Thomas E. Phillips

PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS

Acts and Ethics, editor. Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2005.

Acts in Diverse Frames of Reference. Macon: Mercer University Press, 2009.

Contemporary Studies in Acts, editor. Macon: Mercer University Press, 2009.

Literary Studies in Luke-Acts: Festschrift for Joseph B. Tyson, co-editor (with Richard P.

Thompson). Macon: Mercer University Press, 1998.

Paul, His Letters and Acts. Library of Pauline Studies. Peabody: Hendrickson, 2009.

Reading Issues of Wealth and Poverty in Luke-Acts. Studies in Bible and Early

Christianity, vol. 48. Lewiston: Edwin Mellen Press, 2001.

SCHOLARLY ARTICLES

"Creation, Sin and Its Curse, and the People of God: An Intertextual Reading of Genesis

1-12 and Acts 1-7." Horizons in Biblical Theology 25.2 (2003): 146-60.

"Finding the Wesleyan Needle in the Cinematic Haystack: Seeking Sanctification in Contemporary Films." Wesleyan Theological Journal 41.2 (Fall 2006): 242-51.

"The Genre of Acts: Moving Toward a Consensus?" Currents in Biblical Research 4.3

(2006): 365-96.

"The Mission of the Church in Acts: Inclusive or Exclusive?" Wesleyan Theological

Journal 38.1 (Spring 2003): 125-37.

"Narrative Characterizations of Peter and Paul in Early Christianity." ARC: Journal of

the Faculty of Religious Studies, McGill University 30 (2002): 139-57.

"Palestinian Life and Politics as Feature Length Cinema." Holy Land Studies 2.1 (2003):

109-14.

"Paul as a Role Model in Acts: The 'We'-Passages in Acts 16 and Beyond." Acts and

Ethics, 60-89. Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2005.

"Prophets, Priests and Godfearing Readers: The Priestly and Prophetic Traditions in

Luke-Acts." Contemporary Studies in Acts, 222-39. Macon: Mercer University Press, 2009.

"Reading Recent Readings of Wealth and Poverty in Luke and Acts." Currents in

Biblical Research 1.2 (April 2003): 231-69.

"Reading Theory and Biblical Interpretation for Postmodern Wesleyans." Wesleyan

Theological Journal 35.2 (Fall 2000): 32-48.

"Revisiting Philo: Discussions of Wealth and Poverty in Philo's Ethical Discourse."

Journal for the Study of the New Testament 83 (2001): 111-21.

"Subtlety as a Literary Technique in Luke's Characterization of Jews and Judaism."

Literary Studies in Luke-Acts, 313-26. Macon: Mercer University Press, 1998.

"'The Third Fifth Day?' John 2:1 in Context." Expository Times 115.10 (2004): 328-31.

"'Will the Wise Person Get Drunk?' The Background of the Human Wisdom in Luke 7:

35 and Matthew 11:19." Journal of Biblical Literature 127.2 (2008): 383-94.

REFERENCE WORKS

Encyclopedia of Protestantism, s.v., "Coke, Thomas." "Mathews, Shailer." "Sanctification." "WWJD." Hans Hillerbrand, ed. New York: Routledge Press, 2003.

Encyclopedia of Religion and Film, s.v., "Representations of Protestants

(Denominational)." Eric Mazur, ed. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press,

forthcoming.

"Gospel of Luke: Study Notes." Wesley Study Bible. Edited by Joel B. Green and William

H. Willimon; Nashville: Abingdon, 2009. Pp. 1237-83.

New Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible, s.v., "Captain." Katharine Sakenfeld, ed.

Nashville: Abingdon, 2006.

TRANSLATIONS

First translator: "The Gospel of Luke." Contemporary English Bible. (forthcoming,

2010). www.ournewbible.com

PROFESSIONAL WRITINGS

"The AAUP's Statement on Contingent Faculty and the Future of Biblical Studies." SBL

Forum (Nov. 2003): http://www.sbl-site.org/Article.aspx?ArticleId=196.

"A Brief History of Benevolence." Science and Spirit 14.3 (Sept.-Oct. 2003): 12-13.

