Publications — Articles and Notes

“The Chreia,” in The Historical Jesus in Context: Princeton Readings in Religions, Volume 12. Edited by Amy-Jill Levine, John Dominic Crossan, and Dale C. Allison, Jr. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2006. Pp. 132–148.

“The Contexts of Jesus’ Parables,” Christian Reflection: A Series in Faith and Ethics 21 (2006) 11–18. Also found at: http://www3.baylor.edu/christianethics/ParablesArticleGowler.pdf

“‘At His Gate Lay a Poor Man’: A Dialogic Reading of Luke 16:19–31,” Perspectives in Religious Studies 32:3 (2005) 249–65.

“The End of the Beginning: The Continuing Maturation of Socio-Rhetorical Analysis,” in Sea Voyages and Beyond: Emerging Strategies in Socio-Rhetorical Interpretation by Vernon K. Robbins. Edited by David B. Gowler. Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press International, forthcoming.

“Text, Culture, and Ideology in Luke 7:1–10: A Dialogic Reading,” in Fabrics of Discourse: Culture, Ideology, and Religion. Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press International, November, 2003. Pp. 89–125.

“Ethics, Diversity, and Teaching,” Academic Exchange: A Place for Scholarly Conversation at Emory 6:1 (2003) 7–8, 14.

“Heteroglossic Trends in Biblical Studies:  Polyphonic Dialogues or Clanging Cymbals?” Review and Expositor 97 (2000) 443–466.

“Introduction,” co-authored with Vernon K. Robbins, in Recruitment, Conquest and Conflict:  Strategies in Judaism, Early Christianity and the Greco-Roman World.  Emory Studies in Early Christianity, vol. 6.  Atlanta:  Scholars Press, forthcoming, spring, 1998.  Pp. 1–13.

“Academic Uses of FrontPage 97,” co-authored with Carol Taylor, in The Technology Source February, 1998. http://horizon.unc.edu/TS/featured/1998-02.asp.

“Hospitality and Characterization in Luke 11:37–54: A Socio-Narratological Approach,” Semeia 64 (1993) 213–251.

“The Development of Socio-Rhetorical Criticism,” in New Boundaries in Old Territory: Form and Social Rhetoric in Mark. Emory Studies in Early Christianity, vol. 3. New York, Bern, Frankfurt am Main, Paris: Peter Lang, 1994. Pp. 1–35.

“Characterization in Luke: A Socio-Narratological Approach,” Biblical Theology Bulletin 19:2 (1989) 54–62.

“A Future Hope and a Present Reality,” Pulpit Digest 66 (March/April, 1986) 43–46.

“Knowledge, Virtue, and Power,” Chowan Today 38:1 (1993) 4–5.

Research and editing for the concordance and reference system for the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, Holman Bible Publishers, 1990.

David B. Gowler | Pierce Institute for Leadership and Community Engagement | Oxford College