Books, Articles and Book Chapters

Books

• The Dead Sea Scrolls on Sexuality: Attitudes Towards Sexuality in Sectarian and Related Literature at Qumran (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2009)

• Enoch, Levi, and Jubilees on Sexuality: Attitudes Towards Sexuality in the Early Enoch Literature, the Aramaic Levi Document, and the Book of Jubilees (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2007)

• The New Testament with Imagination: A Fresh Approach to its Writings and Themes (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2007)

• Sexuality and the Jesus Tradition (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2005) 296pp
• The Septuagint, Sexuality and the New Testament: Case Studies on the Impact of the LXX in Philo and the New Testament (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2004) 173pp.
• Jesus' Attitude towards the Law: A Study of the Gospels (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2002) ISBN: 0-8028-4903-2; 578pp; earlier: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 2:97 (Tübingen: Mohr-Siebeck, 1997), ISBN 3-16-146517-2; x + 563pp
• Unique, Prophetic and Apostolic: Six Studies on using the Bible (Melbourne: Uniting Church Press, 2000), jointly authored; I wrote 4 of the studies.
• Jesus and the Fundamentalism of his Day (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2001) 156 pp. ISBN 0-8028-4796-X; earlier: Jesus and the Fundamentalism of his Day. The Gospels, the Bible and Jesus (Melbourne: Uniting Education) 156 pp. ISBN 1 86407 195; 
• Dear Kim, This is what I believe. Explaining the Christian Faith Today (Melbourne: JBCE, 1993) 87pp
• The Christology of the Fourth Gospel. Structure and Issues (Beiträge zur biblischen Exegese und Theologie 23, Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 2nd edn., revised, 1992, 1st edn., 1989) 303pp
• The Johannine Epistles (London: Epworth,1992) xxxiii and 108pp
• Glaube in der Bewährung. Hebräerbrief-Jakobusbrief: Bibelauslegung für die Praxis 25 (Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft/Katholisches Bibelwerk, 1990) Commentary on Hebrews, 160 pages (jointly authored; I wrote the introduction and exegetical commentary for the section on Hebrews which takes the first 91 pages of which my contribution is 43 pages. After each section which I wrote, another person wrote a section on Praxis)
• The Christmas Stories (Melbourne: Joint Board of Christian Education, 1986) 72pp
• What Does it Mean? Sin, Salvation, Sanctification, Sacrament (Melbourne: Joint Board of Christian Education) 60pp
• Sohn und Hoherpriester. Eine traditionsgeschichtliche Untersuchung zur Christologie des Hebräerbriefes (WMANT 53, Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag, 1981) viii and 286pp (a revision and abbreviated version of dissertation 1972:Sohn und Hoherpriester. Eine traditionsgeschichtliche Untersuchung zur Christologie des Hebräerbriefes. Inaugural Dissertation zur Erlangung der Doktorwürde der Evangelisch-Theologischen Fakultät der Johannes-Gutenberg Universität Mainz. Band I: Text, 306 pages; Band II: Anmerkungen, 268 pages, Mainz)

