Craig R. Koester. Luther Seminary 2481 Como Ave. St. Paul, MN U.S.A

Luther Seminary 2481 Como Ave. St. Paul, MN 55108 U.S.A Born: August 25, 1953 Married: August 12, 1979 to Nancy Koester Ordained: July 13, 1980 Education Union Theological Seminary, New York, NY 1983-1986 Ph.D., 1986 Luther Theological Seminary 1976-1980 M.Div., 1980 St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN 1971-1976 B.A., 1976 Teaching and Research Luther Seminary Asher O. and Carrie Nasby Professor of New Testament 2011- Vice President for Academic Affairs/ and Academic Dean 2013- Professor of New Testament 1999-2011 Associate Professor of New Testament 1991-99 Assistant Professor of New Testament 1986-91 North-West University, South Africa Extraordinary Professor (research only) 2014- University of Pretoria, South Africa Associate of the Dept. of New Testament Studies (research only) 2003-10 Translator for Common English Bible Book of Revelation 2009 Visiting professor, Lutheran theological faculty Bratislava, Slovakia (summer intensive) 2002 Doctoral Thesis examiner University of Queensland 2008 Fuller Theological Seminary 2006 University of Pretoria, South Africa 2004 McMaster University, Canada 2001 Melbourne College of Divinity, Australia 1998

Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley Visiting professor, summer session 1996 Center of Theological Inquiry, Princeton, NJ Scholar in residence 1992-93, 2007 Union Theological Seminary Tutor in New Testament 1985-1986 Research assistant to R. E. Brown 1985 Luther Theological Seminary Instructor in Greek 1980 Research assistant to D. L. Tiede 1979-1980 LCA Seminars, Jerusalem Teaching Assistant 1978-1979 Luther Theological Seminary Tutor in Greek 1977-1978 Tutor in Hebrew 1977-1978 Professional Affiliations Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas 1995- Committee for Eastern Europe 2006-11 Associate editor of New Testament Studies 2003-5 Co-chair of the Johannine Seminar 2004-8 Barcelona, Spain Halle, Germany Aberdeen, U.K. Lund, Sweden Society of Biblical Literature 1986- John, Jesus, & History Steering Committee 2010- Co-chair 2011- Epistle to the Hebrews Steering Committee 2005- Co-chair 2014- Johannine Literature Steering Committee 1989-96 Upper Midwest Regional Secretary 1990-92 Catholic Biblical Association 1988- Associate editor: Catholic Biblical Quarterly 2004-11 Colloquium Ioanneum 2013-2

Pastoral Ministry Trinity Lutheran Church, New York City Extended Pulpit Supply 1985-1986 Immanuel Lutheran Church, Princeton, MN Assistant Pastor 1980-1983 Awards and Honors Trust for Public Land Conservation Leadership Award 2015 Luther Seminary grant for faculty development 2004 Lilly Foundation grant for media development 1998 AAL and Thrivent grants for faculty development 1996, 1998, 2006 Bible Tutor web site Los Angeles Times commendation 1998 Saint Paul Pioneer Press commendation 1997 Membership in the Center of Theological Inquiry, Princeton, NJ 1992- Who s Who in Religion 1992- Associated Church Press Award for Biblical Exposition 1991 Who s Who in Biblical Studies and Archaeology 1986- Ph.D. with distinction (highest honors) Union Theological Seminary, NY 1986 Bruce Prize for New Testament Study Luther Theological Seminary 1980 Books Reading the Bible: From Genesis to Revelation (Chantilly, VA: Great Courses, forthcoming 2016). To All the Nations; Lutheran Hermeneutics and the Gospel of Matthew. Co-edited with Kenneth Mtata (Leipzig: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, forthcoming 2015). Revelation (Anchor Yale Bible 38A; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2014). 3

The Apocalypse: Controversies and Meaning in Western History (Great Courses: Chantilly, VA, 2011). The Word of Life: A Theology of John s Gospel (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2008). Craig R. Koester The Resurrection of Jesus in the Gospel of John, co-edited with Reimund Bieringer (WUNT 222; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2008). Symbolism in the Fourth Gospel: Meaning, Mystery, Community (2 nd ed.; Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2003; 1 st ed. 1995). Hebrews (Anchor Bible 36; New York: Doubleday, 2001). Revelation and the End of All Things (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2001; Korean translation Seoul: Dong-yeon, 2011) A Beginner's Guide to Reading the Bible (Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1991). The Dwelling of God (CBQMS 22; Washington, D.C.: Catholic Biblical Association, 1989). Scholarly and Professional Articles Spirit (Pneuma) in Greco-Roman Philosophy and the Gospel of John. Recent Studies from the Colloquium Ioanneum. Edited by R. Alan Culpepper, Udo Schnelle, and Jan van der Watt. WUNT. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck (forthcoming). In Many and Various Ways: Theological Interpretation of Hebrews in the Modern Period. In Hebrews in Contexts. Edited by Harold Attridge and Gabriella Gelardini. Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity. Leiden: Brill (forthcoming). Continuing the Dialogue on Interpretation of Revelation: Responses and Reflections. Journal of Pentecostal Studies 24 (2015) 38-43. Gebed en die Vorming van Christelike Identiteit in Openbaring. HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies (forthcoming 2015). The Antichrist Theme in the Johannine Epistles and Its Role in Christian Tradition Pages 187-96 in Communities in Dispute: Current Scholarship on the Johannine Epistles. Edited by R. Alan Culpepper. Early Christianity and Its Literature. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2014. 4

