Bibliography
Jerome H. Neyrey
PUBLICATIONS
A. BOOKS:
A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary on the Gospel of John
Forthcoming from Cambridge University Press, 2005
Render to God: New Testament Understandings of the Divine
Fortress Press, 2004
Honor and Shame in the Gospel of Matthew
Westminster/John Knox, 1998
Portraits of Paul: An Archaeology of Ancient Personality. With Bruce Malina.
Westminster/John Knox, 1996
2 Peter and Jude
Anchor Bible Commentary 37 C. Doubleday, 1993
The Social World of Luke-Acts. Models for Interpretation. Editor and Contributor
Stephen Hendrickson, Inc., 1991
Paul, In Other Words. A Cultural Reading of His Letters
Westminster/John Knox, 1990
An Ideology of Revolt: John's Christology in Social-Science Perspective
Fortress Press, 1988
Calling Jesus Names, with Bruce Malina
Polebridge Press, 1988
The Resurrection Stories
Michael Glazier, Inc., 1988. Reprinted Manila: St. Paul
The Passion Narrative in St. Luke
Paulist Press, 1985
Christ is Community
Michael Glazier, Inc., 1985
First Timothy, Second Timothy, Titus, James, First Peter, Second Peter, Jude
Collegeville Bible Commentary, Vol. 9, 1983. Translated into Italian as Lettere A Timoteo, Tito Lettere di Giacomo, Pietro, Giuda. Biblia per Tutti vol 34. Brescia: Editrice Queriniana
B. ARTICLES:
“Social-Scientific Criticism of the New Testament.” Forthcoming in David E. Aune’s
Blackwells Methods in Reading the New Testament
“God, Benefactor and Patron: The Major Cultural Model for Interpreting the Deity in Greco-
Roman Antiquity,” JSNT 27 (2005) 1-28
“‘First,’ ‘Only,’ ‘One of a Few,’ and ‘No One Else’: The Rhetoric of Uniqueness and the
Doxologies in 1 Timothy,” Biblica 86 (2005) 59-87
“Deception, Lying, Secrecy, Hypocrisy, Ambiguity and Revelation: The Cultural Character of
Divine Judgment in Matthew.” Pp. 199-230 in eds. Alan Avery-Peck, Daniel Harrington and Jacob Neusner, When Judaism and Christianity Began (Leiden: Brill, 2004)
“The Social Location of Paul: How Paul Was Educated and What He Could Compose as
Indices of His Social Location.” Pp. 126-64 in David B. Gowler, L. Gregory Bloomquist, and Duane F. Watson, eds., Fabrics of Discourse. Essays in Honor of Vernon K. Robbins. Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press International
“Jesus, Gender and the Gospel of Matthew.” Pp. 43-66 in New Testament Masculinities
Semeia 45 2003
“‘Teaching You in Public and from House to House’ (Acts 20:20): Unpacking a Cultural
Stereotype,” Journal for the Study of the New Testament 26 (2003) 69-102
“Spaced Out in John: Territoriality in the Fourth Gospel.” Hervormde Teologiese Studies
58 (2002) 633-63
“Who is Poor in the New Testament,” Scripture from Scratch October 2002
“Spaces and Places, Whence and Whither, Homes and Rooms: ‘Territoriality’ in the Fourth
Gospel,” Biblical Theological Bulletin 32 (2002) 60-74
“'He must increase, I must decrease' (John 3:30): Cultural and Social Interpretation.” With
Richard L. Rohrbaugh. Catholic Biblical Quarterly 63 (2001) 464-83
“The ‘Noble’ Shepherd in John 10: Cultural and Rhetorical Background.” Journal of Biblical
Literature 120 (2001) 267-91
“Prayer, In Other Words: A Social-Science Model for Interpreting Prayers.” Pp. 349-80 in John
J. Pilch, ed., Social Scientific Models for Interpreting the Bible: Essays by The Context Group in Honor of Bruce J. Malina. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2001
"Miracles, In Other Words: Social Science Perspectives on Healings."Pp 19-56 in John C.
