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Dr. John J. Pilch
Publications 1962 to the present

  

pilchj@verizon.net


BOOKS


Forthcoming

Social Science Commentary on the Deutero-Paulines.  Co-authored with Bruce J. Malina. Fortress, forthcoming.


Published

 
 
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             A Cultural Handbook to the Bible. Eerdmans, 2012.

Brazil.jpeg  Visőes e Curas nos Atos dos Apóstolos: Como os primeiros fiéis experimentavam Deus. Săo Paulo, Brasil: Ediçőes Loyola, 2010.  Portuguese translation of Visions and Healing... 2004.




Baker.jpg  Handbook of Biblical Social Values. John J. Pilch and Bruce J. Malina, Editors.  Grand Rapids, MI. Baker Academic, 2009.  Reprint of 1998.



Acts.jpg Social Science Commentary on Acts of the Apostles.  Bruce J. Malina and John J. Pilch.  Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2008.


Stephen.jpg Stephen: Paul's Social Network: Brothers and Sisters in Faith.  Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 2008.


Wellness.Wipf.jpg Wellness Spirituality. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2008.  Reprint of 1985 Crossroads.



Mal.fst.SBL.jpg  Social Scientific Models for Interpreting the Bible. Essays by the Context Group in Honor of Bruce J. Malina. Edited by John J. Pilch.  Leiden - Boston - Köln: E.J. Brill, 2001.  Reprinted 2007 by the Society of Biblical Literature, Atlanta, GA.




OR.WS.jpg  Introducing the Cultural Context of the Old Testament.  Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2007.  Corrected and updated edition of 1991 (see below).

NT.WS.jpg Introducing the Cultural Context of the New Testament. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2007. Corrected and updated edition of 1991 (see below).

Paul.jpgSocial Science Commentary on the Letters of Paul.  Bruce J. Malina and John J. Pilch.  Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2006.


slownik.jpgSłownik Kultury Biblijnej.  Częstochowa, Poland: Edycja  Św. Pawła, 2004.

New Proclamation: Year A: Easter through Pentecost.  Barbara R. Rossing, John J. Pilch, Deidre J. Good, Robert Kysar. Edited by Harold W. Rast.  Minneapolis, MN: Fortress, December, 2004.

ProphetsA.jpgThe Cultural World of the Prophets: The First  Reading and Responsorial Psalm:, Sunday by Sunday: Year A. Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press,  2004.

VisHeal.jpgVisions and Healing in the Acts of the Apostles. How the Early Believers Experienced God.  Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 2004.   

ProphetsCThe Cultural World of the Prophets: The First  Reading and Responsorial Psalm:, Sunday by Sunday: Year  C. Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 2003.
ApostlesCThe Cultural World of the Apostles: The Second Reading, Sunday by Sunday: Year C Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 2003.



CultTools.jpg  Cultural Tools for Interpreting the Good News.  Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 2002.

cbap.jpeg Windows into the Culture of the New Testament. Catholic Biblical Association of the Philippines Lectures 2002.  Quezon City: Catholic Biblical Association of the Philippines, 2002.

ProphetsB.jpgThe Cultural World of the Prophets: The First  Reading and Responsorial Psalm:, Sunday by Sunday: Year B. Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 2002.

Apostles.B.jpgThe Cultural World of the Apostles: The Second Reading, Sunday by Sunday: Year B. Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 2002.


Mal.fst  Social Scientific Models for Interpreting the Bible. Essays by the Context Group in Honor of Bruce J. Malina. Edited by John J. Pilch.  Leiden - Boston - Köln: E.J. Brill, 2001.


Iralian.jpg Italian Translation of The Cultural Dictionary of the Bible.  Ancora, 2001.

    korean.jpeg  Korean translation of Biblical Social Values and their Meaning: A Handbook. (see below)

    Trid.jpg  The Triduum and Easter Sunday: Breaking Open the Scriptures

      GalRom.jpg Galatians and Romans, Collegeville Bible Commentary, Volume 6. Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1983.

      dotblue.gif Wellness: Your Invitation to Full Life.  Minneapolis, MN: Winston Press, 1981.

      dotblue.gif Developing a Holistic Spirituality. Sewanee, Sewanee, TN: University of the South, 1980.

      dotblue.gif What are they saying about the Book of Revelation?  Ramsey, NJ: Paulist Press, 1978.

      dotblue.gifEnglish Translation of Le Mystčre de Dieu as The Mystery of God. New York: Desclée, 1969.



    ARTICLES

    Forthcoming

     
    dotblue.gif   “The Felicitas D. Goodman Institute: New-Shamanism or Religious Ecstatic Trance?”  In SHAMAN, 2013, forthcoming.
    dotblue.gif  "Musik im zweiten (slawischen) Henochbuch"  ("Music in Second [Slavonic] Enoch" translated by Andreas Gommerman) Alte Texte in neuen Kontexten: Wo steht die sozialwissenschaft- liche Bibelexegese? Proceedings of the International Context Group Meeting, Tutzing, Germany, June 2009. Edited by Wolfgang Stegemann and Richard DeMaris. Kohlhammer, forthcoming 2013.  (Translation of "Music in Second (Slavonic) Enoch" in Biblical Theology Bulletin 39 (2009): 214-221).  


    Published

     

    2013

    dotblue.gif "Exploring Periods of Psychological Development in MENA (Middle East North Africa) Societies: A Tentative Model." Biblical Theology Bulletin 43 (2013): 88–102.

    2012

    dotblue.gif "The Idea of Man and Concepts of the Body: Anthropological Studies on the Ancient Cultures of Israel, Egypt, and the Near East." Pp. 61-75 in Menschenbilder und Körperkonzepte im Alten Israel, in Ägypten und im Alten Orient. Edited by Angelika Berlejung, Jan Dietrich, and Joachim Friedrich Quack. Tübingen: Mohr-Siebeck, 2012.

    2011

    dotblue.gif "Paul, A Change Agent: Model for the Twenty-First Century." Pp. 81-99 in Celebrating Paul: Festschrift in Honor of Jerome Murphy-O'Connor, O.P. and Joseph A. Fitzmyer, S.J.  CBQMS 48, Edited by Peter Spitaler. Washington, DC: Catholic Biblical Quartlerly, 2011. 

    dotblue.gif"The Cultural World of the Ancient Mediterranean."  Pp. 45-48 in Little Rock Catholic Study Bible. Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 2011.

    dotblue.gif   Salt for the earthen oven revisited’, HTS Teologiese Studies/ Theological Studies 67(1), 2011.  The article is properly cited in this fashion:  Pilch, J.J., 'Salt for the earthen oven revisted', HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 67 (1),  Art. # 826, 5 pages DOI: 10.4102/hts.v67i1.826. Clicking on the title underlined above takes a reader directly to the article.
     
    dotblue.gif "Honor and Shame." Oxford Bibliographies in "Biblical Studies." Ed. Christopher R. Matthews. New York: Oxford University Press. Entry Launch Date: Jan. 11, 2012.

    2009    

     dotblue.gif  Paul, An Agent for Change: Model for the 21st Century.  You-Tube

     dotblue.gif   April 20-21, 2009. Five major presentations at the ten day International Seminar on St. Paul, Ariccia (Rome), Italy. Sponsored by the Society of St. Paul. "Evangelization in the Missionary Activity and in the Letters of Paul."

    dotblue.gif  “Jesus’ Healing Activity: Political Acts?”  Pp. 147-155 in Understanding the Social World of the New Testament.  Edited by Dietmar Neufeld and Richard E. DeMaris.  London and New York: Routledge,  2009.  


    dotblue.gif Scab; Sores; Ulcer in in New Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible. Vol. 5: S--Z.   Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 2009.

    dotblue.gif Music in Second (Slavonic) Enoch. Biblical Theology Bulletin  39 (Nov. 2009): 214-221.

    dotblue.gif Pestilence, Plague in New Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible. Vol. 4: Me-R.   Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 2009.

    2008

    dotblue.gif  "The Holy Man, Enoch, and his Sky Journeys,"  Pp. 103-111 in Shamanhood Unbound.  Bibliotheca Shamanistica, 14. Ed. by Mihály Hoppál and Zsuzsanna Simonkay. Co-editors  Kornélia Buday (deceased) and Dávid Somfai Kara.  Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2008.

    dotblue.gif "Paul, An Agent for Change: Model for the 21st Century."  Radical Change 21 (October-November, 2008) 14-15.

    dotblue.gif "The Usefulness of the “Meaning Response” Concept For Interpreting  Translations of Matthew’s Gospel."  Pp. 97-108  in  The Social Sciences and Biblical Interpratation, ed. by Dietmar Neufeld.  Atlanta, GA: SBL and Leiden, Netherlands: E.J. Brill, 2008.

    dotblue.gif  Lame; Leprosy in New Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible. Vol. 3: I-Ma.   Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 2008.  

