Publications – Book Reviews

 

Review of Luke:  Storyteller, Interpreter, Evangelist, by Mikeal C. Parsons, Biblical Theology Bulletin, forthcoming.

Review of The Bible and Contemporary Culture, by Gerd Theissen, Biblical Theology Bulletin, forthcoming.

Review of Why Christianity Happened:  A Socio-Historical Account of Christian Origins, by James G. Crossley, Catholic Biblical Quarterly, forthcoming. 

Review of Illuminating Luke, Volume 2: The Public Ministry of Christ in Italian Renaissance and Baroque Painting, by Heidi J. Hornik and Mikeal C. Parsons, Biblical Theology Bulletin 37:3 (2007) 80–81

External Reviewer of Heidi J. Hornik and Mikeal C. Parsons, “Blackwell Bible Commentary:  A Proposal for The Acts of the Apostles.”  A proposal submitted to Blackwell Press, Oxford, England.  My review was submitted on January 7, 2007.

Review of A New Perspective on Jesus: What the Quest for the Historical Jesus Missed, by James D. G. Dunn, Catholic Biblical Quarterly 68 (2006) 141–142.

External Reviewer of Bettina Fischer, “Narrative Strategy in the Gospel according to Luke: A Bakhtinian Exploration.”  A PhD thesis submitted to the Doctoral Degrees Board at the University of Capetown, South Africa.  My review was submitted on August 25, 2004.

Prepublication Manuscript Review of Understanding Religion in a Global Society, by Kent E. Richter, Eva M. Räpple, John C. Modschiedler, and R. Dean Peterson.  The manuscript was published in 2005 by Wadsworth Publishing.

Review of Luke's Portrait of Gentiles Prior to Their Coming to Faith, by Christoph W. Stenschke, Catholic Biblical Quarterly 64 (2002) 178–179.

Review of The Challenge of Jesus' Parables, edited by Richard N. Longenecker, forthcoming, Catholic Biblical Quarterly 63 (2001) 377–378.

Peer Reviewer for the course “SCR102–W: Biblical Interpretation,” taught by Dr. G. A. van den Heever and Dr. S. W. van Heerden at the University of South Africa (report submitted in January, 2001).

Review of Characterization in the Gospels:  Reconceiving Narrative Criticism, edited by David Rhoads and Kari Syreeni, Review of Biblical Literature, on-line version 1/8/2001.

Review of The Paul of Acts: Essays in Literary Criticism, Rhetoric, and Theology, by Stanley E. Porter, Catholic Biblical Quarterly 62 (2000) 565–566.

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Review of The Parables of Jesus:   Recovering the Art of Listening, by Richard Q. Ford, Biblical Theology Bulletin.

Review of Acts, by F. Scott Spencer, Catholic Biblical Quarterly 61 (1999) 382–383.

Review of Establishment Violence in Philo and Luke: A Study of Non-Conformity to the Torah & Jewish Vigilante Reactions by Torrey Seland, Toronto Journal of Theology 13/2 (1997) 289–290.

Review of Text to Text Pours Forth Speech: Voices of Scripture in Luke-Acts by Robert L. Brawley, Catholic Biblical Quarterly 59 (1997) 571–572.

Review of Feasting and Social Rhetoric in Luke 14 by Willi Braun, Toronto Journal of Theology, 13/1 (1997) 97–98.

Review of Luke: Interpreter of Paul, Critic of Matthew by Eric Franklin, Journal of Biblical Literature 114 (1995) 736–739.

Review of The Ongoing Feast: Table Fellowship and Eschatology at Emmaus by Arthur A. Just, Catholic Biblical Quarterly 57/2 (1995) 398–400.

Review of The Acts of the Apostles by Luke Timothy Johnson, Biblical Theology Bulletin, 24:4 (1994) 195–196.

External Reader, :In Public and in Private: the Role of the House Church in Early Christianity" by Bradley B. Blue. Ph.D. dissertation, Aberdeen University.

Review of The Portrait of Philip in Acts: A Study of Roles and Relations by F. Scott Spencer, Biblical Theology Bulletin 24:1 (1994) 39–40.

Review of On Character Building: The Reader and the Rhetoric of Characterization in Luke-Acts by John A. Darr, 1994 Critical Review of Books in Religion 7 (1994) 176–178.

Review of The Prayer Texts of Luke-Acts by Steven F. Plymale, Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 55:4 (1993) 817–819.

External Examiner:  “A Response to Merrill A. Kitchen, ‘The Parable of the Pounds:  A Reading of Luke 19.11–28 within the Social and Narrative Framework of the Gospel of Luke.’”  A Master of Theology Thesis presented to The Melbourne College of Divinity, Whitley College, Melbourne, Australia, July 1, 1993.

Review of The Introduction to Luke-Acts: A Study of the Role of Lk 1, 1 – 4, 44 in the Composition of Luke's Two-Volume Work by Feargus Ó Fearghail, Catholic Biblical Quarterly 55/2 (1993) 387–388.

Review of Sowing the Gospel: Mark's Literary World in Literary-Historical Perspective by Mary Ann Tolbert, Journal of Literature and Theology 5/3 (1991) 328–330.

Review of Ancient Quotes and Anecdotes: From Crib to Crypt edited by Vernon K. Robbins, Interpretation 45/3 (1991) 326.

Review of The Parables of Judgment by Robert Farrar Capon, Pulpit Digest 73 (September/October, 1992) 88–89.

Review of Celebration and Experience in Preaching by Henry H. Mitchell, Pulpit Digest 73 (September/October, 1992) 87–88.

Review of Inside the Sermon edited by Richard Allen Bodey, Pulpit Digest 73 (September/October, 1992) 87–88.

Review of "They Dance Real Slow in Jackson" by Jim Leonard, Jr., in The Berry College Theatre Company Review, October, 1989.

Review of Christian Origins: From Messianic Movement to Christian Religion by Christopher C. Rowland, Perspectives in Religious Studies 15 (1988) 283–286.

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