Cavadini, ed., Miracles in Jewish and Christian Antiquity. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1999
“Hebrews.” Pp. 338-54 in Gail O’Day and David Peterson, eds., The Access Bible. New York:
Oxford University Press, 1999
“James.”Pp. 355-61 in Gail O’Day and David Peterson, eds., The Access Bible. New York:
Oxford University Press, 1999
“1 Peter.” Pp. 362-68 in Gail O’Day and David Peterson, eds., The Access Bible. New York:
Oxford University Press, 1999
2 Peter.” Pp. 369-74 in Gail O’Day and David Peterson, eds., The Access Bible. New York:
Oxford University Press, 1999
“Jude.” Pp. 386-88 in Gail O’Day and David Peterson, eds., The Access Bible. New York:
Oxford University Press, 1999
“Jude.” Pp. 636-37 in John N. Hayes, ed., Dictionary of Biblical Interpretation. Nashville:
Abingdon, 1999
“Peter, Second Letter of.” Pp.271-73 in John N. Hayes, ed., Dictionary of Biblical
Interpretation. Nashville: Abingdon, 1999
“Questions, Chreiai, and Challenges to Honor. The Interface of Rhetoric and Culture in
Mark’s Gospel,” Catholic Biblical Quarterly 60 (1998) 657-81
“The Sociology of Secrecy and the Fourth Gospel.” Pp. 79-109 in Fernando Segovia, ed.,
What is John? Volume II. Literary and Social Readings of the Fourth Gospel. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1998
“‘It Was Out of Envy that They Handed Jesus Over’ (Mark 15:10):The Anatomy of Envy and
the Gospel of Mark.” Co-Authored with Anselm C. Hagedorn. Journal for the Study of the New Testament 69 (1998) 15-56
"Clean/Unclean, Pure/Polluted and Holy/Profane." Pp. 80-104 In Richard L. Rohrbaugh, ed.,
The Social Sciences and New Testament Interpretation. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1996
"Meals, Food and Table Fellowship.” Pp.159-82 in Richard L. Rohrbaugh, ed., The Social
Sciences and New Testament Interpretation. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1996
“Peter,.” “Peter, the First Letter,” “Peter, the Second Letter.” Pp. 833-39 in Paul Achtemeier,
ed., Harper Collins Bible Dictionary. Rev. ed. San Francisco: Harper, 1996
“The Trials (Forensic) and Tribulations (Honor Challenges) of Jesus: John 7 in Social Science
Perspective,” Biblical Theology Bulletin 26 (1996) : 107-24
"Despising the Shame of the Cross: Honor and Shame in the Johannine Passion Narrative,"
Semeia 69 (1996): 113-37
“Luke’s Social Location of Paul: Cultural Anthropology and the Status of Paul in Acts.”
Pp. 251-79 in Ben Witherington, III, ed., History, Literature, and Society in the Book of Acts. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996
“Ancestors." Pp 22-24 in C. Stuhlmuller, ed., The Collegeville Pastoral Dictionary of Biblical
Theology. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1996
"Community." Pp. 150-52 in C. Stuhlmuller, ed., The Collegeville Pastoral Dictionary of
Biblical Theology. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1996
"Family." Pp. 308-11 in C. Stuhlmuller, ed., The Collegeville Pastoral Dictionary of Biblical
Theology. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1996
"Father." Pp. 315-17 in C. Stuhlmuller, ed., The Collegeville Pastoral Dictionary of Biblical
Theology. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1996
“Matthew’s Gospel in the Sundays in Ordinary Time. Sundays 11-Christ the King,” Pastoral
Liturgy (Perth: Australia) 26/4-5 (1996): 3-5 and 20-67
"Loss of Wealth, Loss of Family and Loss of Honor: A Cultural Interpretation of the Original
Four Makarisms." Pp. 139-158 in Philip F. Esler, ed., Modelling Early Christianity. Social-scientific Studies of the New Testament in Its Context. London: Routledge, 1995
“Matthew’s Gospel in the Sundays in Ordinary Time. Sundays 2-7,” Pastoral Liturgy (Perth:
Australia) 26/1 (1995): 42-56
“Jesus Teaches ‘the Way’ on His Way to Jerusalem. Sundays in Ordinary Time. Sundays 24-34,
Pastoral Liturgy (Perth: Australia) 25/5 (1995): 3-37
“Jesus Teaches ‘the Way’ on His Way to Jerusalem. Sundays in Ordinary Time. Sundays 12-23,
Pastoral Liturgy (Perth: Australia) 25/4 (1995): 4-11, 18-40
"Ascension," "Beelzebul," "Brothers of Jesus," "James," "Jude," "Peter," The Twelve."
