• New Testament Literature, BiTh 213
• Christian Thought, BiTh 315
• Jesus of Nazareth, BiTh 351
• The Gospel of John, BiTh 457
• New Testament Criticism, BiTh 452 & 543
• Paul's Letter to the Romans, BiTh 461
• The Bible, the Arabs and Israel, BiTh 469

• Institute for Biblical Research
• Tyndale Fellowship for Biblical Research [Cambridge, England]
• The Society of Biblical Literature
• Evangelicals for Middle East Understanding
• Holy Land Ecumenical Fellowship

• The Gospel and Letters of John
• The history of New Testament criticism
• The history and significance of Galilee for New Testament study
• 'Life of Jesus' research
• The political history of the Arab-Israeli conflict
• Evangelicals, Biblical theology and modern Israel
• The history of the Arabic and Syriac-speaking churches of the Middle East
• The "Holy Land" and theology in early Judaism and Christianity

Publications [Books]

• Jesus and the Land. The New Testament Challenge to Holy Land Theology (London/Grand Rapids: SPCK/Baker Academic, 2010)

• The Evangelical One Volume Commentary on the Bible, general editor with A. Hill (Grand Rapids: Baker, forthcoming 20011)

• A Desert Spirituality, 4 Volumes (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2009-2011)
• Volume 1: The Bible and the Land (2009)
• Volume 2: Jesus the Middle East Story-Teller (2009)
• Volume 3: Encounters with Jesus (2010)
• Volume 4: Jesus’ Final Week (2011)

• The New Testament in Antiquity [coauthored with Green, G., and Cohick, L.], (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2009)

• John: The Gospel of Life (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2008)

• The Background Commentary to the New Testament: John, C. Evans, editor (Colorado Springs: Cook/Victor, 2005)

• Whose Land? Whose Promise? What Christians Are Not Being Told About Israel and the Palestinians (Cleveland, OH: Pilgrim Press, and London: Paternoster, 2003)
Awards:Christianity Today Book Award: Honorable Mention, May 2004; Christian Century “Best Seller-Recommended List,” May 2004; Forward Magazine, Book of the Year Finalist, May 2004;

• Commentary on the Gospel of John. The NIV Application Commentary (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2000)

• Commentary on the Johannine Epistles. The NIV Application Commentary (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1996)

• Who Are God’s People in the Middle East? (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1993)

• Interpreting the Gospel of John. [Guides to New Testament Exegesis] (Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1992, revised 1998) [Translated into Korean and Chinese.]

• “A Third Uprising?” www.electronicintifada.net, 03 August 2009

• “Johannine Spirituality,” Dictionary of Christian Spirituality (Grand Rapids: Zondervan Academic, 2010)

• The Common English Bible (United Methodist Church): Trans. John’s Letters, spring 2009

• “The View from the Mastaba: Contextual Exegesis and the Gospels,” Books and Culture (March/April, 2009)10-11

• The Revised Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible (Nashville: Abingdon, 2008) [entries: “Life,” “Land,”]

• The New Living Study Bible [John’s Gospel: translation & study notes] (Carol Stream: Tyndale: 2008)

• “The Church of the Holy Sepulchre: Battles Over Christ’s Tomb,” Christian History, Fall, 2008

• “Why I’m Not a Christian Zionist – Academically Speaking,” www.christianzionism.org, posted January 2008

• “Coffins on their Shoulders,” [On Arab life inside Israel], Books and Culture (January/February 2007)34-35

• The Dictionary of Historical Jesus, C. Evans, ed., (NY: Rutledge Press:, 2007) [entry: “John”]

• “Revelation and Discipleship in St. John’s Gospel,” in Lierman, J., ed., Challenging Perspectives on the Gospel of John (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2006)235-54

• “The Gospel of John and the Stone-Campbell Movement,” in W. Baker, ed., Evangelicalism and the Stone-Campbell Movement: Engaging Basic Christian Doctrine (Abilene, TX: Abilene Christian Univ. Press, 2006)143-150

• “The Da Vinci Code and the New Testament Apocrypha,” Christianity Today [cover story] (June 2006)

• “What I Learned from the Arab Church,” Evangelical Missions Quarterly (January 2006)98-104

• “Theological and Biblical Assumptions in Christian Zionism,” N. Ateek, C. Duaybis, M. Tobin, eds., Challenging Christian Zionism: Theology, Politics and the Israel-Palestine Conflict (London: Melisende, 2005

• “Missing God at Church,” in Dearborn, T. and Coil, S. eds., Worship at the Next Level (Grand Rapids: Baker, 2004)147-55

• The IVP Dictionary of the New Testament, (Downer’s Grove: IVP: 2004) [entry: “The Epistles of John”]

• “More Lessons Learned from Middle East Churches,” The Cresset (Advent, 2003)43-46