"A Call to Humility: Reflections on the Events of September 11, 2001." Research News

and Opportunities in Science and Theology 2.4 (Dec. 2001): 5; partially reprinted in the Christian Science Sentinel. Dec. 24, 2001, 5.

"Cosmologists: Scientific Tools Can Lead to Christian Revelations." Research News and Opportunities in Science and Theology 4.2 (Oct. 2003): 11.

"Debunking the Idea of Race: New PBS Series Affirms Idea of Common Humanity."

Research News and Opportunities in Science and Theology 3.9 (May 2003): 16,

32.

"Global Poverty: Beyond Utopian Visions." Christian Reflection 24 (2007): 11-18.

"Green in Golden." Science and Theology News 5.7 (March 2005): 12.

"Harry Potter: A Myth for Our Times." Science and Spirit 15.4 (July-August, 2004): 66- 69.

"John Scopes, Black Hero?" Research News and Opportunities in Science and Theology

3.8 (April 2003): 10.

"Pray It Ain't So." Driftwood: Creative Arts Magazine 26 (2006): 43-52.

"Preaching the Bible ...and doing it Biblically: The Form and Function of Biblical

Texts (Parts I & II)." Preacher's Magazine (Lent/Easter, 2004): 39-41; (Pentecost 2004): 48-51.

"'Project Steve' has Evolutionists Laughing: Tongue-in-Cheek List Mocks ID and

Remembers Gould." Research News and Opportunities in Science and Theology 3.8 (April 2003): 10.

"Researchers: The Brain Loses Plasticity as it Matures." Research News and

Opportunities in Science and Theology 3.8 (April 2003): 1, 32.

"Was the Historical Jesus a Bad Stoic?" SBL Forum (Nov. 2004): http://www.sbl- site.org/Article.aspx?ArticleId=334.

"Wesleyan Perspectives on the Creation." Research News and Opportunities in Science

and Theology 2.11/12 (July/August 2002): 12.

"What Did Jesus Do?" Living Christ: Paul's Advice for Everyday Life, 19-27. Kansas

City: Beacon Hill, 2006.

"What Would You Do With a Million Dollars? Christian Priorities and Nuclear

Weapons." Herald of Holiness. Feb. 1, 1989, 15.

ADULT BIBLE STUDY CIRRICULUM (All from Illustrated Bible Life)

"Commentary on 1 Corinthians." IBL. 32.2 (Dec. -Feb. 2008-09): 39-41, 43-45, 47-49,

51-53.

"Commentary on 2 Timothy." IBL 31.1 (Sep.-Oct. 2007): 31-33, 35-37, 39-41, 43-45,

47-49, 51-53.

"Favorite Psalms...of the New Testament." IBL 25.2 (Dec.-Feb. 2001-02): 17-19.

"The Promise of the Holy Spirit: The Holy Spirit's Guiding in the Gospel of Luke." IBL 28.2 (Dec.-Feb. 2004-05): 17-19.

"The Sermon on the Plain." IBL 30.2 (Dec.-Feb. 2006-07): 22-23.

"Social Networks in Early Christianity," IBL (forthcoming).

BOOK REVIEWS

Review of Acts and the Isaianic New Exodus by David W. Pao. Horizons in Biblical

Theology 24.1 (2002): 137-38.

Review of The Book of Acts as Church History--Apostelgeschichte als Kirchengeschichte by Tobias Nicklas and Michael Tilly, eds. Catholic Biblical Quarterly 67.1 (Jan. 2005): 189-91.

Review of The Brother of Jesus: The Dramatic Story and Significance of the First

Archaeological Link to Jesus and His Family by Hershel Shanks and Ben Witherington, III. Research News and Opportunities in Science and Theology 4.3 (Nov. 2003): 17.

Review of The Canonical Function of Acts: A Comparative Analysis by David E. Smith.

Catholic Biblical Quarterly 65 (2003): 300-01.

Review of Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature, by Bron R. Taylor, ed. Science and Theology News 5.11/12 (July/August 2005): 66.