Heavenly Prayer and Christian Identity in the Book of Revelation. Pages 183-207 in Prayer and Identity Formation in Early Christianity. Edited by Reidar Hvalvig and Karl Olav Sandnes. WUNT 336. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2014 Interpretation of the Psalms in the New Testament: Witness to Christ and the Human Condition. Pages 139-155 in Singing the Songs of the Lord in Foreign Lands: Psalms in Contemporary Lutheran Interpretation. Edited by Kenneth Mtata, Karl-Wilhelm Niebuhr, and Miram Rose. Leipzig: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, 2014. Were You There? (John 18 19): Telling the Story of Jesus Trial and Ours. Word & World 34 (2014) 256-63. Rethinking the Ethics of John. Journal for the Study of the New Testament 36 (2013) 85-98. Progress and Paradox: C. H. Dodd and Rudolf Bultmann on History, the Jesus Tradition, and the Fourth Gospel. In The Gospel of John and the Jesus of History: Engaging with C. H. Dodd on the Fourth Gospel. Edited by Tom Thatcher and Catrin Williams. Cambridge: Cambridge University (2013) 49-65. Theological Complexity and the Characterization of Nicodemus in the Gospel of John. Pages 163-79 in Characters and Characterization in John s Gospel. Edited by Christopher Skinner. Library of New Testament Studies. London: T. & T. Clark, 2013. An Introduction to the Gospel of John and Questions of Lutheran Hermeneutics. Pages 69-84 in You have the Words of Eternal Life: Transformative Readings of the Gospel of John from a Lutheran Perspective. Edited by Kenneth Mtata. Geneva: Lutheran World Federation, 2012. Hebrews, Rhetoric, and the Future of Humanity. In Reading the Epistle to the Hebrews: A Resource for Students. Edited by Eric F. Mason and Kevin B. McCruden. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2011. Hebrews in The Blackwell Companion to the New Testament (ed. David Aune; Oxford: Blackwell, 2010) 613-631. Aspects of Historicity in John 1 4: A Response, in John, Jesus, and History vol. 2. Edited by Paul Anderson, Tom Thatcher, and Felix Just (Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2009) 93-103. Revelation s Visionary Challenge to Ordinary Empire, Interpretation 63 (2009) 5-18. 5

Roman Slave Trade and the Critique of Babylon in Revelation 18, Catholic Biblical Quarterly 70 (2008) 766-86 Jesus Resurrection, the Signs, and the Dynamics of Faith in the Gospel of John. In The Resurrection of Jesus in the Gospel of John. Edited by Craig R. Koester and Reimund Bieringer (WUNT; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2008). The Church and Its Witness in the Apocalypse of John, Tidsskrift for Teologi og Kirke [Oslo] 78 (2007) 266-82. Wasser is nicht gleich Wasser (Vom lebendigen Wasser) Joh 4,13f (Joh 7,37; Agr 58) in Kompendium der Gleichnisse Jesu (ed. Ruben Zimmermann; Gütersloh: Gütersloher Verlagshaus, 2007) 735-40. Italian translation in Compendio delle Parabole Di Gesù (ed. Flavio Dalla Veccia; Brescia: Queriniana, 2011). Es ist Zeit, dem Licht zu folgen (Wandel bei Tag und Nacht) Joh 11,9f. (Joh 8,12; 9,4f; 12,35-38) in Kompendium der Gleichnisse Jesu (ed. Ruben Zimmermann; Gütersloh: Gütersloher Verlagshaus, 2007) 797-807. Italian translation in Compendio delle Parabole Di Gesù (ed. Flavio Dalla Veccia; Brescia: Queriniana, 2011). Why Was the Messiah Crucified? A Study of God, Jesus, Satan, and Human Agency in Johannine Theology, in The Death of Jesus in the Gospel of John (ed. Gilbert van Belle; BETL 200; Leuven: Leuven University and Peeters, 2007) 163-180. What Does It Mean to Be Human? Imagery and the Human Condition in John s Gospel, in Imagery in the Gospel of John. Terms, Forms and Theology of Figurative Language (ed. Jörg Frey, Jan. G. van der Watt, and Ruben Zimmermann; WUNT 200; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2006) 403-420. Revelation and the Left Behind Novels, Word & World 25 (2005) 274-282 The Death of Jesus and the Human Condition: Exploring the Theology of John s Gospel, Life in Abundance: Studies of John s Gospel in Tribute to Raymond E. Brown, S. S. (ed. John R. Donahue; Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2005) 141-157. Conversion, Persecution, and Malaise: Life in the Community for Which Hebrews Was Written. Hervormde Teologiese Studies [Pretoria] 61 (2005) 231-251. God s Purposes and Christ s Saving Work according to Hebrews, in Salvation in the New Testament (ed. J. van der Watt; NovTSup 121; Leiden: Brill, 2005) 361-387. 6