    2007

    dotblue.gif "Flute Players, Death, and Music in the Afterlife (Matthew 9:18-19, 23-26)."  Biblical Theology Bulletin  37 (2007) 12-19.


    dotblue.gif "The Wrath of God: The Meaning of orge qeou in the New Testament World."  With Bruce J. Malina.  Pp.  138-154 in In  Other Words: Essays on Social Science Methods & the New Testament in Honor of Jerome H. Neyrey.  Edited by Anselm C. Hagedorn, Zeba A. Crook, Eric Stewart.  Sheffield, UK: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2007.

     dotblue.gif  "Jesus as Healer."  Pp. 19-26 in Christian Reflection: A Series in Faith and Ethics.  Waco, TX: Baylor University, 2007.

    dotblue.gif "The Chiltan Spirits: a research report from the Annapolis, MD (USA) research group of Cuyamungue: The Felicitas D. Goodman Institute (2000-2007).  Pp. 99-102 in  Shamanhood Today. Kornélia Buday and Mihály Hoppál, editors.  Budapest: MTS Néprajzi Kutatóintézet - Magyar Vallástudományi Társaság,  2007.

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    Deafness; Disease; Dropsy; Dumb; Dysentery;Ecstasy; Epilepsy; Eruption; Fever in New Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible. Vol. 2: D-H.   Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 2007.  

    2006 

    dotblue.gif"Stati modificati di coscienza nei sonottici." Pp. 45-56 in  Il nuovo Gesů storico  Brescia: Paideia Editrice, 2006.  Italian translation  of  "Altered States of Consciousness in the Synoptics."   Chapter 6 in  The Social Setting of Jesus and The Gospels. Wolfgang Stegemann, Bruce J. Malina, Gerd Theissen, eds.  Minneapolis, MN: Fortress, 2002.  Pp. 103-116

    dotblue.gif  Baldness; Blindness; Boil; Bone; Consumption in  New Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible. Vol. 1: A-C.  Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 2006.

    dotblue.gif "Music and Trance."  Pp.  38-50 in Music and Altered States: Consciousness, Transcendence, Therapy and Addiction. London and Philadelphia: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2006.

    dotblue.gif  "Ezekiel -- An Altered State of Consciousness Experience: The Call of Ezekiel: Ezekiel 1--3."  Pp. 208-222 in Ancient Israel: The Old Testament in its Social Context.  Edited by Philip F. Esler.  Minneapolis, MN: Fortress, 2006.

    dotblue.gif  "A Window into the Biblical World: The Sound of the Flute,"  The Bible Today 44.1 (2006): 49-52.

    dotblue.gif  "A Window into the Biblical World: Singing with One Voice,"  The Bible Today 44.2 (2006): 114-119
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    dotblue.gif  "A Window into the Biblical World: After they had sung a hymn...,"  The Bible Today 44.3 (2006): 185-189.

    dotblue.gif  "A Window into the Biblical World: The Samaritan Woman,"  The Bible Today 44.4 (2006): 251-256.

    dotblue.gif  "A Window into the Biblical World: Naming the Nameless in the Bible,"  The Bible Today 44.5 (2006): 315-320.

    dotblue.gif "A Window into the Biblical World:  Solomon's, the Best of All Songs."  The Bible Today 44.6 (2006): 384-389.

    dotblue.gif  "Masters Corner:  The Music of Our Ancestors."  GIA Quarterly 18 (#1, 2006) 12-13; 40.

    2005

    dotblue.gif"The Ascension of Jesus: A social scientific perspective."  Pp.  75-82 in Kontexte der Schrift, Bd. 2: Kultur, Politik, Religion, Sprache - Text. Für Wolfgang Stegemann zum 60. Geburtstag.  hg. v. Christian Strecker. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 2005.

    dotblue.gif  "Holy Men and their Sky Journeys."  Biblical Theology Bulletin  35 (2005) 106-111.

     dotblue.gif  "Paul's Call to be a Holy Man (Apostle): In His Own Words and In Other Words. " Hervormde Teologiese Studies 61 (1 & 2) 1-13.

    dotblue.gif  "A Window into the Biblical World:   God in Middle Eastern Perspective,"  The Bible Today 43.1(2005): 47-52.

    dotblue.gif  "A Window into the Biblical World: The Middle Eastern Jesus,"  The Bible Today 43.2 (2005): 119-122.

    dotblue.gif  "A Window into the Biblical World: Status by Gender and Age,"  The Bible Today 43.3 (2005): 188-192.

    dotblue.gif  "A Window into the Biblical World: Paul the Apostle in  Cultural Context,,"  The Bible Today 43.5 (2005): 317-322.

    dotblue.gif  "A Window into the Biblical World: Jesus' Ascent to the Sky,"  The Bible Today 43.6 (2005): 389-393.

    2004

    dotblue.gif  "A Window into the Biblical World: The Evil Eye,"  The Bible Today 42.1(2004): 48-53.

    dotblue.gif  "A Window into the Biblical World: Divine Darkness,"  The Bible Today 42.2 (2004): 116-121.
     
    dotblue.gif  "A Window into the Biblical World: Hell in the Bible,"  The Bible Today 42.3 (2004):178-182.

    dotblue.gif  "A Window into the Biblical World:  Heaven in the Bible,"  The Bible Today 42.4 (2004): 241-245.

    dotblue.gif "A Window into the Biblical World:  Earth in the Bible,"  The Bible Today 42.5 (2004): 311-314

    dotblue.gif "A Window into the Biblical World: Spirits: Other-than-human persons,"  The Bible Today 42.6 (2004): 373-374.

    dotblue.gif   "Music and Trance,"  Music Therapy Today  (online) Vol V, Issue 2.

    2003


    dotblue.gif  "The Nose and Altered States of Consciousness: Tascodrugites and Ezekiel."  Chinese Translation of article in Hervormde Teologiese Studies (2002) see below.  In Studium Biblicum Annual 2003.  Hong Kong: Studium Biblicum Franciscanum.

     dotblue.gif "Paul's Call to be an Apostle"  Analecta Cracoviensia 35 (2003) 221-230.

    dotblue.gif  "A Window into the Biblical World: A New Sky and a New Earth,"  The Bible Today 41.1 (2003):  49-53.

    dotblue.gif  "A Window into the Biblical World: Adultery,"  The Bible Today 41.2 (2003): 117-122.

    dotblue.gif  "A Window into the Biblical World: Dying the Noble Death,"  The Bible Today 41.3 (2003): 186-190.

    dotblue.gif  "A Window into the Biblical World: Consciousness, Science, and the Resurrection Appearances,"  The Bible Today 41.4 (2003): 254-258.

    dotblue.gif  "A Window into the Biblical World: The Humiliation of Dinah,"  The Bible Today 41.5 (2003): 315-319.

    dotblue.gif  "A Window into the Biblical World: Paul's Call to be an Apostle,"  The Bible Today 41.6 (2003): 376-381.

    dotblue.gif "How We Redress Our Suffering: An Exercise in Actualizing Biblical Texts."  The Polish Review 48:1 (2003): 21-42.

    dotblue.gif  Articles: "Free, freedom, liberty; Heal, health, ill, illness, sick, sickness; Restore; Serve, servant service; Slave, slavery, gond, bondage, oppression,"  in The Westminster Theological Wordbook of the Bible.  Donald E. Gowan, Editor.  Louisville - London: Westminster John Knox Press, 2003.

    dotblue.gif"Becoming Holy Women and Holy Men in the New Testament."  Landas: Journal of Loyola School of Theology  17:1 (2003): 81-91.

