Chapters in Books

(all by invitation from the editors)

  • “Introduction to the Johannine Literature.” In The Jerome Biblical Commentary for the Twenty-First Century. 3rd Rev. Edition. Edited by John J. Collins, Gina Hens Piazza, Barbara Reid and Donald Senior. London: Bloomsbury, T&T Clark, 2022.
  • “Presented in the Temple of God’s Glory.” In Nano Nagle and an Evolving Charism: A Guide for Educators, Leaders and Care Providers, edited by Bernadette Flanagan, Mary T. O’Brien and Anne M. O’Leary, 141-150. Dublin: Veritas, 2017.
  • “The Cosmological Vision of John: The Evangelist as Observer and Interpreter”. In Creation Stories in Dialogue: The Bible, Science, and Folk Traditions, edited by R. Alan Culpepper and Jan G. van der Watt. 271-286. BIS 139; Leiden: Brill, 2016.
  • “Gentiles in the Gospel of John: Narrative Possibilities – John 12:12-43.” In Attitudes to Gentiles in Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity, edited by David C. Sim and James S. McLaren. 209 – 223. LNTS 499; London: T & T Clark, 2013
  • “The Mother of Jesus: A Woman Possessed.” In Character Studies in the Fourth Gospel: Narrative Approaches to Seventy Figures in John, edited by Steven A. Hunt, D. Francois Tolmie and Ruben Zimmermann. 202-213. WUNT. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2013.
  • “The Servants/Steward Cana.” In Character Studies in the Fourth Gospel: Narrative Approaches to Seventy Figures in John, edited by Steven A. Hunt, D. Francois Tolmie and Ruben Zimmermann. 228-232.WUNT. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2013. 4
  • “The Woman of Samaria: Her Characterization, Narrative, and Theological significance,” in Characters and Characterisation in the Gospel of John, edited by Christopher Skinner. 182-96. LNTS 461. London: T & T Clark, 2013.
  • “Creation in the Gospel of John.” In Creation is Groaning: Biblical and Theological Perspectives, edited by Mary L. Coloe. 71- 90. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2013.
  • “‘Behold the Lamb of God’: John 1:29 and the Tamid Service.” In Rediscovering John. Essays on the Fourth Gospel in Honor of Frédéric Manns, edited by L. Daniel Chrupcała. 337- 350. Studium Biblicum Franciscanum. Milan: Edizioni Terra Santa, 2013.
  • “The Gospel according to John: Introduction,” In Anselm Academic Study Bible. New American Bible Revised Edition. General Editor Carolyn Osiek. 1716-1722. Winona, MN: Anselm Academic, 2013.
  • “Nicodemus: Discovering possibilities in a time of crisis.” In Ancient Jewish and Christian Texts as Crisis Management Literature. Edited by D. Sim and P. Allen. 95-111.LNTS 445 London: T&T Clark [Continuum] 2012.)
  • “John’s Portrait of Jesus.” In The Blackwell Companion to Jesus, edited by Delbert Burkett, 64-80. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
  • “John as Witness and Friend.” In John, Jesus, and History, Volume 2: Aspects of Historicity in the Fourth Gospel. Edited by Paul N. Anderson, Felix Just and Tom Thatcher, 44-61. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2009.
  • “The Nazarene King: Pilate’s Title as the Key to John’s Crucifixion.” In The Death of Jesus in the Fourth Gospel. Edited by G. Van Belle, 839-48. Louvain: KUL Press, 2007.
  • “The Beyond Beckons.” In What We Have Heard from the Beginning: The Past, Present, and Future of Johannine Studies. Edited by Tom Thatcher, 211-13. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2007.
  • “‘The End Is Where We Start from’: Afterlife in the Fourth Gospel.” In Lebendige Hoffnung – Ewiger Tod?! Jenseitsvorstellungen Im Hellenismus, Judentum Und Christentum. (Living Hope – Eternal Death?! Conceptions of the Afterlife in Hellenism, Judaism and Christianity). Edited by Manfred Lang and Michael Labhan, 177-99. Leipzig: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, 2007.
  • “Witness and Friend: Symbolism Associated with John the Baptiser.” In Imagery in the Gospel of John: Terms, Forms, Themes and Theology of Figurative Language. Edited by Jörg Frey, Jan van der Watt and Ruben Zimmermann., 319-32. WUNT 200. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2007.
  • “Sources in the Shadows: John 13 and the Johannine Community,” In New Currents through John: A Global Perspective. Edited by Francisco Lozada Jr. and Tom Thatcher, 69-82. Resources for Biblical Study 54. Atlanta, GA: Society of Biblical Literature, 2006. ISBN 1589832019.
  • “Anointing the Temple of God: John 12:1-8.” In Transcending Boundaries: Contemporary Readings of the New Testament. Edited by Rekha M. Chennatu and Mary L. Coloe, 105-118. Biblioteca Di Scienze Religiose 187. Rome: Libreria Ateneo Salesiano, 2005.
  • “The place of True Worship: John Chapter 4”, in A Sufi Reading of the Gospel of John, Beirut: Alkalima Publications, 2003. (In Arabic).
  • “Before Abraham was, ‘I Am’.” In A Sufi Reading of the Gospel of John, Beirut: Alkalima Publications, 2003. (In Arabic).
  • “Dwelling in the Household of God. Jn 14:2”. In That Our Joy May Be Complete: Essays on the Incarnation for the New Millennium. Edited by Marian Free et. al., 47-57. Adelaide: Open Book. 2000.
  •  “Salvation as Liberation.” In Many Believed Because of Her Testimony – Essays Celebrating the Scholarship and Service of Dorothy Lee, edited by Robert A. Derrenbacker Jr., Christopher A. Porter and Muriel Porter, 53-62. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock  2023. NEW