Review of An Examined Faith: The Grace of Self-Doubt by James M. Gustafson. Science and Theology News 4.1 (Sept. 2004): 27.

Review of Illuminating Luke: Volume 3: The Passion and Resurrection Narratives in

Italian Renaissance and Baroque Painting by Heidi J. Hornik and Mikeal C. Parsons. Review of Biblical Literature. (Sept. 2009): www.bookreviews.org/pdf/6345_6824.pdf.

Review of Indiana Quakers Meet the Civil War by Jacquelyn S. Nelson. Newsletter of the

Indiana Genealogical Society 5 (Feb. 1993): 5.

Review of La Infancia de Jesus segun Lucas by Jose Miguel Garcia Perez and Mariano

Herranz Marco. Catholic Biblical Quarterly 64 (2002): 373-74.

Review of Introducing the New Testament by John Drane and of Introducing the New

Testament by Paul J. Achtemeier, Joel B. Green, and Marianne Meye Thompson. Wesleyan Theological Journal 37.2 (2002): 234-36.

Review of The Jesus Movement: A Social History of its First Century by Ekkehard W.

Stegemann and Wolfgang Stegemann. Wesleyan Theological Journal 37.1 (2002): 221-23.

Review of Oracles of Science: Celebrity Scientists versus God and Religion by Karl

Giberson and Mariano Artigas. Wesleyan Theological Journal 43.2 (2008): 23-40.

Review of Palestine & Palestinians: Guidebook by Sabri Giroud. Wesleyan Theological

Journal 41.2 (Fall 2006): 255-57.

Review of Past as Legacy: Luke-Acts and Ancient Epic by Marianne Palmer Bonz.

Wesleyan Theological Journal 37.2 (2002): 250-51.

Review of Reading the Bible in Wesleyan Ways by Barry L. Callen and Richard P.

Thompson, eds. Wesleyan Theological Journal 43.1 (2008): 217-19.

Review of The Resurrection of the Son of God by N. T. Wright. Science and Theology News 4.6 (Feb. 2004): 27.

Review of "También a los Greigos (Hch 11,20): Factores del inicio de la missiona los

gentiles en Antioquía de Siria by Enrique Mena Salas. Catholic Biblical Quarterly 70.3 (2008): 620-22.

Review of They Came and They Saw: Western Christian Experiences in the Holy Land

by Michael Prior, ed. Wesleyan Theological Journal 37.2 (2002): 244-47.

Review of They Came and They Saw: Western Christian Experiences in the Holy Land

by Michael Prior, ed. Holy Land Studies: A Multidisciplinary Journal 2.2 (2004): 259-61.

Review of Variety in Religion and Science: Daily Reflections by Varadaraja V. Raman.

Science and Theology News 6.8 (April 2006): 37.

Review of Das Zeugnis des Tempels by Heiner Ganser-Kerperin. Catholic Biblical

Quarterly 63 (2001): 337-38.

BOOK NOTES (All from Religious Studies Review)

Christ and Caesar: The Gospel and the Roman Empire in the Writings of Paul and Luke

by Seyoon Kim. RSR 35.3 (2009): 188.

Consumption and Wealth in Luke's Travel Narrative by James A. Metzger. RSR 34.3

(2008): 199.

David in Luke-Acts: His Portrayal in the Light of Early Judaism by Yuzuru Miura. RSR

34.3 (2008): 198.

Deuteronomy in the New Testament by Steve Moyise and Maarten J. J. Menken (eds.).

RSR 34.3 (2008): 209.

Did Jesus Teach Salvation by Works? by Alan P. Stanley. RSR 34.4 (2008): 294.

Feindes- und Bruderliebe im Widerstriet? by Martin Hochholzer. RSR 34.4 (2008): 293.

Fellowship and Food in the Kingdom by Peter-Ben Smit. RSR 34.4 (2008): 294.

Finding Herem? by Hyung Dae Park. RSR 34.2 (2008): 101.

Four Times Peter by Richard J. Cassidy. RSR 34.3 (2008): 208.

From Jesus to the Gospels by Helmut Koester. RSR 34.3 (2008): 195-96.