    2002

    dotblue.gif  "A Window into the Biblical World: No Thank You!"  The Bible Today 40.1 (2002):  49-53.

    dotblue.gif  "A Window into the Biblical World: God and Lying Spirit,"  The Bible Today 40.2 (2002): 112-116.

    dotblue.gif  "A Window into the Biblical World: Jesus and the Samaritans,"  The Bible Today 40.3 (2002): 172-177.

    dotblue.gif  "A Window into the Biblical World: Who is a Virgin?"  The Bible Today 40.4 (2002): 248-252.

    dotblue.gif  "A Window into the Biblical World: Marriage,"  The Bible Today 40.5 (2002): 315-319.

    dotblue.gif  "A Window into the Biblical World: The Family: Status and Roles,"  The Bible Today 40.6 (2002): 386-391.

    dotblue.gif"Altered States of Consciousness in the Synoptics."   Chapter 6 in  The Social Setting of Jesus and The Gospels.  (Wolfgang Stegemann, Bruce J. Malina, Gerd Theissen, eds.)  Minneapolis, MN: Fortress, 2002.  Pp. 103-116.  German Translation:  "Ereignisse eines veränderten Bewusstseinszustandes bei den Synoptkern."  Jesus in neuen Kontexten.  Stuttgart: Kohlhammer,
     2002.  Pp. 33-42.

    dotblue.gif "The Nose and Altered States of Consciousness: Tascodrugites and Ezekiel." Hervormde Teologiese Studies 58 (2002)

    dotblue.gif "Paul's ecstatic trance experience near Damascus in Acts of the Apostles." Hervormde Teologiese Studies 58(2) 2002

    2001

    dotblue.gif "Towards a Renewal of the Biblical Renewal: Interpreting Magisterial Documents."  The Living Light  37 (2001) 15-23

    dotblue.gif  "A Window into the Biblical World:  Citizen,"  The Bible Today 39.1 (2001):  44-49.

    dotblue.gif  "A Window into the Biblical World:  People are not a Nation,"  The Bible Today 39.2 (2001):  108-113.

    dotblue.gif  "A Window into the Biblical World:  Individuals? or Stereotypes?"  The Bible Today 39.3 (2001): 170-176.

    dotblue.gif  "A Window into the Biblical World:  Snakes in the Hebrew Bible,"  The Bible Today 39.4 (2001): 239-243.

    dotblue.gif  "A Window into the Biblical World:  Dragons in the Bible,"  The Bible Today 39.5 (2001): 300-305.

    dotblue.gif  "A Window into the Biblical World:  The Parable of the Talents?"  The Bible Today 39.6 (2001): 366-370.

    2000

    dotblue.gif  "A Window into the Biblical World:  How do you read?,"  The Bible Today 38.1 (2000):  44-49.

    dotblue.gif  "A Window into the Biblical World:  The Ten Words,"  The Bible Today 38.2  (2000): 108-113.

    dotblue.gif  "A Window into the Biblical World:  Dreams,"  The Bible Today 38.3 (2000): 174-178.
     

      "A Window into the Biblical World:  Seeing God,"  The Bible Today 38.4 (2000): 243-247

    dotblue.gif  "A Window into the Biblical World:  Who Touched Me?"  The Bible Today 38.5 (2000): 310-315.

    dotblue.gif  "A Window into the Biblical World:  Films that Illuminate the Bible,"  The Bible Today 38.6 (2000): 378-383. 

     
    dotblue.gif "Improving Bible Translations: The Example of Sickness and Healing."  Biblical Theology Bulletin 30 (2000): 129-134.

    dotblue.gif "Gestures," in Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2000.

    1999

    dotblue.gif  "A Window into the Biblical World:  Swamps,"  The Bible Today 37.1 (1999): 46-51.

    dotblue.gif  "A Window into the Biblical World:  Colors and Dyes,"  The Bible Today 37.2 (1999): 102-106

    dotblue.gif  "A Window into the Biblical World:  Imaginary Mountains in Matthew,"  The Bible Today 37.3 (1999): 174-181.

    dotblue.gif  "A Window into the Biblical World:  Desert and Wilderness,"  The Bible Today 37.4 (1999): 247-251.

    dotblue.gif  "A Window into the Biblical World:  Names,"  The Bible Today 37.5 (1999): 311-316.

    dotblue.gif  "A Window into the Biblical World:  Biblical Languages and Bible English,"  The Bible Today 37.6 (1999): 382-386.

    1998

    dotblue.gif "A Window into the Biblical World:  Caves,"  The Bible Today 36.1 (1998): 47-53.

    dotblue.gif "A Window into the Biblical World:  Walking on the Sea,"  The Bible Today 36.2 (1998): 117-123.

    dotblue.gif "A Window into the Biblical World:  The Art of Insult,"  The Bible Today 36.3 (1998): 179-184.

    dotblue.gif "A Window into the Biblical World:  Games, Amusement, And Sports,"  The Bible Today 36.4 (1998): 250-255.

    dotblue.gif "A Window into the Biblical World:  The Power of the Curse,"  The Bible Today 36.5 (1998): 313-317.
     
    dotblue.gif "A Window into the Biblical World:  Mirrors and Glass,"  The Bible Today 36.6 (1998): 382-386.

    dotblue.gif  "Appearances of the Risen Jesus in Cultural Context: Experiences of Alternate Reality."  Biblical Theology Bulletin 28 (1998): 52-60.

    1997

      dotblue.gif "A Window into the Biblical World: Military Occupation," The Bible Today 35.5 (1997):305-10. (Excerpted in Explorations forthcoming)

      dotblue.gif "Prayer and the Battle Against Cancer," with Jean Peters Pilch, in Sacred Journey (formerly Fellowship in Prayer) 45.5 (1997):28-32.

      dotblue.gif "Are there Jews and Christians in the Bible?" Hervormde Teologiese Studies 53 (1997):1-7.

      dotblue.gif "BTB Readers Guide: Psychological and Psychoanalytical Approaches to Interpreting the Bible in Social-Scientific Context," Biblical Theology Bulletin 27 (1997): 112-116.

      dotblue.gif "A Window into the Biblical World: The Meaning of Hair," The Bible Today 34.4 (1997):229-35.

      dotblue.gif "A Window into the Biblical World: The Bible and Weather," The Bible Today 35.3 (1997):171-76.

      dotblue.gif "A Window into the Biblical World: Jesus, the Holy Man, and Nature," The Bible Today 35.2 (1997):114-19.
    dotblue.gif "Family Violence In Cross-Cultural Perspective; An Approach for Feminist Interpreters of the Bible," Pp. 343-363 in Athalya Brenner and Carol Fontaine (eds.), A Feminist Companion to Reading the Bible: Approaches, Methods, Strategies. Sheffield: Academic Press.

    1996

      dotblue.gif "Poczucie Humoru Biblii," Ruch Biblijny I Liturgiczny 49 (1996):255-61. (Translation of "The Bible's Sense of Humor" [1995]).

      dotblue.gif "A Window into the Biblical World: Forgiveness or Forgoing Revenge?" The Bible Today 34.6 (1996):383-87.

      dotblue.gif "A Window into the Biblical World: Slow to Anger and Long of Nose," The Bible Today 34.5 (1996):305-10.

      dotblue.gif "Altered States of Consciousness: A 'Kitbashed' Model" in Biblical Theology Bulletin 26 (1996):133-38.

      dotblue.gif "A Window into the Biblical World: Smells and Tastes," in The Bible Today 34.4 (1996):246-51.

      dotblue.gif "A Window into the Biblical World: Actions Speak Louder than Words," in The Bible Today 34.3 (1996):172-76.

      dotblue.gif "Battling Cancer with Prayer, " (with Jean Peters Pilch), Fellowship in Prayer 47.2 (1996):44-45.
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      Articles: "Healing," "Magic and Divination," "Miracle," "Sign," "Stars," "Hope," "Grace," "Burial Customs," in The Collegeville Pastoral Dictionary of Biblical Theology, Carroll Stuhlmueller, CP, editor, Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1996.

      dotblue.gif "Jews and Christians: Anachronisms in Bible Translations," in Professional Approaches for Christian Educators [PACE], 25 (April, 1996):18-25.

      dotblue.gif "A Window into the Biblical World: Singing in the Bible." For The Bible Today 34.1 (1996):38-43.

    1995

      dotblue.gif "Insights and models from medical anthropology for understanding the healing activity of the Historical Jesus," Hervormde Teologiese Studies 21 (1995):314-37.

      dotblue.gif "Community in the Old Testament," Introduction to the Hebrew Scriptures Series, Catechist, 28 (1995):48-52.

      dotblue.gif "A Window into the Biblical World: The Bible's Sense of Humor," in The Bible Today 33.6 (1995):353-58.

      dotblue.gif "Response to Frank H. Gorman Jr., 'Ritual Studies and Biblical Studies' in Semeia 67 (1994):37-42 (Mark McVann, editor)

      dotblue.gif "The Transfiguration of Jesus: An experience of alternate reality," Chapter 2 in Modeling Early Christianity: Social Scientific Studies of the New Testament in its Context. (Philip F. Esler, ed.) London and New York: Routledge. Pp. 47-64.

      dotblue.gif "A Window into the Biblical World: Burying the Dead," in The Bible Today 33.5 (1995):286-92.

      dotblue.gif "A Window into the Biblical World: Sickness and Long Life," The Bible Today 33.1 (1995):94-98.

      dotblue.gif "Death With Honor: The Mediterranean Style Death of Jesus in Mark," Biblical Theology Bulletin 25 (1995):65-70.

