Memberships:
Tyndale Fellowship (TF)
Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas (SNTS)
British Association for Jewish Studies (BAJS)
Society for Biblical Literature (SBL - now and then)
Committee for Bible Translation (CBT - translators of the NIV & tNIV)
Research Interests:
Rabbinic background to the New Testament with special interest in dating rabbinic sources.
Electronic resources for Biblical Studies.
Some of my websites:
Rabbinic Traditions - Halakhic sources in Hebrew/Aramaic & English,
STEPBible.org - explore the originals behind your Bible
Traditions of the Rabbis from the Era of the NT (TRENT) - neglected primary sources
Tyndale Tech - electronic resources for Biblical Studies.
2LetterLookup - easy-to-use full-text lexicons for Biblical languages
Divorce & Remarriage - a painful and difficult subject - now in PlaymoBible technicolor
Marriage & Divorce Papyri - all the Jewish, Greek & Latin document from 5th C BCE to 5thC CE
Visual Sermons - for real life, with real pictures
Bible Picture Gallery - pictures for powerpoint lectures & sermons
Academic Publications:
1991: "Mene Mene Teqel Uparsin: Daniel 5.25 in Cuneiform" (Tyndale Bulletin 1991 42.2 pp. 310-316).
1992: Techniques and Assumptions in Jewish Exegesis Before 70 CE. (Mohr & Siebeck, Tübingen, Vol.30 of Texte und Studien zum Antiken Judentum).
1992: "1 Corinthians 9.9-11: A Literal Interpretation of 'Do Not Muzzle the Ox'" (New Testament Studies 38 1992 p554-565).
1996: "Three Weddings and a Divorce - God's marriage to Judah, Israel and the Church" (Tyndale Bulletin 47, 1996, 1-26).
1996: "Jesus and the Psychiatrists" in The Unseen World: Christian Reflections on Angles, Demons and the Heavenly Realm Ed Anthony N.S.Lane (Baker Books, Grand Rapids, Paternoster, Cumbria, 1996) pp. 133-148.
1997: "Deuteronomy 24:1-4 and the Origin of the Jewish Divorce Certificate", (Journal of Jewish Studies 49, 1998, 230-243)
1998: "Nomological Exegesis in Qumran 'Divorce' Texts", (Revue de Qumran, 18, 1998, 561-579)
1999: "Jewish women divorcing their husbands in early Judaism: the background to papyrus Se'elim 13", (Harvard Theological Review, 92, 1999, 349-57) (pre-pub version)
1999: Consultant editor on the Gospels and three articles in the New Lion Handbook of the Bible (Oxford: Lion, 1999)
1999: "Comfort" in the New dictionary of Biblical theology eds., T. Desmond Alexander, Brian S. Rosner. consulting editors: D.A. Carson, Graeme Goldworthy, Steve Carter (Leicester. Inter-Varsity. 2000 )
1999: "The Use of Rabbinic Sources in Gospel Studies", (Tyndale Bulletin 50, 1999, 281-298)
2000: "Jesus' Old Testament Basis for Monogamy", in The Old Testament in the New Testament: Essays in Honour of J.L.North ed. Steve Moyise, JNTS Supp 189 (Sheffield: Sheffield Ac Press, 2000) 75-105
2000: "Jesus's Last Passover in the Synoptics and in John", (Expository Times, 112, 2001, 122-123)
2001: "1 Corinthians 7 in the light of the Graeco-Roman Marriage and Divorce Papyri" (Tyndale Bulletin, 52, 2001, 101-116).
2001: "1 Corinthians 7 in the light of the Jewish Greek and Aramaic Marriage and Divorce Papyri" (Tyndale Bulletin, 52, 2001, 225-243)
2002: "Choosing a Legal System in Early Judaism" in Review of Rabbinic Judaism, Ancient, Medieval, Modern (Brill, forthcoming).