Articles and Book Chapters

• “The Strange Woman in Proverbs, LXX Proverbs and Aseneth” in Septuagint and Reception: Essays Prepared for the Association for the Study of the Septuagint in South Africa (ed. Johann Cook; SVT 127; Leiden: Brill, 2009) 97-115
• "Jubilees and Sexual Transgression: Reflections on Enochic and Mosaic Tradition,” Henoch 31/1 (2009) 48-54
• “Sexuality and Ptolemy’s Greek Bible: Genesis 1-3 In Translation: ‘... Things Which They Altered For King Ptolemy’ (Genesis Rabbah 8.11)” in Ptolemy II Philadelphus and his World (ed. Paul McKechnie and Philippe Guillaume; Mnemosyne, Supplements ; History and Archaeology of Classical Antiquity, 300; Leiden: Brill, 2008) 207-32
• “Australia’s Day of Apology to the Stolen Generations of its Indigenous People” Expository Times 119 (2008) 385-86
• “Attitudes towards Sexuality in Qumran and Related Literature – and the New Testament,” NTS 54 (2008) 338-54
• “Finding Faith In Fact And Fiction: Making Sense Of The New Testament While Maintaining Our Integrity And The Integrity Of The Text” Colloquium40 (2008) 23-37
• “What is ‘finished’? Revisiting Tensions in the Structure of Johannine Christology,” in The Death of Jesus in the Fourth Gospel (ed. G. van Belle; BETL 200; Leuven: Peeters, 2007) 457-68
• “The Beginnings of Sexuality in Genesis LXX and Jubilees,” in Die Septuaginta – Texte, Kontexte, Lebenswelten (ed. Martin Karrer and Wolfgang Kraus; WUNT 219; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2007) 300-12
• “Jubilees and Sexuality,” in “I Sowed Fruits into Hearts”(Odes Sol. 17:13): Festschrift for Michael Lattke (ed. Pauline Allen, Majella Franzmann, and Rick Strelan; Early Christian Studies 12; Strathfield: St Pauls, 2007) 117-36
• “Sexuality and the Historical Jesus,” in Jesus from Judaism to Christianity: Continuum Approaches to the Historical Jesus (ed. Tom Holmén; London: T&T Clark, 2007) 34-48
• “Jesus and the Law in John,” in Theology and Christology in the Fourth Gospel: Essays by Members of the Johannine Writings Seminar (BETL 184; ed. G. van Belle, J. G. Van der Watt, P. Maritz; Leuven: Leuven University Press; Leuven: Peeters, 2005) 135-54
• “Sexuality in the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs and the New Testament” in Chennattu, Rekha M. & Mary L. Coloe (eds) Transcending boundaries: Contemporary Readings of the New Testament: In Honour of Professor Francis Moloney, S.D.B.  (Rome: LAS Publications, 2005) 293-309
• “‘The Passion of the Christ’ and the Suffering of Jesus,” Expository Times 115 (2004) 401-403
• “Christian Communities in Earliest Christianity: The Church before the Churches" in Faith and Freedom: Christian Ethics in a Pluralist Culture (ed. D. Neville and P. Matthews, Australian Theological Forum Press, 2003) 45-52
• "Melchisedek," in Religion in der Geschichte und Gegenwart IV (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2003)
• "Good News - for the Earth? Reflections on Mark 1.1-15" in Norman C. Habel and Vicky Balabanski (eds) The Earth Story in the New Testament (The Earth Bible 5; Sheffield, Sheffield Acad. Pr., 2002) 28-43
• "'Your Law' - the Johannine perspective" in 'was ihr auf dem Weg verhandelt habt' Beiträge zur Exegese und Theologie des Neuen Testaments. Festschrift für Ferdinand Hahn zum 75. Geburtstag hgg von P. Müller, C. Gerber and T. Knöppler (Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag, 2001) 63-74
• "Conversion and Baptism. A cross Cultural Perspective in the Light of the Encounter between Judaism and Hellenism" Bangalore Theological Forum 32.1 (2000)143-155
• "Simple Choices? A response to John Dominic Crossan" Colloquium. The Australia New Zealand Theological Review 31 (1999) 67-74
• "Mark 7:1-23 and the historical Jesus" Colloquium The Australia New Zealand Theological Review30 (1998) 123-151
• "ANZAC Day and the Lectionary" New Springboards Occasional Papers (1998) 1-4
• "Jesus the Jew" Gesher. The Official Journal of the Council of Christians and Jews (Vic) Inc. 1/6 (1997) 48-56 and Trinity Occasional Papers XVII,2 (1997) 5-24
• "The Historical Jesus Puzzle" Colloquium. The Australia New Zealand Theological Review 29 (1997) 131-150
• "Challenged at the Boundaries: A Conservative Jesus in Mark's Tradition" JSNT 63 (1996) 45-61
• "John Michael Owen - Scholar, Teacher, Pastor" Trinity Occasional Papers XVI,1 (June, 1996) 123-128
• "Interpreters of the Tradition" Trinity Occasional Papers XVI,1 (June, 1996) 31-49
• "What about right and wrong?" in: Sexuality. Exploring the Issues (Melbourne: Uniting Church Press, 1996) 52-60
• "Reimagining the historical Jesus. Recent Trends" Faith and Freedom. A Journal of Christian Ethics 3.3 (1994) 16-25