Jesus as the Way to the Father in Johannine Theology (John 14,6), in Theology and Christology in the Fourth Gospel (ed. G. van. Belle, J. van der Watt, P. Maritz; Leuven: Leuven University Press, 2005) 385-401. The Death of Jesus in the Gospel of John, Tidsskrift for Teologi og Kirke [Oslo] 75 (2004) 254-276. The Message to Laodicea and the Problem of Its Local Context: A Study in the Imagery in Rev 3.14-22, New Testament Studies 49 (2003) 407-424. Comedy and Humor in the Gospel of John, in Word, Theology, and Community in John (ed. J. Painter, R. A. Culpepper, F. Segovia; St. Louis: Chalice Press, 2002) 123-142. Hebrews, Rhetoric, and the Future of Humanity, Catholic Biblical Quarterly 64 (2002) 103-123. Jesus the Way, the Cross, and the World According to the Gospel of John, Word & World 21 (2001) 360-69. Recent Studies of the Book of Revelation, Lutheran Quarterly 14 (2000) 109-22. Millennial Hope and the Book of Revelation, Dialog 37 (1998) 250-57. Jesus Resurrection as Presupposition for the New Testament, in The Quest for Jesus and the Christian Faith (Word & World Supplement 3; St. Paul: Luther Seminary, 1997) 175-90. "Promise and Warning: The Lord's Supper in 1 Corinthians," Word & World 17 (1997) 45-53. "Infant Communion In Light of the New Testament," Lutheran Quarterly 10 (1996) 233-39. "The Spectrum of Johannine Readers," in "What is John?" Readers and Readings of the Fourth Gospel (ed. F. F. Segovia; Symposium Series; Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1996) 5-19. "On the Edge of the Millennium: A History of the Interpretation of Revelation," Word & World 15 (1995) 128-136. "Topography and Theology in the Gospel of John," in Fortunate the Eyes That See: Essays in Honor of David Noel Freedman (ed. A. Bartelt, A. Beck, C. Franke, P. Raabe; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1995) 436-448. 7

"The Epistle to the Hebrews in Recent Study," Currents in Research: Biblical Studies 2 (1994) 123-145. "The Bible and Sexual Boundaries" Lutheran Quarterly 7 (1993) 375-390. "The Distant Triumph Song: Music and the Book of Revelation," Word & World 12 (1992) 243-249. "Raymond E. Brown and J. Louis Martyn: Johannine Studies in Retrospect," Biblical Theology Bulletin 21 (1991) 51-55. "The Passion and Resurrection According to John," Word & World 11 (1991) 84-91. "'The Savior of the World' (John 4:42)," Journal of Biblical Literature 109 (1990) 665-680. "John Six and the Lord's Supper," Lutheran Quarterly 4 (1990) 419-437. Abridged and reprinted in Luther Digest 2 (1994) 95-97. "Messianic Exegesis and the Call of Nathanael," Journal for the Study of New Testament 39 (1990) 23-34. "The Fourth Gospel in a Three-Year Lectionary," Word & World 10 (1990) 21-26. "Hearing, Seeing, and Believing in The Gospel of John," Biblica 70 (1989) 327-348. "Opportunity to Do Good: The Letter to the Galatians," Word & World 9 (1989) 183-189. "The Origin and Significance of the Flight to Pella Tradition," Catholic Biblical Quarterly 51 (1989) 90-106. "A Qumran Bibliography 1974-1984," Biblical Theology Bulletin 15 (1985) 110-120. Encyclopedia Articles Exile (NT) in Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception (Berlin and New York: de Gruyter, 2014) 7:391-93. 8