2002: Divorce and Remarriage in the Bible: the social and literary context (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2002)
2003: "The Two Asses of Zechariah 9:9 in Matthew 21" (Tyndale Bulletin, 54, 2003, 87-98)
2003: "The Eighteen Benedictions and the Minim Before 70 CE" (Journal of Theological Studies, NS, 54, 2003, 25-44)
2004: "Theology of Hermeneutics", in Encyclopedia of Midrash: biblical interpretation in formative Judaism eds. Jacob Neusner and Alan J. Avery Peck (Brill, 2004)
2004: "James as a Sermon on the Trials of Abraham" in The New Testament in Its First Century Setting: Essays on Context and Background in Honour of B.W. Winter on his 65th Birthday, eds P.J. Williams, Andrew D. Clarke, Peter M. Head, David Instone-Brewer (Eerdmans, 2004): 250-268. (pre-pub version)
2004: "Comparing Neusner's and Guggenheimer's Translations of the Jerusalem Talmud" (Review of Rabbinic Judaism 7, 2004, 176-184)
2004: Traditions of the Rabbis from the Era of the New Testament, vol.1 Prayer and Agriculture (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2004).
2005: "Rabbinic Writings in New Testament Research" in vol.II of The Handbook of the Study of the Historical Jesus (4 vols, eds. Tom Holmén & Stanley E. Porter; Leiden: Brill, 2006)
2006: "The Scandal of Equality in Jesus' Ethical Teaching" in Priscilla Papers 20 (2006) 2:17-22.
2008: "Balaam-Laban as the key to the Old Testament quotations in Matthew 2" in Built upon the Rock: studies in the Gospel of Matthew, ed. Daniel M. Gurtner (Grand Rapids, Mich.; Cambridge, U.K. : Eerdmans, 2008) 207-227.
2009: "Jewish Associations in Roman Palestine: Evidence from the Mishnah" by David Instone-Brewer and Philip A. Harland (JGRChJ 5, 2009)
2009: "Review Article: Richard M. Davidson's Flame of Yahweh: A Theology of Sexuality in the Old Testament" (Andrews University Seminary Studies, 46, 2008, 245-250) (pre-pub version)
2009: "Infanticide and the apostolic decree of Acts 15" (Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society. 52, 2009, 301-321)
2011: "Jesus of Nazareth's Trial in the Uncensored Talmud" (Tyndale Bulletin 1991 42.2 pp. 310-316)
2012: "The Old Testament Text Beyond Qumran" (Faith and Thought 52, April 2012)
2015: "Eternal Punishment in First Century Jewish Thought" in the Edward Fudge Festschrift, A Consuming Passion ed by C. Date and R. Highfield.
2017: "Evidence of Non-Heterosexual Inclinations in First Century Judaism" in Marriage, Family and Relationships: Biblical, doctrinal and contemporary perspectives, ed. Thomas A. Noble, Sara K Whittle, Philip S. Johnston. (London: Apollos IVP, 2017) p.138-154
2020: "Are there two types of men in Leviticus 20:13?" (HIPHIL Novum vol 6, 2020) 33-49
Less-academic Publications:
2001: Divorce and remarriage in the 1st and 21st Century, Grove Biblical Studies booklet (Cambridge: Grove Books, 2001).
2003: Divorce and Remarriage in the Church: Biblical Solutions for Pastoral Realities (Carlisle, Cumbria: Paternoster Press 2003 & Downers Grove: Intervarsity Press, USA 2007).
2003: "Divorce for 'Any Cause'", Whitefield Briefing (8.5, Dec. 2003).
2005: "The historical Jesus among the rabbis : prayer, divorce and earthly rewards" in Anvil 22 (2005) 173-182
2006: "What God has Joined Together" in Christian Reflection: Marriage (Baylor University, 2006).
2007: "Jesus’ Sabbath Dispute with Pharisees in a Cornfield" (Jerusalem Perspective)
2007: "What God has Joined", Christianity Today (Oct. 2007) 26-29.
2007: "Not lost in translation", Christianity magazine (Dec. 2007) 28-31
2007: "Evangelical Separation Anxiety: What the Bible says about Divorce", The Wall Street Journal (Apr.6 2007).
- 2007: (Time magazine interview): "An Evangelical Rethink on Divorce?" by David Van Biema, Time (Nov. 5th 2007).
2008: "Links with Tabernacles and Hanukkah in the Gospel Accounts of Palm Sunday" (Jerusalem Perspective)
2008: "Rabbinic Reflections on Living Sacrifices at Romans 12:1" (Jerusalem Perspective)
2009- : Articles in Premier Christianity magazine.