    1994

      dotblue.gif "A Window into the Biblical World: Anyone unwilling to work should not eat," in The Bible Today 32.1 (1994):37-45.

      dotblue.gif "Houses in the Bible" (Condensed from The Bible Today, September, 1993) in Catholic Digest (February, 1994):59-62.

      dotblue.gif "A Window into the Biblical World: Travel in the Ancient World," The Bible Today 32.2 (1994):100-107. Reprinted in Holy Land Review (1994).

      dotblue.gif "Despised Clergy in the Death Camps," Fellowship in Prayer 45.1 (1994):25-29.

      dotblue.gif "A Window into the Biblical World: Coins of the Bible," The Bible Today 32.3 (1994):172-76.

      dotblue.gif "Illuminating the World of Jesus with Cultural Anthropology," The Living Light 31.1 (1994):20-31.

      dotblue.gif "A Window into the Biblical World: Cosmetics and Jewelry," The Bible Today 32.5 (1994):300-305.

      dotblue.gif "If John Paul II is ill, let him inspire us with his courage," National Catholic Reporter October 28, (1994).

      dotblue.gif "Secrecy in the Mediterranean World: An Anthropological Perspective," Biblical Theology Bulletin 24 (1994):151-57.

    1993

      dotblue.gif "Jews or Judeans: A Translation Challenge," in Modern Liturgy 20.3 (1993):19.

      dotblue.gif "Guiding Principles Behind Bad Homilies," National Catholic Reporter (April 1, 1993).

      dotblue.gif "You are the Salt of the (H)earth," The Living Pulpit 2.2 (1993):46.

      dotblue.gif "Carving out a moment of hope in death camps," National Catholic Reporter (May 7, 1993).

      dotblue.gif "A Window into the Biblical World: The Necessities of Life: Drinking and Eating," in The Bible Today 31.4 (1993):231-37.

      dotblue.gif "A Window into the Biblical World: House and Hearth," in The Bible Today 31 (#5, 1993):292-99.

      dotblue.gif "A Window into the Biblical World: Why do you worry about clothing?" in The Bible Today 31.6 (1993):353-60.

      dotblue.gif "Visions in Revelation and Alternate Consciousness: A Perspective from Cultural Anthropology," in Listening: Journal of Religion and Culture 28.3 (1993):231-44.

      dotblue.gif "'Beat His Ribs While He is Young' (Sir 30:12): A Window on the Mediterranean World," Biblical Theology Bulletin 23 (1993):101-13.

      dotblue.gif "Insights and Models for Understanding the Healing Activity of the Historical Jesus," in Society of Biblical Literature Seminar Papers: 1993 (Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1993) 154-77.

    1992

      dotblue.gif "'I do not know the man!' (Mk 14:71): Deception and Lying in the Bible," Professional Approaches for Christian Educators [PACE] 21 (January 1992):111-14.

      dotblue.gif "Secrecy in the Gospel of Mark," Professional Approaches for Christian Educators [PACE] 21 (February 1992):150-54.

      dotblue.gif "International Meeting on the Social Sciences and New Testament Interpretation," Sefarad (Madrid) 51.2 (1991):497-99.

      dotblue.gif "BTB Readers Guide: Understanding Healing in the Social World of Early Christianity," Biblical Theology Bulletin 22 (1992):26-33.

      dotblue.gif "Separating the Sheep from the Goats," Professional Approaches for Christian Educators [PACE] 21 (April, 1992):215-18.

      dotblue.gif "A Spirit Named 'Fever,'" Professional Approaches for Christian Educators [PACE] 21 (May 1992):253-56.

      dotblue.gif "Biblical Values, Modern Families," in The Catholic Review 57.19 (August 26, 1992):6.

      dotblue.gif "Lying and Deceit in the Letters to the Seven Churches: Perspectives from Cultural Anthropology," Biblical Theology Bulletin 22 (1992):126-34.

      1991

      dotblue.gif Commentaries on the Sunday of Lent; and the Triduum, in Liturgy Plus! a computer-program published by Resource Publications, San Jose, CA.

      dotblue.gif Monthly Column, "Year of Mark" in Modern Liturgy, ten articles from Dec. 1990 to November, 1991.

      dotblue.gif "Sickness and Healing in Luke-Acts," in Jerome H. Neyrey, editor, The Social World of Luke-Acts: A Handbook of Models for Interpretation. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1991, pp. 181-209.

      dotblue.gif "Health in the New Testament: Did Healings Happen?" National Outlook (Australia) 13.4 (1991):12-14.

    1990

      dotblue.gif Lectionary Homiletics (Richmond, VA.). A series of exegetical background notes for preachers, published quarterly.

      dotblue.gif SERVICE (Paulist Press homily service) exegesis for the readings of one or two Sunday a month throughout the year of 1990.

      dotblue.gif Monthly column "The Year of Matthew" in Modern Liturgy, ten articles, Dec. 1989 to Nov. 1990.

      dotblue.gif "Scripture, Culture and Catechesis," in PACE (Professional Approaches for Christian Educators) 19 (March, 1990):189-92.

      dotblue.gif "Who Killed John the Baptist?" in PACE (Professional Approaches for Christian Educators) 19 (April, 1990).

      dotblue.gif "Marian Devotion and Wellness Spirituality: Bridging Cultures," Biblical Theology Bulletin 20 (1990):85-94.

      dotblue.gif "The Holy Spirit, groups and individuals," The Catholic Review (May 30, 1990).

    1989

      dotblue.gif SERVICE (Paulist Press homily service) exegesis for the readings of one or two Sundays a month throughout the year of 1989.

      dotblue.gif "Sickness and Healing in Luke-Acts," The Bible Today 27.1 (1989):21-28.

      dotblue.gif "Your Abba is not your Daddy," Modern Liturgy 16 (#1, February, '89) 26.

      dotblue.gif "Finding God in a New Land," Fellowship in Prayer 40.1 (1989):26-28.

      dotblue.gif Translation of a Latin letter from St. Peter Alcantara to St. Teresa of Avila (Annales Minorum, XIX 340-341) in Cyprian J. Lynch, OFM, Editor, A Poor Man's Legacy: An Anthology of Franciscan Poverty. St. Bonaventure, N.Y.: Franciscan Institute, 1988, pp. 328-30.

      dotblue.gif "Reading Matthew Anthropologically: Healing in Cultural Perspective," Listening 24.3 (1989):278-89.

    1988

      dotblue.gif "Interpreting Scripture: The Social Science Method," in The Bible Today 26.1 (1988):13-19.

      dotblue.gif "Lenten Spirituality," in New Catholic World 231 (1382, March/April, 1988):66-71.

      dotblue.gif SERVICE (Paulist Press homily service) exegesis for the readings of one or two Sundays a month throughout the year of 1988.

      dotblue.gif "Understanding Biblical Healing: Selecting the Appropriate Model" in Biblical Theology Bulletin 18 (1988):60-66.

      dotblue.gif "Wellness Spirituality" in Health Values 12.3 (1988):28-31. [Special issue of this health education journal devoted to religion and health care]

      dotblue.gif "A Structural Functional Analysis of Mark 7" in Forum 4.3 (1988):31-62.

    1987

      dotblue.gif "Pilgrimage: Place before Piety" in Festivals 6 (January 1987):26.

      dotblue.gif "Teacher for a Troubled Church: Matthew's Jesus," in The Bible Today 25.1 (1987):23-28.

      dotblue.gif "What Liturgists Can Learn From the Holy Land," in Modern Liturgy 14.3 (1987):34-35.

      dotblue.gif "Pilgrimage: Patron Saints of Truck Stops" in Festivals 6 (June/July, 1987):6.

      dotblue.gif "Building Self-Esteem," in Sisters Today 58 (1987):387-90.

      dotblue.gif "Selecting a Bible Translation," Leaflet published by Liturgical Press, 1987.

      dotblue.gif "Life and Living: A Different View of Advent," in New Catholic World 230 (#1380, Nov/Dec. 1987):283-86.

      dotblue.gif SERVICE (Paulist Press homily service) exegesis for one or two Sundays a month throughout the year of 1987.

    1986

      dotblue.gif "Sports and Values," New Catholic World 229 (1986):165-67.

      dotblue.gif "Reflections on Week-day Scripture Readings: 24th to 26th Week of the Year, September 15-30, 1986," in Scripture in the Church 16 (1986):322-27.

      dotblue.gif "The Health Care System in Matthew: A Social Science Analysis," Biblical Theology Bulletin 16 (1986):102-6.

      dotblue.gif "Liturgy: The 'Original Audio-Visuals," ROA Media News 2:1986.

      dotblue.gif "The Old Parish Mission in Born Again: From One-Man Show to Group Process," Today's Parish 18 (January, 1986) 14-15.

      dotblue.gif "Pilgrimage: Navel Gazing" in Festivals 5 (Oct/Nov, 1986):27.

      dotblue.gif SERVICE (Paulist Press homily Service) exegesis for one or two Sundays a month throughout the year 1986.

    1985

      dotblue.gif "Healing in Mark: A Social Science Analysis," Biblical Theology Bulletin 15 (1985):142-50.

      dotblue.gif "The New Parish Mission," Celebration (May 1985):175-78.

      dotblue.gif SERVICE (Paulist Press homily service) exegesis for one or two Sundays a month throughout the year of 1985.