Day and Night (NT) in Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception (Berlin and New York: de Gruyter, 2013) 6:279-80. Beast in Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception (Berlin and New York: de Gruyter, 2011) 3:657-60. Antipas in Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception (Berlin and New York: de Gruyter, 2009) 2:275-76. Revelation, Book of in The New Interpreter s Dictionary of the Bible (Nashville: Abingdon, 2009) 4:785-798 Pergamum in The New Interpreter s Dictionary of the Bible (Nashville: Abingdon, 2009) 4:446-447 Life, Book of in The New Interpreter s Dictionary of the Bible (Nashville: Abingdon, 2008) 3:661. Antichrist in The New Interpreter s Dictionary of the Bible (Nashville: Abingdon, 2006) 1:175-78. Beliar in The New Interpreter s Dictionary of the Bible (Nashville: Abingdon, 2006) 1:421. "John, Gospel of," in The Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (ed. D. N. Freedman; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000) 723-25. "Tabernacle," in The Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (ed. D. N. Freedman; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000) 1269-70. Study Materials for General Readership Revelation and Left Behind, co-authored with Nancy Koester. Louisville: Westminster John Knox 2005. For Discussion: The Passion of the Christ. Minneapolis: Augsburg, 2004. The Unshakable Kingdom: A Study of Hebrews, co-authored with Nancy Koester (Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1993). 9

A Light to My Path: A Study of the Gospel of John, co-authored with Nancy Koester (Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1989). John, co-authored with Nancy Koester (SEARCH Bible Studies; Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1986). Epistles for Series B, co-authored with Nancy Koester (Lectionary Bible Studies on Ephesians, James, and Hebrews; Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1981). Video Materials Reading the Bible: From Genesis to Revelation (Chantilly, VA: Great Courses, forthcoming 2016) The Apocalypse: Controversies and Meaning in Western History (24 part lecture series; Great Courses: Chantilly, VA, 2011). Invitation to John. Video segments (Discipleship Bible Study Series; Nashville: Abingdon, 2007) The Death of Jesus in the Gospel of John (SELECT series video and study guide; Columbus: ELCA, 2006) The Life of the Apostle Paul With Rick Steves. Video segments (Chicago: Mosaic Television, 2004). Is This the Time? A Study of Revelation. A seven-part video series. (St. Paul: Seraphim and Luther Productions, 2003). Jesus in the Gospels video series (Session 28; Discipleship Bible Study Series; Nashville: Abingdon, 2003). Gospel Texts for Pentecost 22 through Christ the King Sunday (SELECT series video; Columbus: ELCA, 2002) Web-based Resources Narrative Lectionary. Co-designer with Rolf Jacobson of a series of lectionary readings that move through the Biblical story from creation to the early church each year from 10

September through May. Weekly podcasts to support preaching from this lectionary on WorkingPreacher. Enter the Bible. Contributor of entries and commentaries on John s Gospel, Hebrews, Revelation, and other segments. Working Preacher: Contributor of various online resources for preaching Journeys of Paul web tour (www.luthersem.edu/ckoester/paul.main.htm) Cities of Revelation web tour (www.luthersem.edu/ckoester/revelation/main.htm) Bible Tutor 2.2, 2.3, 3.0, 3.0.1 (St. Paul: Luther Productions, 1998-2000) Articles for General Readership Revelation. The Montreal Review (Jan. 23, 2015). http://www.themontrealreview.com/2009/revelation.php The Crucifixion and the Will of God according to John. Lutheran Forum 43 (2008) 18-21. Life in the Gospel of John, The Living Pulpit 4 (1996) 38-39. The Jesus Seminar: Questions, Answers, and Reflections, co-authored with Arland Hultgren, The Luther Seminary Story 13 (1996) 5-7. We Too Shall Rise, The Rose 2 (1995) 14-15. "The Unshakable Kingdom," co-authored with Nancy Koester (twelve-part series) in Lutheran Woman Today (January - December 1994). "Preaching Helps: First Readings," Currents in Theology and Mission 18 (1991) 148-160. Questions, questions, questions, co-authored with Nancy Koester, The Lutheran (May 1, 1991) 16-18. That you may have life, The Lutheran (April 3, 1991) 16-18. Rich with promise, The Lutheran (March 13, 1991) 18-20. 11

