Books
The Johannine School. Society of Biblical Literature Dissertation Series 26. Missoula, MT: Scholars Press, 1975; reprint, 2007.
Anatomy of the Fourth Gospel: A Study in Literary Design. Foundations and Facets. Philadelphia: Fortres, 1983. Korean edition: Jordan Press, 2000; Japanese edition: 2005; Italian edition: 2017.
1, 2, 3 John. Knox Preaching Guides. Atlanta: John Knox Press, 1985. Korean edition: 1999.
Pentecost 2. Proclamation 3C. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1986.
John, the Son of Zebedee: The Life of a Legend. Personalities of the Bible. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1994. Paperback: Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2000. (Received 1995 Choice Outstanding Academic Book Award.)
The Gospel and Letters of John. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1998.
“Eternity as a Sunrise”: The Life of Hugo H. Culpepper. Macon: Mercer University Press, 2002.
Mark. Smyth & Helwys Bible Commentary. Macon: Smyth & Helwys, 2007.
Edited Books
Communities in Dispute: Current Scholarship on the Johannine Epistles, Early Christianity and Its Literature 13 (Atlanta: Scholars Press, 2014), co-edited with Paul N. Anderson.
Creation Stories in Dialogue: The Bible, Science, and Folk Traditions, Radboud Prestige Lectures in New Testament by R. Alan Culpepper, Biblical Interpretation Series 139 (Leiden: Brill, 2015), co-edited with Jan G. van der Watt.
Critical Readings of John 6 (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1997).
Exploring The Gospel of John (Louisville: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1996), co-edited with C. Clifton Black.
Handbook of Themes for Preaching (Louisville: John Knox/Westminster Press, 1991), co-edited with James W. Cox.
John and Judaism: A Contested Relationship in Context, RBS 87 (Atlanta: SBL Press, 2017), co-edited with Paul N. Anderson.
The Opening of John’s Narrative (John 1:19–2:22), WUNT 385 (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2017), co-edited with Jörg Frey.
The Prologue of the Gospel of John, WUNT 359 (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2016), co- edited with Jan G. van der Watt and Udo Schnelle.
Semeia 53 (1991), co-edited with Fernando Segovia.
Word, Theology, and Community in John (St. Louis: Chalice Press, 2002), co-edited with John Painter and Fernado F. Segovia.
Articles in Journals
Baptist History and Heritage
“Reflections on Baptist Theological Education in the Twentieth Century,” 35.3 (2000): 24–52.
Baptist Peacemaker
“Peacemaking in the New Testament: Luke 1:67–79,” 6 (Oct 1986): 8.
Biblical Illustrator
“John and Ephesus,” 4 (Fall 1977): 3, 6–7.
“John and the Essenes,” 4 (Fall 1977): 8–12.
“Barnabas of Cyprus,” 4 (Spring 1978): 21–24.
“The Feast in the Kingdom of God,” 5 (Fall 1978): 26–28.
“Hermas the Prophet: His Life and Work,” 5 (Winter 1979): 29–31.
“Polycarp’s Litter to the Philippians,” 6 (Winter 1980): 75–78.
“Jesus’ Earthly Family,” 6 (Winter 1980): 12–17.
“The Decline of the Prophet’s Office,” 6 (Spring 1980): 39–41.
“The Lord’s Supper Observance in the Early Church,” 7 (Fall 1980): 59–61.
“Pharisees and Sadducees in the First Century,” 8 (Fall 1981): 49–54.
“King and Kingdom in Luke,” 8 (Winter 1982): 22–25.
“The Judaizers,” 9 (Fall 1982): 61–63.
“Cilicia,” 9 (Summer 1983): 3, 9–15.
“Selling and Buying in the Temple,” 10 (Winter 1984): 81–85.
“The Son of Man,” 11 (Winter 1985): 19–21.
“Colossae,” 12 (Spring 1986): 12–15.
“Timothy,” 13 (Summer 1987): 53–56.
“Crete,” 15 (Spring 1989): 72–75.
“The Chief Priests,” 17 (1991): 58–61.
“Backgrounds of Jesus as the Vine,” 20 (1994): 33–35.
“Ancient Accounts of Heavenly Journeys,” 21 (1995): 11–15.
“Introducing Colossians,” 21 (1995): 2–3, 7–9.
“The ‘Sea’ in Revelation,” 22 (1996): 19–22.
Catholic Biblical Quarterly
With James H. Charlesworth, “The Odes of Solomon and the Gospel of John,” 35 (1973): 298–322.
The Christian Index
“An Everlasting Promise” (26 October 2000): 20.
“God With Us” (26 October 2000): 21.
“The Suffering Servant” (9 November 2000): 24.
“The New Covenant” (9 November 2000): 25.
Currents in Theology and Mission
“Seeing the Kingdom of God: The Metaphor of Sight in the Gospel of Luke,” 21.6 (1994): 434–43.
Faith and Mission
“The Death of Jesus: An Exegesis of John 19:28–37,” 5 (1988): 64–70.