    1984

      dotblue.gif "The Bible and Healing," New Catholic World 227 (No. 1362; Nov./Dec., 1984):270-73.

      dotblue.gif "Preparing Salt for the (H)earth," The Catechist's Connection 1.2 (October 1984):1-3.

      dotblue.gif Meditations on the week-day scripture readings in the Roman Lectionary for January, 1984, in Scripture in the Church, 14 (No. 53; 1984).

      dotblue.gif CELEBRATION (NCR homily service) exegesis of the scriptures assigned in the lectionaries other than the Roman collection for all the Sundays in 1984.

    1983

      dotblue.gif "Ministry for Wholeness: Growing Old in the Household of Faith," Theodolite 7 (1983):1-11.

      dotblue.gif CELEBRATION (NCR homily service) exegesis for the Four Sundays in Advent, December 8, and Christmas Day, 1983.

      dotblue.gif "Community Formation in the New Testament," New Catholic World 226 (No. 1352; March/April 1983):63-65.

      dotblue.gif CELEBRATION (NCR homily service) exegesis for the Sundays of February, 1983.

    1982

      dotblue.gif CELEBRATION (NCR Homily Service) exegesis for January, 1982.

      dotblue.gif CELEBRATION (NCR Homily Service) exegesis for July-August, 1982.

      dotblue.gif "Healing in the Realm of Religion," The National Catholic Reporter (June 4, 1982).

    1981

      dotblue.gif "Jeremiah and Symbolism: A Social Science Approach," The Bible Today 19 (1981):105-11.

      dotblue.gif SERVICE (Paulist Press Homily Service). Exegesis for the scriptures of 5th Sunday of Lent; Easter Sunday; Holy Thursday; 3rd and 6th Sundays After Easter (1981).

      dotblue.gif CELEBRATION (NCR Homily Service) Exegesis for Palm Sunday (1981).

      dotblue.gif "Bible Education Tools" Reprinted from National Catholic Reporter by the Canadian Catholic Biblical Association--Ontario Region, January-February, 1981.

      dotblue.gif CELEBRATION (NCR Homily Service). Exegesis for July and October, 1981.

      dotblue.gif "Biblical Leprosy and Body Symbolism," in Biblical Theology Bulletin 11 (1981):108-13.

      dotblue.gif "Christian Celebrations made in Advent," co-authored with Jean Peters Pilch, in National Catholic Reporter (November 27, 1981).

    1980

      dotblue.gif "Selecting a Bible Translation," Biblical Theology Bulletin 10 (1980) 71-77. (revised, updated, and published as a leaflet in 1987).

      dotblue.gif "Catholic Health Care: Roles for Laity, Religious, and Clergy," Linacre Quarterly 47 (1980):256-65.

      dotblue.gif "Praying with Luke," The Bible Today 18 (1980):221-25.

      dotblue.gif Celebration homilies (Kansas City, MO: NCR) for Dec. 9, 1979; Jan. 27, 1980; June 29, 1980.

    1979

      dotblue.gif "Why We Need Catholic Hospitals" -- Sounding Board column, U.S.Catholic 44 (March 1979):12-16.

      dotblue.gif "Marriage in the Lord," The Bible Today 102 (April 1979):2010-13.

      dotblue.gif "Wellness: What is it, and how can we get it?" Health Review, (Green Bay, WI.:  St. Vincent Hospital, 1979), No. 12.  Reprinted by the Wisconsin Kidney Foundation, and the National Safety Council--Occupational Health Nursing Section.

      dotblue.gif "Bible Education Tools," National Catholic Reporter (May 4, 1979).

    1978

      dotblue.gif "The Franciscan Style of Caring," The Cord 28 (1978):357-364.

      dotblue.gif "Celebrating the Creative Word," The Bible Today 96 (April 1978):1609-1613.

      dotblue.gif "Wellness--A Challenge to Nursing," Milwaukee Professional Nurse (September 1978).

    1977

      dotblue.gif "Kidnapping," Impact (J.S. Paluch Publications, Chicago, IL) (March, 1977):7.

      dotblue.gif "Toward Understanding Miracles in the Bible," The Bible Today 90 (1977):1207-12.

      dotblue.gif "Setting the 'Biblical Miracles' in Focus," Professional Approaches to Christian Education [PACE] 7 (1977).

    1976

      dotblue.gif "Liturgy: The 'Original' Audio-Visuals," CAVE Newsletter 17 (March-April 1976):2.

      dotblue.gif Translation of portions of Lucien Deiss, Biblical Prayers, Cincinnati: World Library of Sacred Music (1976).

    1975

      dotblue.gif "The Call to Discipleship," The Bible Today 76 (February 1975):226-32.

      dotblue.gif "Jesus: Key to the Abundant Life," Sisters Today 46 (1975):462-72.

    1974

      dotblue.gif "Reflections on Hope in the Scriptures," Chicago Studies 13.2 (1974):185-98.

    1971

      dotblue.gif "Jesus Christ: Superstar?" Franciscan Message 25 (Nov. 1971 to March 1972), series of four articles.

    1970

      dotblue.gif "Early Franciscan Sources," (adaptation of a German language article written by Kajetan Esser, OFM) The Cord 20 (1970):209-17.

      dotblue.gif "Luther's Hermeneutical Shift?" The Harvard Theological Review 63 (1970):445-48.

    1969

      dotblue.gif "In Search of Personal Identity and Self-fulfillment," The Cord 19 (1969):172-180.

    1966

      dotblue.gif "Posta Jana Chrzciciela (Scriptural portrait of John the Baptist)," Miesicznik Franciszkaski 60 (December 1966):12-13.

    1965

      dotblue.gif "Religious Liberty at Vatican II," Franciscan Message 19 (1965):19-22.

    1964

      dotblue.gif "Our Lady at Vatican II," Franciscan Message 17 (1964):518-20.

      dotblue.gif "Vatican II Needs the Layman," Franciscan Message 18 (1964):2-7.

      dotblue.gif "Scripture in Your Sermon," Homiletic and Pastoral Review 64 (1964):487-95.

      dotblue.gif "VIEWS: The Bishops and the Great Questions of the Hour," Franciscan Message 18 (1964):26-29.

      dotblue.gif "Modlitwa Paska," (The Lord's Prayer, a Polish language commentary in six installments) Miesisznik Franciszkaski 58 & 59 (1964 & 1965, fall and winter issues).

    1963

      dotblue.gif Translation of a Polish Language article by Henryk Maria Malak, "Polska, Koegzystencja a Maryja (Poland, Coexistence and Mary)" for the Marian Era 4 (1963):59-60, 143-44.

    1962

      dotblue.gif "An Existential Approach to Sacred Scripture," Theological Studies 23 (1962):406-18.


    BOOK REVIEWS

    Forthcoming

    BOOK REVIEW of Bas van Os,  Psyhological Analyses and the Historical Jesus in  The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, forthcoming.





      Published:

      2013

      Book Review of Patrick McNamara, The Neuroscience of Religious Experience
      Journal of the American Academy of Religion 2013; doi: 10.1093/jaarel/lfs131

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      2011

      dotblue.gif BOOK REVIEW of Kabiro Wa Batumu,  The Pauline Concept of Supernatural Powers: A Reading from the African Worldview in The Catholic Biblical Quarterly 73 (2011) 371-373.

      2010

      dotblue.gif BOOK REVIEW of Graham H. Twelftree, In the Name of Jesus: Exorcism Among Early Christians in The Catholic Biblical Quarterly 72 (2010) 844-846.

      dotblue.gif BOOK REVIEW of Richard A. Ascough, Lydia: Paul's Cosmopolitan Hostess in Biblical Interpretation 18 (2010) 418-527

      2009

      dotblue.gif  BOOK REVIEW of Bernard M. Levinson, Legal revision and religious renewal in Ancient Israel. in Theological Studies    70:4 (2009): 967-968.  

      2008

      dotblue.gif BOOK REVIEW of Avalos, Hector, Sarah J. Melcher, and Jeremy Schipper (eds.), This Abled Body: Rethinking Disabilities in Biblical Studies  in  The Catholic  Biblical Quarterly  70 (2008) 854-855.

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         BOOK REVIEW of David Buttrick, Speaking Conflict: Stories of a Controversial Jesus in Review of Biblical Literature 2/2008.

      dotblue.gif  BOOK REVIEW of  Richard Bauckham, Jesus and the Eyewitnesses: The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony in The Catholic  Biblical Quarterly  70 (2008) 137-139.

      dotblue.gif BOOK REVIEW of Elaine Wainwright, Women and Healing  in Review of Biblical Literature 12 (2008) 407-409.