Funk on Parables by Robert W. Funk. RSR 34.3 (2008): 109.

God as Father in Luke-Acts by Diane G. Chen. RSR 34.4 (2008): 297.

Hellenistisches Christentum: Schriftverständnis--Ekklesiologie--Geschichte by Dietrich-

Alex Koch. RSR 35.3 (2009): 186.

The Historical Reliability of the Gospels by Craig Blomberg. RSR 34.3 (2008): 195.

How Did Christianity Begin? A Believer and Non-Believer Examine the Evidence by

Michael F. Bird and James G. Crossley. RSR 35.3 (2009): 182.

James, Brother of Jesus by Pierre-Antoine Bernheim. RSR 27.1 (2001): 75.

Jesus & the Rise of Early Christianity by Paul Barnett. RSR 27.1 (2001): 75-76.

Jesus and Identity: Reconstructing Judean Ethnicity in Q by Markus Cromhout. RSR 35.3

(2009): 186.

Jesus and the Miracle Tradition by Paul J. Achtemeier. RSR 34.3 (2008): 193.

Jesus als Gast by Gerhard Hotze. RSR 34.3 (2008): 197.

Lucas by Alvin Padilla. RSR 34.3 (2008): 198.

Das Lukas-Evangelium by Michael Wolter. RSR 34.4 (2008): 298-99.

Lukas und Menippos: Hoheit und Niedrigkeit in Lk 1,1-2,40 und in der Menippeischen

Literatur by Nils Neumann. RSR 35.3 (2009): 187.

Luke the Priest by Rick Strelan. RSR 34.4 (2008): 298.

The Messiah in Early Judaism and Christianity by Magnus Zetterholm (ed.). RSR 34.4

(2008): 292.

More than a Passover by Fergus J. King. RSR 34.4 (2008): 292.

Parables of the Kingdom by Mary Ann Getty-Sullivan. RSR 34.3 (2008): 197.

The Post-Mortem Vindication of Jesus in the Sayings Gospel Q by Daniel A. Smith. RSR

34.3 (2008): 194-95.

Preaching the Gospel of Luke by Keith F. Nickle. RSR 27.2 (2001): 169.

Psalm 22 und die Passionsgeschichten der Evangelien by Dieter Sänger (ed.). RSR

34.4 (2008): 294.

Reading Biblical Narrative by J. P. Fokkelman. RSR 27.1 (2001): 70.

The Restoration of Israel by Michael E. Fuller. RSR 34.3 (2008): 196-97.

Rhetorical Texture and Narrative Trajectories of the Lukan Galilean Ministry Speeches

by Patrick E. Spencer. RSR 34.2 (2008): 101.

Sight and Blindness in Luke-Acts by Chad Hartsock. RSR 34.4 (2008): 297-98.

The Sinner in Luke by Dwayne H. Adams. RSR 34.4 (2008): 297.

Spirit and Kingdom in the Writings of Luke and Paul by Youngmo Cho. RSR 34.3 (2008):

196.

Stories with Intent: A Comprehensive Guide to the Parables of Jesus by Klyne R.

Snodgrass. RSR 34.3 (2008): 195.

The Synoptic Gospels and the Psalms as Prophecy by J. Samuel Subramanian. RSR 34.2

(2008): 101.

The Testing of Jesus in Q by C. Michael Robbins. RSR 34.4(2008): 293-94.

The Three Gospels: New Testament History Introduced by the Synoptic Problem by

Martin Mosse. RSR 34.4 (2008): 293.

The Voice of Jesus in the Social Rhetoric of James by Wesley Hiram Wachob. RSR 27.1

(2001): 80.

Umstrittener Monotheismus by Ilze Kezbere. RSR 34.4 (2008): 298.

Wealth and Poverty in Early Church and Society by Susan R. Holman (ed.). RSR 34.4

(2008): 303.

Who Do My Opponents Say That I Am? by Scot McKnight and Joseph B. Modica (eds.).

RSR 34.4 (2008): 292-93.

The Word of God and the World of the Bible by Peter J. Miano. RSR 28.3 (2002): 266.