Theological Seminary (2003-2004; Spring 1997).

Director of Choirs, First United Methodist Church, Ashland, OH (August 1995 to June

1998).

Organist/Choirmaster, Christ Our Hope Lutheran Church, Riverdale, GA (August 1990

to July 1995).

Accompanist, Candler Choraliers, Emory University, Atlanta, GA (1991-1992).

Organist/Choirmaster, St. George's Episcopal Church, Helmetta, NJ (September 1985 to

June 1990).

Tenor soloist with Candler Choraliers, Atlanta Bach Choir, Princeton University Glee

Club, Princeton Singers, and Musica Alta.

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Family: Married to Donna Jean Heitman deSilva; three sons: James Adrian (3/16/1995),

John Austin (7/4/1998), and Justin Alexander (1/24/2001).

Religious Affiliation: United Methodist

Ethnicity: Sinhalese-American

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REFERENCES

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