      2007

        dotblue.gif  BOOK REVIEW of Michael Labahn and Bert Jan Lietaert Peerbolte (eds.),  Wonders Never Cease: The Purpose of Narrating Miracle Stories in the New Testament and Its Religious Environment in The Catholic Biblical Quarterly 69 (2007) 188-190.

      dotblue.gif BOOK REVIEW of T. A. Perry, The Honeymoon is Over: Jonah's Argument with God. Theological Studies 67 (2007)  717-718.

       dotblue.gif BOOK REVIEW of   Réal Tremblay, C.Ss.R., Luis F. Ladaria, S.J., Angel Rodríguez Luńo, eds. L’antropologia della teologia morale secondo l’enciclica “Veritatis Splendor.”  Atti del simposio promosso dalla congregazione per la dottrina della fede. Roma, Settembre, 2003. in Theological Studies 67 (2007)  726-727.               

      2006

        dotblue.gif BOOK REVIEW of Stephen S. Smalley, The Revelation to John: A Commentary on the Greek Text of the Apocalypse in Theological  Studies 67 (2006)  924-925.

      dotblue.gif BOOK REVIEW of J. Albert Harrill, Slaves in the New Testament: Literary, Social, and Moral Dimensions in Review of Biblical Literature 05/2006.

      2005

       dotblue.gif BOOK REVIEW of Louise Lawrence and Mario I Aguilar (eds).  Anthropology and Biblical Studies: Avenues of Approach
      in The Catholic Biblical Quarterly 67 (2005) 739-740.

       
      dotblue.gif BOOK REVIEW of Frederico Giintoli.  L'officina della tradizione: Studio di alcuni interventi redazionali post-sacerdotali e del loro contesto nel ciclo di Giaccobbe (Gn 25, 19--50,26) in The Catholic Biblical Quarterly 67 (2005) 116-117.
       
      dotblue.gif BOOK REVIEW of  Klaus Berger.  Identity and Experience in the New Testament in Theological Studies 66 (2005) 182-184.

      dotblue.gif  BOOK REVIEW of David Bird, O.S.B.  The Royal Road to Joy: The Beatitudes and the Eucharist in Theological Studies 66 (2005) 496-497.

       2004

      dotblue.gif BOOK REVIEW of The Jewish Study Bible featuring The Jewish Publication Society's Tanakh Translation in The Living Light  40.3 (2004) 82-85

      dotblue.gif  BOOK REVIEW of Eric Sorensen,  Possession and Exorcism in the New Testament and Early Christianity in Catholic Biblical Quarterly  66 (2004) 392-394.

       2003

      dotblue.gif BOOK REVIEW of J. Keir Howard, Disease and Healing in the New Testament: An Analysis and Interpretation in The Review of Biblical Literature  1/2003

      dotblue.gif  BOOK REVIEW of  Anthony J. Blasi, Jean Duhaime, and Paul-André Turcotte (eds.),  Handbook of Earlly Christianity: Social Science Approaches in Catholic Biblical Quarterly  65 (2003) 661-663..

      2002

        dotblue.gif BOOK REVIEW of  John K. Riches, Conflicting Mythologies: Identify Formation in the Gospels of Mark nd Matthew in Catholic Biblical Quarterly  64 (2002) 774-776.

      dotblue.gif  BOOK REVIEW of  Jack T. Sanders,  Charisma, Converts, Competitors: Societal and Sociological Factors in the Success of Early Christianity in Catholic Biblical Quarterly  64 (2002) 392-394.

      2001

      dotblue.gif  BOOK REVIEW of  Joachim Kügler, Die Macht der Nase: Zur religiösen Bedeutung des Duftes  in Catholic Biblical Quarterly  63 (2001) 773-774.

      dotblue.gif  BOOK REVIEW of  W. W. Meissner, The Cultic Origins of Christianity: The Dynamics of Religious Development,  in Catholic Biblical Quarterly  63 (2001) 157-158.

      2000

      dotblue.gif  BOOK REVIEW of  David J. Williams, Paul's Metaphors: Their Context and Character  in Catholic Biblical Quarterly  62 (2000) 769-770.

      dotblue.gif  BOOK REVIEW of  James C. Vanderkam, Calendars in the Dead Sea Scrolls: Measuring Time  in Catholic Biblical Quarterly  62 (2000) 741-742.

      dotblue.gif  BOOK REVIEW of  Raz Kletter, Economic Keystones: The Weight System of the Kingdom of Judah in Catholic Biblical Quarterly  62 (2000) 124-126.  

      1999

      dotblue.gifBOOK REVIEW of   James L. Crenshaw, Education in Ancient Israel: Across the Deadening Silence in Catholic Biblical Quarterly  61 (1999) 329-331.

      dotblue.gif  BOOK REVIEW of  K.C. Hanson and Douglas E. Oakman, Palestine in the Time of Jesus: Social Structures and Social Conflicts  in Catholic Biblical Quarterly  61 (1999) 779-881.

      dotblue.gif BOOK REVIEW of Hector Avalos, Health Care and the Rise of Christianity in Review of Biblical Literature  03/15//2000

      1998            


      dotblue.gifBOOK REVIEW of  Romano Penna, I ritrarri originali di Gesů il Christo: Inizi e sviluppi della cristologia neotestamentaria. Volume 1 in Catholic Biblical Quarterly 60 (1998) 378-380

      1997

        dotblue.gif BOOK REVIEW of Stevan Davies, Jesus the Healer, in Biblical Theology Bulletin 27 (1997):71-72.

        dotblue.gif  BOOK REVIEW of Stevan Davies, Jesus the Healer, in Bible Review 13 (April 1997):14, 44.   

        dotblue.gif  BOOK REVIEW of William L. Holladay, Long Ago God Spoke: How Christians May Hear the Old Testament Today in Catholic Biblical Quarterly 59 (1997):121-22.
          dotblue.gif BOOK REVIEW of Karel Hanhart, The Open Tomb: A New Approach, Mark's Passover Haggada (ą 72 C.E.), in Catholic Biblical Quarterly 59 (1997):156-58. 

        1996

          dotblue.gif REVIEW ARTICLE of Stuart C. Bate, Inculturation and Healing: Coping-healing in South African Christianity, in Hervormde Teologiese Studies 52 (1996):205-10.

          dotblue.gifBOOK REVIEW of Bruce J. Malina and Richard L. Rohrbaugh, Social Science Commentary on the Synoptic Gospel in Critical Review of Books in Religion 1994 7 (1996):227-29.

          dotblue.gifBOOK REVIEW of Hemchand Gossai, Power and Marginality in the Abraham Narrative, in Catholic Biblical Quarterly 58 (1996):315-16.

          dotblue.gifBOOK REVIEW of Iris V. Cully, The Bible in Christian Education, in The Living Light 32.3 (1996):78.

          dotblue.gifBOOK REVIEW of Stevan L. Davies, Jesus the Healer: Possession, Trance, and the Origins of Christianity, in Theological Studies 57 (1996):182.
        1995
          dotblue.gif BOOK REVIEW of Elena Bosetti, Yahweh, Shepherd of the People: Pastoral Symbolism in the Old Testament in Catholic Biblical Quarterly 57 (1995):117-18.

          dotblue.gifBOOK REVIEW of Anne Hennesy, The Galilee of Jesus in Biblical Theology Bulletin 25 (1995):45-46.

        1995

          dotblue.gif BOOK REVIEW of Charles Mabee, Reading Sacred Texts Through American Eyes: Biblical Interpretation as Cultural Critique in Catholic Biblical Quarterly 56 (1994):116-17.

        1993

          dotblue.gif BOOK REVIEW The Gospels and the Letters of Paul: An Inclusive-Language Edition, translated and edited by Burton H. Throckmorton, JR., in Modern Liturgy 20.3 (1993):41.

          dotblue.gifBOOK REVIEW of Flor McCarthy, Windows on the Gospel: Stories and Reflections, in Modern Liturgy 20.5 (1993):40.
        dotblue.gif BOOK REVIEW of Peter Kreeft, Reading and Praying the New Testament: A Book-by-Book Guide for Catholics, in Modern Liturgy 20.5 (1993):42.
           dotblue.gifBOOK REVIEW of Richard J. Cassidy, John's Gospel in New Perspective: Christology and the Realities of Roman Power, in Sisters Today 65 (1993):307-8.

          dotblue.gifBOOK REVIEW of Gerard A. Pottebaum, Sr. Paule Freburg, and Joyce Kelleher, A Child Shall Lead Them: A Guide to Celebrating the Word with Children, in Modern Liturgy 20.6 (1993):39.

          dotblue.gifBOOK REVIEW of Bruce J. Malina & Richard L. Rorhbaugh, Social Science Commentary on the Synoptic Gospels in Modern Liturgy 20.6 (1993):40.