"Read the headlines first, co-authored with Nancy Koester, The Lutheran (February 20, 1991) 6-8. "Where Is the Grace? A Meditation on I Cor 5:1-2," Story (1990) 9. "A Light to My Path," co-authored with Nancy Koester (four-part series) in Lutheran Woman Today (September - December 1989). "Where Christians and Muslims Meet," ALC World Mission Review (1980-1981) 33-34. Book Reviews Steven A. Hunt, D. Francois Tolmie, and Ruben Zimmermann, eds. Character Studies in the Fourth Gospel: Narrative Approaches to Seventy Figures in John. Wissenschaftliche Untersuchugen zum Neuen Testament 314. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2013. Reviewed in Review of Biblical Literature (2015) Catrin Williams and Christopher Rowland, eds. John s Gospel and Intimations of Apocalyptic. London: Bloomsbury, 2013. Reviewed in Theology 118 (2015) 55-56. Ian Boxall. Patmos in the Reception History of the Apocalypse. Oxford Theology and Religion Monographs. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013. Reviewed in Review of Biblical Literature (2014). Bruner, Frederick Dale. The Gospel of John: A Commentary. Grand Rapids and Cambridge: Eerdmans, 2012. Reviewed in Interpretation 67 (2013) 428-30. Kevin B. McCruden. Solidarity Perfected: Beneficent Christology in the Epistle to the Hebrews. BZNW 159. Berlin and New York: de Gruyter, 2008. Reviewed in Review of Biblical Literature (2012). Anthony Le Donne and Tom Thatcher (eds.), The Fourth Gospel in First-Century Media Culture (Library of New Testament Studies 426; London/New York: Clark, 2011). Reviewed in Catholic Biblical Quarterly. Scott D. Mackie. Eschatology and Exhortation in the Epistle to the Hebrews. Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament II 223. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2007. Reviewed in Studia Philonica Annual 23 (2011) 191-94. Gordon D. Fee. Revelation. New Covenant Commentary Series. Eugene: Cascade Books, 2011. Reviewed in Interpretation 66 (2012) 94. 12

Elizabeth W. Mburu. Qumran and the Origins of Johannine Language and Symbolism. Jewish and Christian Texts in Contexts and Related Studies 8. London/New York: T. & T. Clark, 2010. Reviewed in Catholic Biblical Quarterly 74 (2012) 613-14. G. Van Belle, M. Labahn, and P. Maritz, Repetitions and Variations in the Fourth Gospel: Style, Text, Interpretation. BETL 223; Leuven: Peeters, 2009. Reviewed in Catholic Biblical Quarterly 73 (2011) 904-6. Andreas J. Köstenberger. A Theology of John's Gospel and Letters: The Word, the Christ, the Son of God. Biblical Theology of the New Testament. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2009. Reviewed in Review of Biblical Literature 2011. Peter S. Perry. The Rhetoric of Digressions: Revelation 7:1-17 and 10:1-11:13 and Ancient Communication. WUNT 2.268. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2009. Reviewed in Currents in Theology and Mission. Brian K. Blount, Revelation: A Commentary. New Testament Library. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2009. Reviewed in Theology Today 67 (2010) Lance Byron Richey, Roman Imperial Ideology and the Gospel of John. CBQMS 43. Washington, DC: Catholic Biblical Association of America, 2007. Reviewed in Catholic Biblical Quarterly 72 (2010) 162-63. Tom Thatcher and Stephen D. Moore, eds. Anatomies of Narrative Criticism: The Past, Present, and Futures of the Fourth Gospel as Literature. Society of Biblical Literature Resources for Biblical Study 55. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2008. Reviewed in Review of Biblical Literature 2009. Konrad Huber. Einer gleich einem Menschensohn. Die Christusvisionen in Offb 1,9-20 und Offb 14,14-20 und die Christologie der Johannesoffenbarung (NAbh 51; Münster, Aschendorff, 2007). Reviewed in Biblica 90 (2009) 441-444. H. A. G. Houghton. Augustine s Text of John: Patristic Citations and Latin Gospel Manuscripts. Oxford Early Christian Studies. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008. Reviewed in Review of Biblical Literature (2009). John Ashton. Understanding the Fourth Gospel (2d ed. Oxford: Oxford University, 2007) in Review of Biblical Literature (2009). D. Moody Smith. The Fourth Gospel in Four Dimensions: Judaism and Jesus, the Gospels and Scripture (Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 2008) in Word & World 29 (2009) 200-1. 13

David Flusser, Judaism of the Second Temple Period: Vol 1, Qumran and Apocalypticism (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans; Jerusalem: Hebrew University Press and Jerusalem, 2007) in Catholic Biblical Quarterly 71 (2009) 170-72. Alan C. Mitchell, Hebrews. Sacra Pagina 13. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2007. Reviewed in Theological Studies 69 (2008) 441-42. Francisco Lozada, Jr. and Tom Thatcher (ed.), New Currents through John: A Global Perspective (SBLRBS 54; Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2006). Reviewed in Catholic Biblical Quarterly 70 (2008) 202-3. Edmondo F. Lupieri. A Commentary on the Apocalypse of John. Translated by Maria Poggi Johnson and Adam Kamesar. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2006. Reviewed in Review of Biblical Literature (2007). Christine Schlund, Kein Knochen soll gebrochen werden : Studien zu Bedeutung und Funktion des Pesachfests in Texten des frühen Judentums und im Johannesevangelium. WMANT 107. Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener, 2005. Reviewed in Review of Biblical Literature (2007). Luke Timothy Johnson. Hebrews: A Commentary. New Testament Library. Louisville and London: Westminster John Knox, 2006. Reviewed in Review of Biblical Literature (2007). Alan G. Padgett and Patrick R. Keifert, eds. But Is It All True? The Bible and the Question of Truth. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2006. Reviewed in Lutheran Quarterly 21 (2007) 240-42. Pierre Grelot, The Language of Symbolism: Biblical Theology, Semantics, and Exegesis. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson, 2006. Reviewed in Review of Biblical Literature (2006). Joseph L. Trafton, Reading Revelation: A Literary and Theological Commentary. Macon, GA: Smyth & Helwys, 2005. Reviewed in Interpretation 60 (2006) 230-31. Andreas J. Köstenberger, John. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2005. Reviewed in Catholic Biblical Quarterly 68 (2006) 149-50. Brian K. Blount, Can I Get a Witness? Reading Revelation through African American Culture. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2005. Reveiwed in Theology Today 62 (2006) 545-46. 14