Foundations and Facets Forum
“Lincoln: An American Gospel,” 4.2 (1988): 33–46.
“Commentary on Biblical Narratives: Changing Paradigms,” 5.3 (1989): 87–102.
Hill Road: A Journal of Hong Kong Baptist Theological Seminary
“Narrative Criticism: Its Contributions to Gospel Studies,” 1.2 (1998): 69–94 (in Chinese).
In Luce Verbi
“Fulfilment of Scripture and Jesus’ Teachings in Matthew,” 49.2 (2015): 8 pages. doi: 10.4102/ids.v49i2.1986. http://www.indieskriflig.org.za/index.php/skriflig/article/view/1986.
“Jesus as Healer in the Gospel of Matthew, I: Methodology,” 50.1 (2016): 8 pages. doi: 10.4102/ids.v50i1.2115. http://www.indieskriflig.org.za/index.php/skriflig/article/view/2115.
“Jesus as Healer in the Gospel of Matthew, Part II: Jesus as Healer in Matthew 8–9,” 50.1 (2016): 9 pages. doi: 10.4102/ids.v50i1.2116. http://www.indieskriflig.org.za/index.php/skriflig/article/view/2116.
Interpretation
“Mark 11:15–19,” 34 (April 1980): 176–81.
“The Plot of John’s Story of Jesus,” 49 (1995): 347–58.
“The Quest for the Church in the Gospel of John,” 63 (2009): 341–54.
Journal of Biblical Literature
“Mark 10:50: Why Mention the Garment?” 101 (1982): 131–32.
Journal for the Study for the New Testament
“Mapping the Textures of New Testament Criticism: A Response to Socio-Rhetorical Criticism,” 70 (1998): 71–77.
Lectionary Homiletics
“Exegesis: Luke 15:1–10,” (Sept 2004): 55–56.
“Exegesis: 1 Timothy 6:6–19,” (Sept 2004): 72.
Neotestamentica
“The Theology of the Johannine Passion Narrative: John 19:16b–30,” 31.1 (1997): 21–37.
New Testament Studies
“The Pivot of John’s Prologue,” 27 (1980): 1–31.
“Designs for the Church in the Gospel Accounts of Jesus’ Death,” 51.3 (2005): 376–92.
Perspectives in Religious Studies
“Synthesis and Schism in the Johannine Community and the Southern Baptist Convention,” 13.1 (1986): 1–20.
“Parable as Commentary: The Twice-Given Vineyard (Luke 20:9–16),” 26.2 (1999): 147–68.
“Cognition in John: The Johannine Signs as Recognition Scenes,” 35.3 (2008): 251–60.
“Peter as Exemplary Disciple in John 21:15–19,” 37 (2010): 165–78.
Pulpit Digest
“An Update of Johannine Studies,” 73.513 (Jan/Feb 1992): 73–82.
Review and Expositor
“Paul’s Mission to the Gentile World: Acts 13–19,” 71 (1974): 487–97.
“God’s Righteousness in the Life of His People: Romans 12–15,” 72 (1976): 451–63.
“The Passion and Resurrection in Mark,” 75 (Fall 1978): 583–600.
“An Outline of the Gospel According to Mark,” 75 (Fall 1978): 619–22.
“The New American Standard Version,” 76 (1979): 351–61.
“Ephesians 4:25–5:20,” 76 (1979): 529–39.
“Co-workers in Suffering: Philippians 2:19–30,” 77 (1980): 349–58.
“The Biblical Basis for Ordination,” 78 (1981): 471–84.
“Story and History in the Gospels,” 81 (1984): 467–78.
“A Superior Faith: Hebrews 10:19–12:2,” 82 (1985): 375–90.
“The Power of Words and the Tests of Two Wisdoms: James 3,” 83 (1986): 405–417.
“Narrative Criticism as a Tool for Proclamation: 1 Samuel 13,” 83 (1986): 33–40.
“The Gospel of John and the Jews,” 84 (1987): 273–88.
“The Theology of the Gospel of John,” 85 (1988): 417–32.
“The New Millennium in Contemporary and Biblical Perspectives,” 97 (2000): 291–99.
“Hearing Voices,” 107 (2010): 297–300.
“The Dream Plus Fifty,” 109 (2012): 13–17.
“Parabolic Vision,” 109 (2012): 165–68.
“Being Prophetic,” 109 (2012): 337–42.
“Israel,” 109 (2012): 511–14.
SBC Today
“Jesus’ View of Scripture,” 4 (Dec 1986): 6–7.
Semeia
“The Johannine hypodeigma: A Reading of John 13,” 53 (1991): 133–52.
The Southern Baptist Educator
“The Relationship between the University and the Church: Why does it Matter?” 62.2 (Winter 1997–98): 3–7.
The Student
“Worship in the New Testament,” 68 (Aug 1989): 10–11.
Articles in Books and Dictionaries
Anatomia del Quatro Vangelo: Studio di critica narrativa, trans. Eugenia Cafferata (Milan: Editione Glossa, 2016). “Postfazione dell’ Autore all’ editizione italiana,” pp. 327–335.