        1992

          dotblue.gif BOOK REVIEW of Jerome H. Neyrey, Paul, in Other Words: A Cultural Reading of His Letters in Theology Today 48 (1992):506-7.

          dotblue.gifBOOK REVIEW of Leonel L. Mitchell, Worship: Initiation and the Church in Modern Liturgy 19 (April 1992):39.

          dotblue.gifBOOK REVIEW of Macrina Scott, Picking the "Right" Bible Study Program: Review of 92 Recommended Programs in Modern Liturgy 19 (May 1992):43-44.

          dotblue.gifBOOK REVIEW of Jim Auer, Ten Ways to Get into the New Testament: A Teenager's Guide in Modern Liturgy 91 (June/July 1992):43.

          dotblue.gifBOOK REVIEW of Wilfrid Harrington, The Tears of God: Our Benevolent Creator and Human Suffering in Sisters Today 64 (1992):385-86.

        1991

          dotblue.gif BOOK REVIEW of Ralph Jackson, Doctors and Diseases in the Roman Empire in Critical Review of Books in Religion: 1990 (Scholars Press: 1991), pp. 217-73.

          dotblue.gifBOOK REVIEW of Brother John of Taizé, The Way of the Lord. A New Testament Pilgrimage in Sisters Today 63 (1991):138.

          dotblue.gifBOOK REVIEW of Peter M.J. Stravinskas, The Bible and the Mass, in Modern Liturgy 18 (February, 1991):42.

          dotblue.gifBOOK REVIEW of Thomas T. Tally, Worship: Reforming Tradition in Modern Liturgy 18 (March, 1991):43.

          dotblue.gifBOOK REVIEW of Kenan B. Osborne, Reconciliation and Justification: The Sacrament and its Theology in Modern Liturgy 18 (June/July, 1991):41-42.

          dotblue.gifBOOK REVIEW of Marco Adinolfi and Paola Geraci, Bibbia e ginecologia a confronto in Catholic Biblical Quarterly 53 (1991):275-76.

          dotblue.gif BOOK REVIEW of Bill McNabb and Steven Mabry, Teaching the Bible Creatively: How to Awaken Your Kids to Scripture in Modern Liturgy 18 (September, 1991):40-41.

        1990

          dotblue.gif MEDIA REVIEW of Carroll Stuhlmueller, "Suffering and the Biblical Experience of a Compassionate God," in Sisters Today 62.1 (1990):58-59.

          dotblue.gifBOOK REVIEW of Richard Horsley, The Liberation of Christmas: The Infancy Narratives in Social Context in Catholic Biblical Quarterly 52 (1990):347-48.

          dotblue.gifBOOK REVIEW of Patricia Datchuk Sanchez, The Word We Celebrate: Commentary on the Sunday Lectionary, Years A,B, and C, in Modern Liturgy 17.6 (1990):42.

          dotblue.gifBOOK REVIEW of Dennis Smolarski, Liturgical Literacy: From Anamnesis to Worship, in Modern Liturgy 17.7 (1990):50.

          dotblue.gifBOOK REVIEW of Virginia Sloyan, ed., A Source Book about Christian Death, in Modern Liturgy 17.7 (1990):51-52.

          dotblue.gifBOOK REVIEW of Stanley Samuel Harakas, Health and Medicine in the Eastern Orthodox Tradition in Theological Studies 51 (1990):790-91.

          dotblue.gifMEDIA REVIEW of Carroll Stuhlmueller, The Bible and Liturgy in Modern Liturgy 18 (June/July 1991):44.

        1989

          dotblue.gif BOOK REVIEW of Thelma Hall, Too Deep for Words (Paulist Press, 1988) in Modern Liturgy 16.2 (1989):42.

          dotblue.gifBOOK REVIEW of Dominic Scotto, Liturgy of the Hours (St. Bede's, 1988) in Modern Liturgy 16.2 (1989):42.

          dotblue.gifBOOK REVIEW of Jerome Kodell, The Eucharist in the New Testament (Glazier, 1988) in Sisters Today 60 (June/July 1989):620-21.

          dotblue.gifBOOK REVIEW of Elizabeth Canham, Praying the Bible: A Parish Life Sourcebook (Cowley Pubs., 1987), in Modern Liturgy 16.8 (1989):43-44.

          dotblue.gifBOOK REVIEW of Ryszard Rubinkiewicz, Wprowadzenie do apokryfów Starego Testamentu (Lublin, Poland: Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski, Wydzia Teologiczny, 1987) in Catholic Biblical Quarterly 51 (1989):728-30.

        1988

          dotblue.gif BOOK REVIEW of John H. Elliott, editor, Social Scientific Criticism of the New Testament and Its Social World. Semeia, 35, Atlanta, GA.: Scholars Press, 1986, in Religious Studies Review 14.1 (1988):73.

          dotblue.gifBOOK REVIEW of Douglas E. Oakman, Jesus and the Economic Questions of His Day. Studies in the Bible and Early Christianity, 8; Lewiston/Queenston: The Edwin Mellen Press, 1986, in Biblical Theology Bulletin 18 (1988):35-36.

          dotblue.gifBOOK REVIEW of Oscar S. Brooks, The Drama of Decision: Baptism in the New Testament, in Modern Liturgy 15.2 (1988):43.

          dotblue.gifBOOK REVIEW of Bernard Palmer (ed)., Medicine and the Bible, in Catholic Biblical Quarterly 50 (1988):747-48.

        1987

          dotblue.gif BOOK REVIEW of J. Patrick Gaffney, Inexhaustible Presence in Sisters Today 58 (1987):555.

          dotblue.gifBOOK REVIEW of William G. Thompson, Paul and His Message for Life's Journey in Sisters Today 58 (1987):623-24.

          dotblue.gifBOOK REVIEW of Gustavo Gutierrez, On Job: God-Talk and The Suffering of the Innocent in Sisters Today 59 (1987) 181-82.

          dotblue.gifBOOK REVIEW of Richard C. Cote, Holy Mirth: A Theology of Laughter in Modern Liturgy 14.9 (1987-88):44.

        1985

          dotblue.gif BOOK REVIEW of Rea McDonnell, SSND, Prayer Pilgrimage Through Scripture, in Modern Liturgy 12.4 (1985):29.

          dotblue.gifBOOK REVIEW of Robert R. Barr, What is the Bible? A Popular Introduction to the Greatest Book Ever Written, in Modern Liturgy 12.4 (1985):29.

          dotblue.gifBOOK REVIEW of Wayne A. Meeks, The First Urban Christians: The Social World of the Apostle Paul, in Catholic Biblical Quarterly 47 (1985):169-70.

          dotblue.gifBOOK REVIEW of Jim Wallis, Agenda for Biblical People, in Sisters Today 55 (1985):72.

          dotblue.gifBOOK REVIEW of Erasmus Hort, The Bible Book: Resources for Reading the New Testament, in Biblical Theology Bulletin 15 (1985):84.

          dotblue.gifBOOK REVIEW of Gerhard Lohfink, Jesus and Community, in Theology Today 42 (l985):404-6.

          dotblue.gifBOOK REVIEW of Pheme Perkins, Resurrection: New Testament Witness and Contemporary Reflection, in Sisters Today 56  (1985):615.

        1984

          dotblue.gif BOOK REVIEW of John Carmody, Holistic Spirituality, in Sisters Today 56.1 (1984):47-48.

          dotblue.gifBOOK REVIEW of Bruce J. Malina, The New Testament World: Insights from Cultural Anthropology, in Religious Studies Review 10 (January 1984):69.

          dotblue.gifBOOK REVIEW of Étienne Charpentier, How to Read the Old Testament, and How to Read the New Testament in Sisters Today 54 (1984) 510-511.

        1983

          dotblue.gif MEDIA REVIEW of Frank and Marge Donovan, L.O.V.E. Ministry: Lay Ministry of Visitors to the Elderly in Institutions, in Modern Liturgy 10.1 (February 1983):22.

          dotblue.gifMEDIA REVIEW of John A. Sanford, Path to Wholeness, audio cassette program, in Sisters Today 55 (1983):184-85.

          dotblue.gifBOOK REVIEW of Larry Dossey, M.D., Space, Time, and Medicine, in Celebration 12 (1983):146.

          dotblue.gifBOOK REVIEW of Madeline I.Boucher, The Parables, in Modern Liturgy 10.2 (1983):29.

        1982

          dotblue.gif BOOK REVIEW of John Meier and Vincent Tollers, editors, The Bible in its Literary Milieu: Contemporary Milieu: Contemporary Essays, in Modern Liturgy 9.2 (1982):26.

          dotblue.gifBOOK REVIEW of Human Development, volume 1, in Modern Liturgy 9.2 (1982):27.

          dotblue.gifMEDIA REVIEW of Harvest Blessings, Volume 2 (audio cassettes), in Modern Liturgy 9.9 (Dec. 1982/Jan. 1983):22.

          dotblue.gifMEDIA REVIEW of Fred Baumer, Preacher: Storyteller of God, (audio-cassettes) in Modern Liturgy 9.5 (1982):23.