Michael Gilbertson, God and History in the Book of Revelation: New Testament Studies in Dialogue with Pannenberg and Moltmann. SNTSMS 124. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. Reviewed in Theology Today 61 (2004) 377-80. Craig R. Koester Harry O. Maier, Apocalypse Recalled. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2002. Reviewed in Theology Today 60 (2003) 124-26. Pierre Prigent, The Apocalypse of St. John. Tübingen: Mohr/Siebeck, 2001. Reviewed in Review of Biblical Literature (2003). Marianne Meye Thompson, The God of the Gospel of John. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2001. Reviewed in Catholic Biblical Quarterly 64 (2002) 779-80. Robert A. J. Gagnon, The Bible and Homosexual Practice: Texts and Hermeneutics. Nashville: Abingdon, 2001. Reviewed in Word & World 22 (2002) 94-96. Barnabas Lindars, Ruth B. Edwards, and John M. Court. The Johannine Literature With an Introduction by R. Alan Culpepper (Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2000). Reviewed in Review of Biblical Literature (2001). D. A. desilva, Perseverance in Gratitude: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews (Grand Rapids/Cambridge: Eerdmans, 2000). Reviewed in Catholic Biblical Quarterly 62 (2000) 749-50. J. Zumstein, Kreative Erinnerung: Relecture und Auslegung im Johannesevangelium (Zurich: Pano, 1999). Reviewed in Catholic Biblical Quarterly 62 (2000) 597-99. M. Labahn, Jesus als Lebenspender: Untersuchungen zu einer Geschichte der johanneischen Tradition anhand ihrer Wundergeschichten (BZNW 98; Berlin and New York: de Gruyter, 1999). Reviewed in Journal of Biblical Literature 120 (2001) 381-83. A. Heinze, Johannesapokalypse und johanneische Schriften (BWANT 142; Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 1998). Reviewed in Review of Biblical Literature 2 (2000). F. Segovia, What Is John? : Literary and Social Readings of the Fourth Gospel (Atlanta: Scholars, 1998). Reviewed in Catholic Biblical Quarterly 62 (2000) 186-88. G. K. Beale, The Book of Revelation (NIGTC; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans and Carlisle: Paternoster, 1999). Reviewed in Word & World 19 (1999) 424-25. F. J. Moloney, John (Sacra Pagina 4; Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1999). Reviewed in Catholic Biblical Quarterly 61 (1999) 598-600. 15

T. G. Long, Hebrews (Louisville: John Knox, 1997). Reviewed in Review of Biblical Literature 1 (1999) 380-81. P. M. Eisenbaum, The Jewish Heroes of Christian History: Hebrews 11 in Literary Context (SBLDS 156; Atlanta: Scholars, 1997). Reviewed in Catholic Biblical Quarterly 60 (1998) 561-62. F. J. Moloney, Signs and Shadows: Reading John 5-12 (Minneapolis: Fortress, 1996). Reviewed in Journal of Biblical Literature 117 (1998) 142-44. B. Witherington, John s Wisdom: A Commentary on the Fourth Gospel (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1995). Reviewed in Interpretation 51 (1997) 312-14. R. A. Culpepper and C. C. Black, Exploring the Gospel of John (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1996). Reviewed in Word & World 17 (1997) 221-22. D. M. Ball, I Am in John s Gospel (JSNTSup 124; Sheffield: Academic, 1996). Reviewed in Catholic Biblical Quarterly 59 (1997) 566-67. C. Rose, Die Wolke der Zeugen (WUNT 60; Tübingen: Mohr/Siebeck, 1994). Reviewed in Journal of Biblical Literature 115 (1996) 562-63. J. P. Heil, Blood and Water: The Death of Jesus in John 18-21 (CBQMS 27; Washington, DC: Catholic Biblical Association, 1995). Reviewed in Catholic Biblical Quarterly 58 (1996) 754-55. R. A. Harrisville and W. Sundberg, The Bible in Modern Culture (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1995). Reviewed in Word & World 16 (1996) 382-83. B. Chilton, A Feast of Meanings: Eucharistic Theologies from Jesus through Johannine Circles (NovTSup 72; Leiden: Brill, 1994). Reviewed in Critical Review of Books in Religion 8) 188-91. T. Brodie, The Gospel According to John (Oxford: Oxford University, 1993). Reviewed in Catholic Biblical Quarterly 57 (1995) 172-73. I. Dunderberg, Johannes und die Synoptiker (Helsinki: Suomalainen Tiedekatemia, 1994). Reviewed in Catholic Biblical Quarterly 57 (1995) 801-3. C. Talbert, Reading John (New York: Crossroad, 1992). Reviewed in Word & World 14 (1994) 95-96. 16