• "The New Dead Sea Scrolls. New Light on Messianism and the History of the Community" Colloquium. The Australia New Zealand Theological Review 25 (1993) 67-85
• "Christian Communities in Earliest Christianity: The Church before the Churches" Faith and Freedom A Journal of Christian Ethics 2 (1993) 4-8
• "Biblical Perspectives on Issues of Multiculturalism and Inculturation" Colloquium. The Australia New Zealand Theological Review 24 (1992) 3-13 (an expanded version of:) "The Meaning of 'Brother/Sister' and 'Stranger' in Scripture. Biblical Perspectives on Issues of Multiculturalism and Inculturation" in D. Torresan (Ed.) Multiculturalism and the Catholic Church in WA (Perth: Office of Multicultural Pastoral Care and Catholic Migrant Centre, 1991) 76-95
• "Hellenism and the Abandonment of Particularism in Jesus and Paul" Pacifica 4 (1991) 245-256 also in Radical ? Conservative? Social Issues in the New Testament. Papers from the Conference at Murdoch University with Professor Edwin Judge, 11 August 1990 (Perth: Murdoch University, 1991) 1-10
• "John 1:51 and 'the greater things' of Johannine Christology" in C. Breytenbach and H. Paulsen (Ed.) Anfänge der Christologie. Festschrift für Ferdinand Hahn zum 65. Geburtstag am 18.1.91 (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, 1991) 255-274
• "The Dead Sea Scrolls - Christian Beginnings and Christian Faith" Trinity Occasional Papers 9 (1990) 78-91
• "The Evangelistic Task in Educating the Ministry of the Church" Colloquium. The Australia New Zealand Theological Review 23 (1990) 18-26
• "Jesus and the Rogue in Luke 16,1-8A. The Parable of the Unjust Steward" Revue Biblique 86 (1989) 518-532
• "Is it necessary to believe in an actual physical resurrection of Jesus Christ?" in: I. Tanner and D. Merritt (eds.) What Does Our Church Say? Questions Uniting Church People are Asking (Melbourne: Uniting Church Press, 1989) 23-24
• "The New Testament and Resurrection: Reflections on Peter Carnley's Book, 'The Structure of Resurrection Belief'" Colloquium. The Australia New Zealand Theological Review 22 (1989) 45-50
• "Jesus Left Loose Ends - Reflections on Jesus and the Church" Pacifica 2 (1989) 210-228
• "The Rogue Parable and 'the Rogue Jesus': an Interpretation of Luke 16:1-8a" in E. Osborn and L. McIntosh (Eds.) The Bible and European Literature (Melbourne: Academia) 197-206
• "Baptism in Context - The New Testament Witness" Trinity Occasional Papers 6 (1987) 37-46
• "The People of God, the Old Order and the Old Testament in the Epistle to the Hebrews" Trinity Occasional Papers 3 (1985) 68-77
• "The Feasts of the Jews and the Sabbath Controversy (John 5:1-47)" in H. McGinlay (Ed.) The Years of John (Melbourne: Joint Board of Christian Education; Sydney: Desbooks, 1985) 18-27
• "Paul and Judaism - Is He Fighting Strawmen?" Colloquium. The Australia New Zealand Theological Review 16 (1984) 11-20
• "Jesus with the Jewish Crowds. 1:14 - 3:6" in H. McGinlay (Ed.) The Year of Mark (Melbourne: Joint Board of Christian Education/ Sydney: Desbooks, 1984) 19-29
• "The Central Structure of Johannine Christology" New Testament Studies 30 (1984) 188-216
• "Chapters Four to Seven. Life in God's Kingdom" in H. McGinlay (Ed.) The Year of Matthew (Melbourne: Joint Board of Christian Education; Sydney: Desbooks, 1983) 28-37
• "Son of David, Blindness, Possession, and Duality in Matthew" Catholic Biblical Quarterly 44 (1982) 570-585
• "The Gospel of Universal Salvation" in H. McGinlay (Ed.) The Year of Luke (Melbourne: Joint Board of Christian Education; Sydney: Desbooks, 1982) 45-52
• Biblical Reflections on Ecumenism - the Cake not the Icing (Perth: Western Australian Council of Churches/ Melbourne: Church of Christ Pamphlets, 1982) 12pp
• "Hughes on Hebrews and Hermeneutics. Reflections on Graham Hughes's Monograph" Colloquium. The Australia New Zealand Theological Review 15 (1981) 50-60
• "Christ at the Right Hand - Ps. cx.1 in the New Testament" New Testament Studies 24 (1978/79) 199-217
• "The Central Structure of Johannine Christology" in Religious Studies in the Pacific (Auckland: Auckland University Press) 87-95
• "The Apocalyptic Model of Sonship" Journal of Biblical Literature 97 (1978) 525-544
• "Luke's Historical Docetism: The 'Golden Age' Approach to Christian Origins" in P. Davis and J. Hinchcliff (Eds.) Dialogue on Religion. New Zealand Viewpoints 1977 (Auckland: Auckland University Press) 59-63
• "'The Gifts of the Spirit' - Trouble!" Minimag. A Methodist Ministerial Magazine 10 (1976) 8-9
• "New Testament Christology and Evangelical Responsibility" Minimag . A Methodist Ministerial Magazine 2 (1973) 4-8

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