Anatomies of Narrative Criticism: The Past, Present, and Futures of the Fourth Gospel as Literature, ed. Tom Thatcher and Stephen D. Moore; SBL Resources for Biblical Study, 55 (Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2008). “Symbolism and History in John’s Account of Jesus’ Death,” pp. 39–54.
Anchor Bible Dictionary (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1992). “Humor,” 3:330.
Anti-Judaism and the Fourth Gospel: Papers of the Leuven Colloquium, 2000, ed. R. Bieringer, D. Pollefeyt, and F. Vandecasteele-Vanneuville (Assen, The Netherlands: Royal Van Gorcum, 2001). “Anti-Judaism in the Fourth Gospel as a Problem for Christian Interpreters,” pp. 68–91.
Anti-Judaism and the Fourth Gospel, ed. R. Bieringer, D. Pollefeyt, and F. Vandecasteele-Vanneuville (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2001). “Anti-Judaism in the Fourth Gospel as a Problem for Christian Interpreters,” pp. 61–82.
Baptist Theologians, ed. Timothy George and David S. Dockery (Nashville: Broadman Press, 1990). “George R. Beasley-Murray,” pp. 567–587.
A Baptist’s Theology, ed. R. Wayne Stacy (Macon: Smyth & Helwys, 1999). “Scripture,” pp. 79–100.
La Bible en récits, ed. Daniel Marguerat (Geneva: Labor et Fides, 2003). “Vingt ans d’analyse narrative des évangiles: Nouvelles perspectives et problèmes en suspens,” pp. 73–93.
The Bible Knowledge Background Commentary: John’s Gospel, Hebrews–Revelation, ed. Craig A. Evans (Colorado Springs, CO: Cook Communications Ministries, 2005). “1 John, 2 John, 3 John,” pp. 165–198.
Biblical Ethics and Application, ed. Ruben Zimmermann and Stephan Joubert, WUNT 384 (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2017). “The Ethics of the Good Shepherd,” pp. 139–162.
The Books of the Bible, ed. Bernhard W. Anderson (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1989). “John,” 2:203–228.
Character Studies in the Fourth Gospel, ed. Steven A. Hunt, D. Francois Tolmie, and Ruben Zimmermann; WUNT 314 (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2013). “Nicodemus: The Travail of New Birth,” pp. 249–259.
Characters and Characterization in the Gospel of John, ed. Christopher W. Skinner; Library of New Testament Studies 461 (London: Bloomsbury, 2013). “The Weave of the Tapestry: Character and Theme in John,” pp. 18–35.
La communauté johannique et son histoire, ed. J.-D. Kaestli, J.-M. Poffet, and J. Zumstein (Geneva: Labor et Fides, 1990). “L’application de la narratologie a l’étude de l’évangile de Jean,” pp. 97–120. “Un exemple de commentaire fondé sur la critique narrative: Jean 5, 1–18,” pp. 135–151.
Communities in Dispute: Current Scholarship on the Johannine Epistles, ed. R. Alan Culpepper and Paul N. Anderson (Atlanta: Scholars Press, 2014). “Setting the Stage: The Context for the Conversation,” pp. 3–15. “The Relationship between the Gospel of John and 1 John,” pp. 95–119.
Composition and Order of the Fourth Gospel, by D. Moody Smith (Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2015). “Foreword,” pp. xi–xxxix.
Creation Stories in Dialogue: The Bible, Science, and Folk Traditions, Radboud Prestige Lectures in New Testament by R. Alan Culpepper, ed. R. Alan Culpepper and Jan G. van der Watt, Biblical Interpretation Series 139 (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2015). “‘Children of God’: Evolution, Cosmology, and Johannine Thought,” pp. 3–31. “Summary and Reflections: The Dialogue about Stories of Origin,” pp. 287–293.
Dictionary of Major Biblical Interpreters (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2007). “John A. T. Robinson,” pp. 874–877.
Disciple’s Study Bible (Nashville: Holman Bible Publishers, 1988). “John” (Bible Book Introduction), pp. 1312–1314.
Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception, ed. H.-J. Klauck et al. (Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2009). “Blindness: III. New Testament,” pp. 4:178–182.
Engaging with C. H. Dodd on the Gospel of John, ed. Tom Thatcher and Catrin H. Williams (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013). “C. H. Dodd as a Precursor to Narrative Criticism,” pp. 31–48.
Exploring The Gospel of John, ed. R. Alan Culpepper and C. Clifton Black (Louisville: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1996). “Reading Johannine Irony,” pp. 193–207.