        1981

          dotblue.gif BOOK REVIEW of Volume #2 (by Sean Freyne, Backgrounds), #18 (by Juliana Casey, Hebrews), and #19 (by Richard Kugelman, Catholic Epistles) of the New Testament Message Series in The National Catholic Reporter (April 10, 1981).

          dotblue.gifBOOK REVIEW of Jerzy Chmiel, Interpretacja starego testamentu w kerygmacie apostolskim o zmartwychwstaniu Jezusa: studium hermeneutyczne, in Biblical Theology Bulletin 11 (1981):94-95.

          dotblue.gifMEDIA REVIEW of Harvest Blessings, Volume l - "Looking" (audio-cassettes), in Modern Liturgy 8.6 (1981):22.

        1980

          dotblue.gif BOOK REVIEW of Thomas H. Groome, Christian Religious Education: Sharing Our Story and Vision, in The National Catholic Reporter (October 24, 1980).

        1979

          dotblue.gif BOOK REVIEW of Donald A. Tubesing, Wholistic Health: A Whole-Person Approach to Primary Health Care, in The National Catholic Reporter (January 19, 1979).

        1978

          dotblue.gif BOOK REVIEW of John A. Sanford, Healing and Wholeness, in The National Catholic Reporter (May 5, 1978):16.

          dotblue.gifBOOK REVIEW of Fred Rosner, Medicine in the Bible and the Talmud: Selections from Classical Jewish Sources, in The National Catholic Reporter (September 8, 1978).

          dotblue.gifBOOK REVIEW of L. Robert Keck, The Spirit of Synergy: God's Power And You, in The National Catholic Reporter (August 29, l978):16.

          dotblue.gifBOOK REVIEW of Harold H. Bloomfield, M.D., and Robert B. Kory, The Holistic Way to Health and Happiness: A New Approach to Complete Lifetime Wellness, in The National Catholic Reporter (November 10, 1978).

        1977

          dotblue.gif BOOK REVIEW of Feliks Gryglewicz, Ewangelia wedug w. Lukasza: Wstp--Przekad z Oryginau--Komentarz, in the Journal of Biblical Literature 96 (1977):145-46.

          dotblue.gifBOOK REVIEW of Franz Mussner, Theologie der Freiheit nach Paulus in Catholic Biblical Quarterly 39 (1977):286-87.

          dotblue.gifBOOK REVIEW of Sidney Shindell, et al., A Coursebook in Health Care Delivery, in The Journal of Allied Health 6.2 (1977):70-71.

        1976

          dotblue.gif BOOK REVIEW of John W. Drane, Paul: Libertine or Legalist? A Study in the Theology of the Major Pauline Epistles in Catholic Biblical Quarterly 38 (1976):554-55.

        1975

          dotblue.gif BOOK REVIEW of S. Scott Bartchy, MALLON XRHSAI: First Century Slavery and the Interpretation of 1 Corinthians 7:21, in Catholic Biblical Quarterly 37 (1975):100-101.

          dotblue.gifBOOK REVIEW Madalyn Murray O'Hair, Freedom Under Siege, in The Review of Books and Religion 4.9 (1975):4.

          dotblue.gifBOOK REVIEW of Marian Wolniewicz, ed., Les sciences bibliques en Pologne aprčs la guerre (1945-1970), in Catholic Biblical Quarterly 37 (1975):436-38.

        1974

          dotblue.gif BOOK REVIEW of Louis Frey, Analyse ordinale des évangiles synoptiques in Anglican Theological Review 56 (1974):490-91.

          dotblue.gifBOOK REVIEW of John Lee White, The Form and Function of the Body of the Greek Letter in Catholic Biblical Quarterly 36 (1974):146-47.

        1973

          dotblue.gif BOOK REVIEW of Stephen Neill, What We Know About Jesus, in Catholic Biblical Quarterly 35 (1973):258.

        dotblue.gif  BOOK REVIEW of Gilbert Harman, Thought, in The Review of Books and Religion 2.9 (1973):16.

        EDUCATIONAL FILMSTRIP PROGRAMS


          dotblue.gif Growing in Wisdom, Maturity and Favor: Stories from Luke to Grow By. Ten episodes. Program Design and Study Guides. (Dubuque, IA: ROA FILMS/W.C.Brown, 1981).

          dotblue.gif Christian Families. Ten Episodes. Program Design and Study Guides. Prepared to promote the U.S. Bishops Pastoral Plan for the Decade of the Family: 1980-1990. (Dubuque, IA: ROA Films/W.C. Brown, 1980).

          dotblue.gif Family--Forms and Styles. Five Episodes. Adapted from Christian Families for Public Schools and libraries. (Niles, IL.:
          United Learning, 1980).
        dotblue.gif Understanding Scripture. Ten Episodes. Program Design and Study Guides. (Dubuque, IA: ROA Films/W.C. Brown, 1977).

        AUDIO-CASSETTES

                 
         dotblue.gif  "Paul called from the womb: a force for Israel's God."  Canfield, OH. Alba House, St. Paul Publications, 2009. Taped live at the  Continuing Education for Clergy Conference for the Archdiocese of Cincinnati in Dayton, Ohio.

         
        dotblue.gif "St. Paul: God's Change Agent." Canfield, OH: Alba  House, St. Paul Publications, 2009. Taped live at Villanova University,  Philadelphia, PA. 

        dotblue.gif "The Cultural World of Paul."  Canfield, OH: Alba  House, St. Paul Publications, 2005. Taped live at the Summer Bible                       Institute, The Oratory, Rock Hill, SC.

         
        dotblue.gif "The Cultural World of Jesus."  Canfield, OH: Alba  House, St. Paul Publications, 2003. Taped live at the Summer Bible Institute, The Oratory, Rock Hill, SC.

        dotblue.gif  Let the Children Come: See if I Care!" eight-part audio-cassette program, Credence Cassettes, Kansas City, MO, 1993. (Parish Mission recorded live.)


        dotblue.gif  "Stories Your Pastor Never Told You," four-part audio-cassette program, Credence Cassettes, Kansas City, MO. 1989. (Presentations at LA Congress.)

        dotblue.gif  "'Beat His Ribs While He is Young' (Sir 30:10): A Window on Biblical Culture," 1989 L.A. Religious Education Congress (Simi Valley, CA: Convention Seminar Cassettes).

        dotblue.gif  "Wise as Serpents, Harmless as Doves" (Matt 10:16), 1989 L.A. Religious Education Congress (Simi Valley, CA: Convention Seminar Cassettes).
         
        dotblue.gif "Jesus, Hypocrites, and the Theater," 1988 L.A.Religious Education Congress (Simi Valley, CA: Convention Seminar Cassettes).

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        "Jews and Samaritans: The Challenge of Uniqueness," 1988 L.A. Religious Education Congress (Simi Valley, CA: Convention Seminar Cassettes).

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        "Toward Understanding the Old Testament: Ezekiel, Habakkuk, Nahum, Zephaniah, Second Isaiah, Exile and Restoration, Third Isaiah, Joel." (Ramsey, NJ: Paulist Press, 1983).

        dotblue.gif"Wellness: A Holistic Spirituality." (Pittsburgh, PA: Thesis Cassettes, 1982).

        dotblue.gif"Religious Education and Wellness;" "An Inventory of Christian Wellness;" and "Life-Stages and the Educator's Wellness;" (L.A. Religious Education Congress Presentations, 1979; published by Tapette Corporation, Garden Grove, CA).

        dotblue.gif"Energizing the Family for Wellness," Keynote Address at the Eighth annual Changing Family Conference, University of Iowa, taped by and available from WSUI, Public Radio, Iowa City, 1979.

        dotblue.gif"Ritual and Evangelization through the Word (Keynote);" and "Wellness: An Approach to Scripture for the Catechumen (Workshop);" recorded at the Southern California Conference on Worship, Los Angeles, CA. (1980).

          The following were all published by Credence Cassettes, Kansas City, MO. and are now out of print:

          dotblue.gif"Aging in Grace, Aging in America," (1988)

          dotblue.gif"Wellness in Ministry: Dribble, Pass, or Dunk?" Major Address at East Coast Religious Education Conference, Wash. D.C. (1981)

          dotblue.gif"St. Francis: Model of Wholeness." (1981).

          dotblue.gif"The Energized Family." (1980)

          dotblue.gif"Works - erga." (1980)

          dotblue.gif"Children and Wellness;" "Family Wellness;" (1980)

          dotblue.gif"The Letter to the Galatians: A commentary." (1979).

          dotblue.gif"Ministry and Wellness: A Holistic Approach." (1978).

          dotblue.gif"Spirituality and High Level Wellness." (1978)

          dotblue.gif"Reading the New Testament Healing Texts." (1977).




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