M. Scott, Sophia and the Johannine Jesus (JSNTSup 71; Sheffield: Academic, 1992). Reviewed in Journal of Biblical Literature 113 (1994) 152-54. M. W. Stibbe, John (Sheffield: JSOT, 1993). Reviewed in Critical Review of Books in Religion 7 (1994) 264-65. J. Dunnill, Covenant and Sacrifice in the Letter to the Hebrews (SNTSMS 75; Cambridge: Cambridge University, 1992). Reviewed in Catholic Biblical Quarterly 56 (1994) 370-71. A. Reinhartz, The Word in the World: The Cosmological Tale in the Fourth Gospel (SBLMS 45; Atlanta: Scholars, 1992). Reviewed in Catholic Biblical Quarterly 56 (1994) 147-48. A. T. Hanson, The Prophetic Gospel: A Study of John and the Old Testament (Clark, 1991) Reviewed in Critical Review of Books in Religion 6 (1993) 249-51. M. W. G. Stibbe, John as Storyteller: Narrative Criticism and the Fourth Gospel (Cambridge, 1992). Reviewed in Catholic Biblical Quarterly 54 (1993) 571-72. W. Horbury, ed., Templum Amicitiae: Essays on the SecondTemple presented to Ernst Bammel (JSOT, 1991). Reviewed in Catholic Biblical Quarterly 54 (1992) 822-24. H. Attridge, Hebrews (Hermeneia; Fortress, 1989). Reviewed in Journal of Biblical Literature 110 (1991) 545-57 and Word & World 10 (1990) 410-13. L. D. Hurst, The Epistle to the Hebrews: Its Background of Thought (SNTSMS 65; Cambridge, 1990). Reviewed in Catholic Biblical Quarterly 54 (1992) 571-72. S. Lehne, The New Covenant in Hebrews (JSNTSup 44; JSOT, 1990). Reviewed in Journal of Biblical Literature 110 (1991) 744-46. D. A. Carson, The Gospel According to John (Eerdmans, 1991). Reviewed in Word & World 11 (1991) 445-46. K. Grayston, The Gospel of John (Trinity, 1990). Reviewed in Word & World 11 (1991) 445-46. A. Stimpfle, Blinde Sehen: Die Eschatologie im traditionsgeschichtlichen Prozess des Johannesevangeliums (de Gruyter, 1990). Reviewed in Journal of Biblical Literature 111 (1992) 150-52. J.-D. Kaestli (ed.), La communauté johannique et son histoire (Labor et Fides, 1990). Reviewed in Catholic Biblical Quarterly 54 (1992) 193-94. 17

H. Boers, Neither on This Mountain Nor in Jerusalem (SBLMS 35; Scholars, 1988). Reviewed in Journal of Biblical Literature 110 (1991) 167-69. Craig R. Koester M. E. Boring, Revelation (John Knox, 1989). Reviewed in Word & World 10 (1990) 202-4. G. Beasley-Murray, John (WBC 36; Word, 1987). Reviewed in Word & World 9 (1989) 302-4. G. Burge, The Anointed Community: The Holy Spirit in Johannine Tradition (Eerdmans, 1987). Reviewed in Word & World 8 (1988) 100. R. E. Brown, The Churches the Apostles Left Behind (Paulist, 1984). Reviewed in Dialog 26 (1987) 76-78. Selected National and International Academic Presentations Now Is the Judgment of This World (John 12:31): Apocalyptic Perspectives on the Judgment Theme in John's Gospel. Society of Biblical Literature: San Diego, 2014. Review of Recent Scholarship on Text-Critical Issues in Hebrews 2:9 and Patristic Interpretation. Society of Biblical Literature: San Diego, 2014. The Multiple Portraits of Jesus in the Gospel of John. Society of Biblical Literature, Baltimore (Nov 2013). In Many and Various Ways : Theological Interpretation of Hebrews in the Modern Period. Society of Biblical Literature, Baltimore (Nov 2013). Progress and Paradox: C. H. Dodd and Rudolf Bultmann on History, the Jesus Tradition, and the Fourth Gospel. Saint Mary s Seminary, Baltimore (Nov 2013). Spirit (Pneuma): The Philosophical Content of the Term and its Use in the Gospel of John. Colloquium Ioanneum. Patmos, Greece, 2013. The Apocalypse, Archaeology, and the Dead Sea Scrolls. The Schaff Lectures, Pittsburgh Theology Seminary (2013) Telling the Old, Old Story in a New, New Time. The Aus Lecture, Luther Seminary. With Rolf Jacobson (2013) 18