Feasting on the Gospels, ed. Cynthia A. Jarvis and E. Elizabeth Johnson (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2013–2015). “Matthew 14:1–12, Exegetical Perspective,” Matthew, Volume 2 (2013), pp. 3–7. “Matthew 14:13–21, Exegetical Perspective,” Matthew, Volume 2 (2013), pp. 9–13. “Matthew 14:22–36, Exegetical Perspective,” Matthew, Volume 2 (2013), pp. 15–19. “Mark 9:42–50, Exegetical Perspective,” Mark (2014), pp. 291–95. “Mark 10:1–12, Exegetical Perspective,” Mark (2014), pp. 297–301. “Mark 10:13–16, Exegetical Perspective,” Mark (2014), pp. 303–307. “Luke 21:9–19, Exegetical Perspective,” Luke, Volume 2 (2014), pp. 231–35. “Luke 21:20–38, Exegetical Perspective,” Luke, Volume 2 (2014), pp. 237–41. “John 9:1–12, Exegetical Perspective,” John, Volume 1 (2015), pp. 285–89. “John 9:13–17, Exegetical Perspective,” John, Volume 1 (2015), pp. 291–95. “John 9:18–23, Exegetical Perspective,” John, Volume 1 (2015), pp. 297–301.
Following Jesus: Sermons on Discipleship, ed. W. Hulitt Gloer (Macon, Georgia: Smyth & Helwys, 1994). “The Second Call, The Second Baptism,” pp. 35–43.
The Future of Christology: Essays in Honor of Leander E. Keck, ed. Abraham J. Malherbe and Wayne A. Meeks (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1993). “Guessing Points and Knowing Stars: History and Higher Criticism in Robert Browning’s ‘A Death in the Desert,’” pp. 53–65.
The General Letters, Proclamation Commentaries, rev. ed., ed. Gerhard Krodel (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1995). “1–2-3 John,” pp. 110–144.
Gladly Learn, Gladly Teach: Living Out One’s Calling in the Twenty-First Century Academy, ed. John Marson Dunaway (Macon: Mercer University Press, 2005). “Full of Grace and Truth: A Theology of Teaching,” pp. 32–45.
Gospel Interpretation: Narrative-Critical & Social-Scientific Approaches, ed. Jack Dean Kingsbury (Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press International, 1997). “The Plot of John’s Story of Jesus,” pp. 188–199.
The Gospel of John as Literature, ed. Mark W. G. Stibbe (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1993). “John 5:1–18: A Sample of Narrative-Critical Commentary,” pp. 193–207.
Harper’s Bible Commentary (San Francisco: Harper & Row). “1, 2, 3 John” (1988), pp. 1290–1296; (2000), pp. 1178–1183.
Hermeneutics for Preaching, ed. Raymond Bailey (Nashville: Broadman Press, 1992). “A Literary Model,” pp. 77–104.
Holman Bible Handbook (Nashville: Holman Bible Publishers, 1992). “Between the Testaments,” pp. 504–535.
Holman Bible Dictionary (Nashville: Holman Bible Publishers, 1991). “John,” pp. 803–805. “John, the Gospel of,” pp. 805–807. “John, the Letters of,” pp. 807–809. “Logos,” p. 888. “World,” pp. 1419–21.
Imagery in the Gospel of John: Terms, Forms, Themes and Theology of Figurative Language, ed. Jörg Frey, Jan G. van der Watt, and Ruben Zimmermann, WUNT 200 (Tübingen: J. C. B. Mohr, 2006). “Designs for the Church in the Imagery of John 21:1–14,” pp. 369–402.
The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (Revised Edition). “Education,” vol. 2, pp. 21–27.
Interpretation and the Claims of the Text: Resourcing New Testament Theology, ed. Jason A. Whitlark et al. (Waco: Baylor University Press, 2014). “The Problem of Evil in the Gospel of John,” pp. 59–72.
“J. Louis Martyn’s Contribution to the Understanding of the Gospel of John,” in Seven Glimpses into the Johannine Community: Essays on John by J. Louis Martyn, Johannine Monograph Series 8 (Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2018).
Jesus in the Johannine Tradition, ed. Robert R. Fortna and Tom Thatcher (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2001). “The Origin of the ‘Amen, Amen’ Sayings in the Gospel of John,” pp. 253–262.
John and Judaism: A Contested Relationship in Context, ed. R. Alan Culpepper and Paul N. Anderson, RBS 87 (Atlanta: SBL Press, 2017). “Preface,” pp. xvii–ix. “Matthew and John: Reflections of Early Christianity in Relation to Judaism,” pp. 189–219. “Afterword: What Have We Learned? Where Do We Go from Here?” pp. 339–353.
Johannine Ethics: The Moral World of the Gospel and Epistles of John, ed. Sherri Brown and Christopher W. Skinner (Minneapolis: Fortress, 2017). “The Creation Ethics of the Gospel of John,” pp. 67–90.
John, Jesus, and History: Aspects of Historicity, vol. 2, ed. Paul N. Anderson (Atlanta: Scholars Press, 2009). “John 21:24–25: The Johannine Sphragis,” pp. 349–364.
John, Jesus, and History: Glimpses of Jesus through the Johannine Lens, vol. 3, ed. Paul N. Anderson, Felix Just, and Tom Thatcher, SBL Early Christianity and Its Literature 18 (Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2016). “Jesus Sayings in the Johannine Discourses: A Proposal,” pp. 353–382.