In Richard McBrien, Encyclopedia of Catholicism. San Francisco: Harper, 1995
"The Footwashing in John 13:6-11; Transformation Ritual or Ceremony?" Pp. 198-213 in
L. Michael White and O. Larry Yarbrough, eds., The Social World of the First Christians. Essays in Honor of Wayne A. Meeks. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1995
"The Location is Everything. The Craft of Mark's Gospel. Sundays 22-34," Pastoral Liturgy
(Perth, Australia) 24/2 ( 1994): 2-39
"The Location is Everything. The Craft of Mark's Gospel. Sundays 11-21," Pastoral Liturgy
(Perth, Australia) 24/2 ( 1994): 3-8
"Josephus' Vita and the Encomium: A Native Model of Personality," Journal for the Study
of Judaism 25,2 (1994): 177-206
" What's Wrong With This Picture? John 4, Cultural Stereotypes of Women, and Public and
Private Space," Biblical Theology Bulletin 24 (1994): 77-91. Reprinted in Amy-Jill Levine, ed., A Feminist Companion to John. Volume I (Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2003) 98-125
"Clothing," "Deception," "Dyadism," "Equivocation," "Group Orientation," "Nudity," and
"Wholeness" in Bible Social Values and Their Meaning. A Handbook. John Pilch and Bruce Malina, eds. Hendrickson, Inc. 1993
"Jesus the Peasant," The Catholic World Vol 236/No. 1411 (1993): 19-24
"'Without Beginning of Days or End of Life' (Hebrews 7:3): Topos for a True Deity,"
Catholic Biblical Quarterly 53 (1991) 439-55
"Mary, Maid and Mother in Art and Literature," Biblical Theology Bulletin 20 (1990) 65-75
"Acts 17, Epicureans and Theodicy: A Study in Stereotypes." Pp. 118-34 in David Balch and
Wayne Meeks, eds., Greeks, Romans, and Christians. Essays in Honor of Abraham J. Malherbe. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1990
"2 Peter," The New Jerome Biblical Commentary, Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 1989
"Jude," The New Jerome Biblical Commentary, Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 1989
"'I Said: You are Gods': Psalm 82 and John 10," Journal of Biblical Literature 108 (1989) 647-63
"Ascension," "Gethsemane," "Healing and Exorcism," "Pilate and Barabbas," "Raising of
Lazarus," "Simon" and Samaria," "Temple Debate and Prophecies," and "The Transfiguration," Mysteries of the Bible, Readers' Digest Books, 1988
"A Symbolic Approach to Mark 7," Forum 4,3 (1988) 63-91
"Unclean, Common, Polluted, Taboo," Forum 4,4 (1988) 72-82
"Bewitched in Galatia: Paul in Social Science Perspective," Catholic Biblical
Quarterly 50 (1988) 72-100
"Jesus the Judge: Forensic Process in John 8:21-59," Biblica 68 (1987) 509-42
"Hope Against Hope (Rom 4:17)," The Way 27 (1987) 264-273
"Interpretation of Scripture in the Life of the Church." Pp 33-46 in Lucien Richard, ed., Vatican
II. The Unfinished Agenda. New York: Paulist, 1987)
"The Idea of Purity in Mark's Gospel," Semeia 35 (1986) 91-128
"Body Language in 1 Corinthians: The Use of Anthropological Models for Understanding
Paul and His Opponents," Semeia 35 (1986) 129-170
"Witchcraft Accusations in 2 Cor 10-13: Paul in Social Science Perspective," Listening
21 (1986) 160-170
"Social Science Modeling and the New Testament," Biblical Theology Bulletin
26 (1986) 107-110
"'My Lord and My God': The Divinity of Jesus in John's Gospel," Society of Biblical Literature
Seminar Papers 1986 152-171
"2 Peter," "Jude," "Sister," and "Brother" Harper's Dictionary of the Bible, 1985
"First Peter and Converts: A New Place and a New Story," The Bible Today 22 (1984) 13-18
"The Forensic Defense Speech and Paul's Trial Speeches in Act 22-26: Form and Function,"
Pp. 210-24 in Charles H. Talbert, ed., Luke-Acts New Perspectives from the Society of Biblical Literature Seminar. New York: Crossroads, 1984
"Jesus' Address to the Women of Jerusalem (Lk 23:27-31): A Prophetic Judgment
Oracle," New Testament Studies 29 (1983) 74-86
"The Jacob Allusions in John 1:51," Catholic Biblical Quarterly 44 (1982) 586-605
"The Thematic Use of Isa 42:1-4 in Matthew 12," Biblica 63 (1982) 457-473
"John III – A Debate over Johannine Epistemology and Christology," Novum Testamentum
23 (1981) 115-127
"Decision Making in the Early Church: The Case of the Canaanite Woman," Science
et Esprit 33 (1981) 373-378
"The Apologetic Use of the Transfiguration in 2 Peter 1:16-21," Catholic Biblical
Quarterly 42 (1980) 504-519
"Eschatology in 1 Thessalonians: The Theological Factor in 1:9-10; 2:4-5; 3:11-13; 4:6 and
4:13-18," Society of Biblical Literature Abstract and Seminar Papers 1980 157-172
"The Form and Background of the Polemic in 2 Peter," Journal of Biblical Literature
99 (1980) 407-431
"The Absence of Jesus' Emotions: The Lukan Redaction of Lk 22:39-46,"
Biblica 61 (1980) 153-171; a Spanish translation of this appeared as "La Ausencia de Emociones en Jesus: motivo redaccional lucano (Lc 22, 39-46)," Selecciones de Teologia 81 (1982) 70-80
"Jacob Traditions and the Interpretation of John 4:10-26," Catholic Biblical Quarterly
41 (1979) 419-437
"Julius Victor, Ars Rhetorica," in Abraham Malherbe's "Ancient Epistolography Theorists,"
Ohio Journal of Religious Studies 5 (1977) 58-61