Prayer and Identity in the Book of Revelation. Paper presented at the conference on Early Christian Prayer and Identity Formation. Norwegian School of Theology, Oslo. November 2012. Review of Urban van Wahlde s Gospel and Letters of John. Panelist at SBL National Meeting, San Francisco, 2011. The Antichrist Theme in the Johannine Epistles and Its Role in Christian Tradition. Symposium on the Johannine Epistles. McAffee School of Theology. Mercer University, Atlanta, 2010. The Use of Internal Criteria in Editing the Greek Text of John. SBL National Meeting, New Orleans, 2009. Rhetoric and the Book of Revelation. Panelist, SBL National Meeting, New Orleans, 2009. The Rhetorical Study of Hebrews. Panelist, SBL National Meeting Philadelphia, 2008. Roman Slave Trade and the Critique of Babylon in Revelation 18. SBL National Meeting, San Diego, 2007. The Church and Its Witness in the Apocalypse of John, Norwegian School of Theology, Oslo, 2007. The Book of Revelation and the Middle East Crisis, interview on South African National television, 2006. Jesus Death and Resurrection in the Gospel of John, University of Pretoria and Northwest University, South Africa, 2006. Why Was the Messiah Crucified? A Study of God, Jesus, Satan, and Human Agency in Johannine Theology, Colloquium Biblicum Lovaniense, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, 2005. What Does It Mean to Be Human? Imagery and the Human Condition in John s Gospel, International Meeting on the Imagery in the Gospel of John, Eisenach, Germany, 2005 Reception History and the Current Study of Hebrews, SBL National Meeting, Philadelphia 2005. The Epistle to the Hebrews in Current Study, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, 2005. 19

The Death of Jesus in the Gospel of John, The Norwegian Lutheran School of Theology, Oslo, 2003 The Death of Jesus and the Human Condition: Exploring the Theology of John s Gospel, Life Abundant: An International Conference on the Gospel of John in Tribute to Raymond E. Brown, St. Mary s Seminary, Baltimore, 2003 The Bible and Spirituality, Panel presentation, CBA meeting, San Francisco, 2003 The Message to Laodicea in its Local Context (Rev 3:14-22): New Directions in Interpretation, SBL meeting, Toronto, Ontario, 2002 Jesus as the Way and the Mission of the Church according to the Gospel of John, SNTS meeting Durham, United Kingdom. 2002. Rhetoric, Hebrews, and the Future of Humanity, SBL National Meeting, Nashville, 2000 Signs and Symbols in the Gospel of John, SNTS Meeting, Strasbourg, France, 1996 Symbolism and Discipleship in the Gospel of John, SBL National Meeting, Philadelphia, 1995 Approaching the Passion According to John. SBL National Meeting, San Francisco, 1992 The Spectrum of Johannine Readers, SBL National Meeting, Kansas City, 1991 Messianic Exegesis and the Call of Nathanael, SBL National Meeting, New Orleans, 1990 Raymond E. Brown and J. Louis Martyn: Johannine Studies in Retrospect, SBL National Meeting, Anaheim, 1989. Symbol and Unity in the Gospel of John, CBA National Meeting, Syracuse, 1989 Selected Synodical, National, and International Church Presentations Leading Themes and Issues in the Lutheran Interpretation of Matthew s Gospel. Conference on Lutheran Hermeneutics. Lutheran World Federation. Chicago, 2014. 20

Interpretation of the Psalms in the New Testament: Witness to Christ and the Human Condition. Lutheran World Federation conference on Lutheran Hermeneutics, Eisenach, Germany (2013) An Introduction to the Gospel of John and Questions of Lutheran Hermeneutics. Lutheran World Federation, Nairobi, Kenya (2011) Studying the Book of Revelation, Tokota Air Base, Tokyo, Japan (2009) Book of Revelation/ Gospel of John, Religious Education Congress, Archdiocese of Los Angeles (2008, 2009) ELCA Synod Assembly keynote speaker (SW Minnesota, 1999; E. North Dakota, 2000; SE Minnesota 2006; W. Iowa, 2008; NW Wisconsin 2009) God s Word Among Us: Studying the Gospel of John, ELCA Missionary Gathering, Arusha, Tanzania, 1996 The Unshakable Kingdom, W/ELCA National Assembly, Washington, DC, 1993 Other presentations Synod ELCA and W/ELCA events Conference pastors meetings Seminary events Summer camp sessions Congregational settings 21