The Johannine Literature, ed. Barnabas Lindars, Ruth B. Edwards, and John M. Court, with an introduction by R. Alan Culpepper (Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2000). “An Introduction to the Johannine Writings,” pp. 9–27.
Laesninger og Tolkninger af Det Nye Testamente, ed. Geert Hallbȁck and Troels Engberg-Pedersen (Copenhagen: ANIS, 2000). “Narrative Tid,” pp. 273–300.
Life in Abundance: Studies of John’s Gospel in Tribute to Raymond E. Brown, ed. John R. Donahue (Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2005). “The Legacy of Raymond E. Brown and Beyond: A Response to Francis J. Moloney,” pp. 40–51.
“Literary Devices and New Perspectives on John: David Wead’s Contribution to Johannine Scholarship,” The Literary Devices of the Fourth Gospel (Revised and Expanded Edition), by David W. Wead, edited by Paul N. Anderson and R. Alan Culpepper, Johannine Monograph Series 7 (Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2018).
Mark as Story: Retrospect and Prospect, ed. Kelly R. Iverson and Christopher W. Skinner (Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2011). “Mark 6:17–29 in Its Narrative Context: Kingdoms in Conflict,” pp. 145–163.
Mercer Commentary on the Bible (Macon: Mercer University Press, 1995). “The Letter of James,” pp. 1283–1294.
Mercer Dictionary of the Bible (Macon: Mercer University Press, 1990). “John, Gospel and Letters of.”
Also “Andrew,” “Cockcrowing,” “Fig Tree,” “Lamb of God,” “Lazarus,” “Maranatha,” “Sychar.”
The Ministers Manual (Doran’s), ed. James W. Cox (New York: HarperCollins). 1987 Edition, 7 sermon sketches, pp. 24–27, 31–33. 1988 Edition, 17 sermon sketches, pp. 19, 24–28, 30–33, 40–43, 54. 1989 Edition, 12 sermon sketches, pp. 18, 25, 27–32, 56, 152. 1991 Edition, Preaching Themes in 1 John, pp. 287–293. 1998 Edition, 3 sermon sketches, pp. 67–69, 77–78, 164.
New Currents through John: A Global Perspective, ed. Francisco Lozada, Jr. and Tom Thatcher (Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2006). “Looking Downstream: Where Will the New Currents Take Us?” pp. 199–209.
The New Interpreter’s Bible, ed. Leander E. Keck (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1995), Vol. 9. “The Gospel of Luke.”
New Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible (Nashville: Abingdon Press). “Children of God,” Volume 1: A–C (2006): 590–593. “John [The Apostle],” Volume 3: I–Ma (2008): 351–354.
New Testament Survey, The New Interpreter’s Bible (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2005). “The Gospel of Luke,” pp. 73–94.
On Mission with God: Free and Faithful Baptists in the Twenty-First Century, ed. Pamela R. Durso, William O’Brien, associate editor (Atlanta: Baptist History and Heritage Society, 2011). “The Rationale for Missions” (co-authored with Hugo H. Culpepper), pp. 21–34.
The Opening of John’s Narrative (John 1:19–2:22), ed. R. Alan Culpepperand Jörg Frey, WUNT 385 (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2017). “Temple Violation: Reading John 2:13–22 at the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus,” pp. 289–313.
Overcoming Fear between Jews and Christians, ed. James H. Charlesworth (New York: Crossroad, 1992). “The Gospel of John as a Threat to Jewish-Christian Relations,” pp. 21–43.
Perspectives on John: Method and Interpretation in the Fourth Gospel, ed. Robert B. Sloan and Mikeal C. Parsons, NABPR Special Studies Series 11 (Lewiston: The Edwin Mellen Press, 1993). “The amen, amen Sayings in the Gospel of John,” pp. 57–101.
The “Plainly Revealed” Word of God? Baptist Hermeneutics in Theory and Practice, ed. Helen Dare and Simon Woodman (Macon: Mercer University Press, 2011). “A Sample of Baptist Contributions to Johannine Scholarship (1940–2010),” pp. 30–71.
The Prologue of the Gospel of John: Literary, Theological, and Philosophical Contexts. Papers read at the Colloqueum Ioanneum 2013, ed. R. Alan Culpepper, Udo Schnelle, and Jan G. van der Watt (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2016). “Foreword,” pp. vii–xviii. “The Prologue as Theological Prolegomenon to the Gospel of John,” pp. 3–26.
The Quest for the Real Jesus, ed. Jan van der Watt, BIS 120 (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2013). “Contours of the Historical Jesus,” 67–85.
Religion in Geschichte und Gegenwart, 4th ed. (Tübingen: J. C. B. Mohr, 2001). “Johannes, Sohn des Zebedäus (Zwölferkreis),” pp. 518–519.
The Resurrection of Jesus in the Gospel of John, ed. Craig R. Koester and Reimund Bieringer, WUNT 222 (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2008). “Realized Eschatology in the Experience of the Johannine Community,” pp. 253–276.
Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth: Testimonies of Faith from the Faculty of Southern Seminary, ed. Roy L. Honeycutt (Louisville: Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1987). “Christ,” pp. 9–11.
SBL 1982 Seminar Papers (Missoula, MT: Scholars Press, 1982). “The Narrator in the Fourth Gospel: Intratextual Relationships,” pp. 81–96.
Studies in the Gospel of John and Its Christology: Festschrift Gilbert van Belle, ed. Joseph Verheyden et al., BETL 265 (Leuven: Peeters, 2014). “Designs for the Church in John 20,19–23,” pp. 501–518.
The Unfettered Word: Southern Baptists Confront the Authority-Inerrancy Question, ed. Robison B. James (Waco: Word, 1987). “Jesus’ View of Scripture,” pp. 26–38.
“What is John?” Readers and Readings of the Fourth Gospel, ed. Fernando F. Segovia (Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1996). “The Gospel of John as a Document of Faith in a Pluralistic Culture,” pp. 107–128.
What We Have Heard from the Beginning: The Past, Present, and Future of Johannine Studies, ed. Tom Thatcher (Waco: Baylor University Press, 2007). “Pursuing the Elusive,” pp. 109–121.
Who Do You Say that I Am?: Essays on Christology, ed. David R. Bauer and Mark Allan Powell (Louisville: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1999). “The Christology of the Johannine Writings,” pp. 66–87.
Word, Theology and Community in John, ed. John Painter, R. Alan Culpepper, and Fernando F. Segovia (St. Louis: Chalice Press, 2002). “Inclusivism and Exclusivism in the Fourth Gospel,” pp. 85–108.
Book Reviews
Catholic Biblical Quarterly
The Johannine Corpus in the Early Church, by Charles E. Hill, 67 (Apr 2005): 346–348.
Critical Review of Books in Religion
The Christocentric Literary Structure of the Fourth Gospel, by George Mlakuzhyil, S. J. (1989): 227–229.
Jesus and the Marginalized in John’s Gospel, by Robert J. Karris; John and His Witness, by Raymond F. Collins; Lazarus: A Contemporary Reading of John 11:1–46, by Brendan Byrne (1992): 224–27.
Interpretation
Christ and Power, by Martin Hengel, 32 (Apr 1980): 212–214.
The Holy Spirit, by C. F. D. Moule, 34 (Jan 1980): 102–103.
The Ethos of the Bible, by Birger Gerhardsson, 36 (Oct 1982): 432, 434.
Befriending the Beloved Disciple: A Jewish Reading of the Gospel of John, by Adele Reinhartz, 56 (Ap 2002): 216.
Journal of Biblical Literature
Orthodox and Heretical Perfectionism in the Johannine Community as Evident in the First Epistle of John, by John Bogart, 97 (1978): 601–602.
The Divine Sonship of Christians in the Johannine Writings, by Matthew Vellanickal, 98 (1979): 447–449.
Interiority and Covenant: A Study of einai en and menein en in the First Letter of Saint John, by Edward Malatesta, S. J., 98 (1979): 603–605.
The Johannine Question, by Martin Hengel, 110 (1991): 536–537.
The Farewell of the Word: The Johannine Call to Abide, by Fernando F. Segovia, 112 (1993): 721–722.
John as Storyteller, by Mark Stibbe, 113 (1994): 733–736.
Journal of Religion
Revelation in the Fourth Gospel, by Gail R. O’Day, 68 (1988): 450–451.
Journal of the American Academy of Religion
Johannine Christianity in Conflict, by D. Bruce Woll, 51 (1983): 149.
Journal of Theological Studies
Love in the Gospel of John, by Francis J. Moloney, (2016): 236–238.
METS Alumni Association Newsletter
Excavating Jesus: Beneath the Stones, Behind the Texts, by John Dominic Crossan and Jonathan L. Reed, 9 (2009): 11.
Religious Studies Review
Southeastern Studies, Volume I: Towards A.D. 2000: Emerging Directions in Christian Ministry, ed. John I. Durham, 4 (Jul 1978): 208.
Review and Expositor
Finding the Old Testament in the New, by Henry M. Shires, 71 (1974): 542–543.
The Second Epistle to the Corinthians, by C. K. Barrett, 71 (1974): 544–545.
The Teacher in the Primitive Church and the Teacher Today, by Joseph A. Grassi, 71 (1974): 546.
The Key to the Good News, by John H. Piet, 72 (1975): 95.
The Johannine Epistles, by J. L. Houlden, 72 (1975): 233–235.
Jesus the Jew, by Geza Vermes, 72 (1975): 235–236.
The Kingdom in Mark: A New Place and a New Time, by Werner H. Kelber, 72 (1975): 510–511.
The Gospel of John and Judaism, by C. K. Barrett, 73 (1976): 219–220.
Qumran and the History of the Biblical Text, ed. Frank M. Cross and Shemaryahu Talmon, 73 (1976): 356–357.
Biblical Exegesis in the Apostolic Period, by Richard N. Longenecker, 73 (1976): 357–358.
The Passion in Mark, ed. Werner H. Kelber, 73 (1976): 480–482.
Son of God to Superstar: Twentieth Century Interpretations of Jesus, by John H. Hayes, 74 (1977): 99–100.
The Fourth Evangelist and His Gospel: An Examination of Contemporary Scholarship, by Robert Kysar, 74 (1977): 229–231.
The Resurrection According to Matthew, Mark, and Luke, by Norman Perrin, 74 (1977): 569–571.
Community of the New Age: Studies in Mark’s Gospel, by Howard Kee, 75 (1978): 125–127.
Jews, Greeks and Christians: Religious Cultures in Late Antiquity, Essays in Honor of William David Davies, ed. Robert Hamerton-Kelly and Robin Scroggs, 75 (1978): 298–300.
John, the Maverick Gospel, by Robert Kysar, 75 (1978): 295–297.
Resurrection, by Ulrich Wilckens, 76 (1979): 119–121.
Jesus on Trial: A Study in the Fourth Gospel, by A. E. Harvey, 76 (1979): 114–116.
The Dead Sea Scrolls: Qumran in Perspective, by Geza Vermes, 76 (1979): 121–123.
History and Theology in the Fourth Gospel, rev. ed., by J. Louis Martyn, 76 (1979): 573–575.
Interfaces of the Word: Studies in the Evolution of Consciousness and Culture, by Walter J. Ong, 76 (1979): 575–577.
Communication Arts in the Ancient World, ed. Eric A. Havelock and Jackson P. Hershbell, 76 (1979): 575–577.
The Genesis of Secrecy, by Frank Kermode, 77 (1980): 419–420.
Behold the Lamb, by Ray Summers, 78 (1981): 423–425.
The Oral and Written Gospel: The Hermeneutics of Speaking and Writing in the Synoptic Tradition, Mark, Paul, and Q, by Werner H. Kelber, 81 (1984): 136–138.
John’s Story of Jesus, by Robert Kysar, 81 (1984): 492–493.
The Genius of John, by Peter F. Ellis, 85 (1988): 349–351.
John, by George R. Beasley-Murray, 85 (1988): 566–567.
The Earliest Version of John’s Gospel: Recovering the Gospel of Signs, by Urban C. von Wahlde, 87 (1990): 337–338.
Just Peacemaking: Transforming Initiatives for Justice and Peace, by Glen H. Stassen, 90 (1993): 452–453.
Befriending the Beloved Disciple: A Jewish Reading of the Gospel of John, by Adele Reinhartz, 103 (2006): 256–257.
Review of Biblical Literature
The Christology of the Fourth Gospel, by Paul N. Anderson, 1 (1999): 48–53.
Resurrection: The Origin and Future of a Biblical Doctrine, by James Charlesworth, et al., (online 10/21/2006).
The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption, and Restoration, by Bruce M. Metzger and Bart D. Ehrman, 4th ed. (with Timothy R. Anderson), 107 (2010): 264–265.
Imperfect Believers: Ambiguous Characters in the Gospel of John, by Susan E. Hylen, (online 4/7/2011).
Creation Imagery in the Gospel of John, by Carlos Raúl Sosa Siliezar, (online3 8/4/2016).
Raymond Brown, ‘The Jews,’ and the Gospel of John: From Apologia to Apology, by Sonya Shetty Cronin (online 1/20/2017).
James through the Centuries, by David Gowler (online 7/6/2017).
How John Works: Storytelling in the Fourth Gospel, ed. Douglas Estes and Ruth Sheridan (online 7/27/2017).
Teaching Theology and Religion
The Tapestry of Early Christian Discourse, by Vernon K. Robbins, 1.3 (1998): 191.
Curriculum
Jesus Reveals God’s Love, 15 lessons on the Gospel of John, Adult Bible Study, Life and Work Series, Baptist Sunday School Board, first quarter 1985.
The Master’s Message, 19 lessons on the Gospel of Luke, Adult Bible Study, Life and Work Series, Baptist Sunday School Board, first quarter 1987.
Believing and Obeying, 13 lessons on the Epistle to the Romans, Young Adult Bible Study, Life and Work Series, Baptist Sunday School Board, second quarter 1988.
Being the Church, 13 lessons on 1 Corinthians, Adult Bible Study, Life and Work Series, Baptist Sunday School Board, first quarter 1989.
Mark: The Gospel and Ministry, 13 lessons on the Gospel of Mark, Adult Bible Study, Life and Work Series, Baptist Sunday School Board, first quarter 1990.
John’s Gospel: Salvation through God’s Son (Nov–Dec 1990) and Lord, Teach Us to Pray (Sept 1991), 13 lessons, Adult Bible Teacher, Life and Work Series, Baptist Sunday School Board.
Matthew: Studies of the Kingdom, 12 lessons, Advanced Bible Study, Life and Work Series, Baptist Sunday School Board, first quarter 1992.
The Mission of God: Overcoming Barriers with the Gospel, 4 lessons for Formations, Smyth & Helwys, July 1993.
Religious Journalism
“Interpreting the Bible,” for Associated Baptist Press, Word and Way, Smoke Rise Baptist Church website. March 2009.
“Our Daily Bread,” Visions: Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Georgia (Jun/Jul 2009): 2.
Lectureships
Derward Deere Lectures, Golden Gate Theological Seminary, 1984.
Biblical Lectures, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, 1988.
The Edward L. Beavin Memorial Lectures, Kentucky Weslyan College, October 25–26, 1989.
M. Ray Megginson Research Lectures, Mobile College, March 24, 1993.
Biblical Lectures, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, 1994.
International lecturer, Society for New Testament Studies of South Africa, March 1997 (Lectures at the Universities of: Johannesburg [RAU], Pretoria [UNISA], The Orange Free State, and Stellenbosch).
Inaugural George Walker Redding Lectures, Georgetown College, September 8, 1998.
International lecturer, Conference on Narrative Criticism, Lausanne, Switzerland, March 2002.
Lide-Walker Lectures, Philippine Baptist Theological Seminary, Baguio, The Philippines, January 2004.
Belote Lectures, Hong Kong Baptist Theological Seminary, Hong Kong, September 2004.
Papers Presented at Professional Society Meetings (Partial List)
Critique of The Community of the Beloved Disciple, by Raymond E. Brown, and The Gospel of John in Christian History, by J. Louis Martyn, followed by response from the authors, SBL, New York, Oct 1979.
“The Narrator in the Fourth Gospel,” SNTS, Toronto, Aug 1980.
“The Implied Reader in the Fourth Gospel,” AAR, San Francisco, Dec 1981.
“The Narrator in the Fourth Gospel: Intratextual Relationships,” SBL, New York, Dec 1982.
“Story and History in the Gospels,” Faculty Address, SBTS, Mar 1983.
“John 2:1–11: The Task of a Commentary,” SNTS, Canterbury, Aug 1983.
“Synthesis and Schism in the Johannine Community and the Southern Baptist Convention,” NABPR, Athens, Georgia, Mar 1985.
“The Gospel of John and the Jews,” Southern Baptist—Jewish Symposium, Louisville, Kentucky, Apr 1986.
“Lincoln: An American Gospel,” The Bible in American Culture Group, Salem, Oregon, Feb 1987.
“Commentary on Biblical Narrative: Changing Paradigms,” SBL/AAR, 6 Dec 1987.
“Narrative Criticism of the Gospel of John,” University of Zurich; Troisieme Cycle, Fribourg, Switzerland; Bethel Hochschule, Bielefeld, West Germany, Jan 1988.
“John 5:1–18,” Troisieme Cycle, Fribourg, Switzerland, Jan 1988.
“The Johannine hypodeigma: A Reading of John 13:1–38,” John Seminar, SNTS, Dublin, Ireland, Jul 1989.
“The Contributions of Raymond E. Brown and J. Louis Martyn to Current Narrative Criticism of the Fourth Gospel,” Johannine Literature Section, SBL, Anaheim, California, Nov 1989.
“The Gospel of John as a Document of Faith in a Pluralistic Culture,” SBL, Chicago, Nov 1994.
“The Theology of the Johannine Passion Narrative: John 19:16b–30,” Society for New Testament Studies of South Africa, Mar 1997.
“The Relationship between the University and the Church: Why does it Matter?” Southern Baptist Association of Colleges and Universities, West Palm Beach, Florida, Jun 1997.
“Mapping the Textures of New Testament Criticism: A Response to Socio-Rhetorical Criticism,” SBL, San Francisco, Nov 1997.
“Anti-Judaism in the Fourth Gospel as a Theological Problem for Christian Interpreters,” Presidential Address, National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion, Boston, 1999.
“Anti-Judaism in the Fourth Gospel as a Theological Problem for Christian Interpreters,” Leuven Colloquium on Anti-Judaism and the Fourth Gospel, Leuven, The Netherlands, Feb 2000.
“Twenty Years of Narrative Criticism of the Gospels: New Perspectives and Unresolved Issues,” Colloque international d’analyse narrative des textes de la Bible, Lausanne, Switzerland, 7–9 Mar 2002.
“Perspectives on the Death of Jesus,” The Annual Lide-Walker Lectures, Philippine Baptist Theological Seminary, Baguio, The Philippines, Jan 2004.
“Designs for the Church in the Gospel Accounts of Jesus’ Death,” Invited Main Paper, SNTS, Barcelona, Spain, Aug 2004.
“Reading the Gospel of Mark in Changing Contexts,” The Belote Lectures, Hong Kong Baptist Theological Seminary, Hong Kong, Sept 2004.
“Designs for the Church in the Imagery of John 21:1–14,” International Conference on Johannine Imagery, Eisenach, Germany, Jul 2005.