• “Israel’s Anti-Family Values’ [On the new Knesset law and Arab marriages.] Christianity Today Online, August 4, 2003

• “Who Owns the Holy Land?,” Books and Culture (July/August 2003)40-41

• “A Jesus Quest Without a Compass: Bruce Chilton’s Rabbi Jesus,” Evangelical Quarterly 74.1(January 2002)59-66

• “Situating John’s Gospel in History,” Fortna, R. and Thatcher, T., eds., Jesus in Johannine Tradition: New Directions (Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 2001)35-46

• “Lessons from the Middle East Churches,” Christian Century (May 16, 2001)16-18

• “Seven Greek Words You Wish You Knew,” Christianity Today (October, 2001)73-75

• “Interpreting the Gospel of John,” in Black, D.A. and Dockery, D.S., Interpreting the New Testament, Essays on Methods and Issues (Nashville: Broadman, 2001)357-390

• “Geschieden – was nun? Was die Bibel zu Scheidung und Wiederheirat sagt,” Neues Leben, Juni 2000, 16-18

• “John 21 and Fishing,” PreachingToday.com, October 1999

• “Divorce and Remarriage,” Christianity Today, 43(October 04, 1999)82-83

• “The Greatest Story Never Read. Recovering Biblical Literacy in the Church,” Christianity Today, 43(August 9, 1999)45-50 [reprinted in numerous other church magazines]

• “Liturgical Worship: Using Ritual to Inspire True Worship,” Vital Worship for the Future: 8 Worship Models, M.D. Warden, ed. (Loveland, CO: Group Publishing, November, 1999)

• “Fishers of Men: The Maritime Life of Galilee’s North Shore,” Christian History 59(1998)36-37

• “Are Evangelicals Missing God at Church?” Christianity Today, October 07, 1997

• Eerdman’s Dictionary of the Bible (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1997) [contributor]

• “Indiana Jones and the Gospel Parchments,” Christianity Today, October 28, 1996, 26-27

•The Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1996) [entry: “John, Theology of”]

• “Spirituality and Ongoing Academic Study,” The Navy Chaplain (October, 1996)

• Dictionary of the Epistles and Later Developments (Downer’s Grove: Intervarsity Press, 1996) [entry: “John, Letters of”]

• The New Living Bible: Translation Team: The Gospel of John, (Tyndale Publishers, 1996)

• “The Real Writer of Romans,” Christian History 47:3(1995)29

• “Whose Land? The Holy Land in Biblical Theology,” Touchstone Journal (Fall, 1994)21-24

• “Territorial Religion, Johannine Christology, and the Vineyard of John  15,” Jesus of Nazareth, Lord and Christ. Festschrift for I. Howard  Marshall (Grand Rapids, Eerdmans, 1994)384-396

• Dictionary of Paul and His Letters (Downer's Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1993) [multiple entries]

• “Rachel Weeping for Her Children. Evangelicals, Eschatology and the  Dilemma of Israel,” Inaugural Lecture, The Karl A. Olsson Chair in  Religious Studies, November 11, 1991 The Covenant Quarterly,  Winter, 1992

• Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels (Downer's Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1992) [multiple entries]

• "Does History Not Echo?" The Reformed Journal (December, 1990)3-6

• "The Literary Seams in the Fourth Gospel," The Covenant Quarterly (August 1990) 15-25

• "The Anointed Community: Review and Response [with M.M.B. Turner]," The Evangelical Quarterly (July, 1990)

• "Commentary on the Fourth Gospel," in The Evangelical One- Volume Commentary on the Bible (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1989)840-880

• The Evangelical Dictionary of the Bible (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1989) [contributor]

• The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised Edition, vol 4 (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1988) [multiple entries]

• Freelance Editor, The Eerdmans Bible Dictionary (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1987)

• "John 7:53 - 8:11. The Woman Caught in Adultery," JETS  27(1984)141-148

• The Evangelical Dictionary of Theology (Grand Rapids Baker, 1984) [contributor]

K. Bailey, Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes (2007), Evangelical Quarterly (forthcoming 2009)

J. Charlesworth, Jesus and Archaeology (2006), Christianity Today 2007

M. Bockmuehl, Seeing the Word. Refocusing New Testament Study (2006), Christianity Today 2007

C. Evans, Ancient Texts for New Testament Studies. A Guide to the Background Literature (2005), The Evangelical Quarterly, 2007

G. Stassen, Living the Sermon on the Mount, Practical Hope for Grace and Deliverance (2006), Christianity Today 51.3 (March, 2007)80

B. Witherington, What Have They Done With Jesus? Beyond Strange Theories and Bad History – Why We Can Trust the Bible (2006) Christianity Today 51.2 (February 2007)123-124

T. Stafford, Surprised by Jesus: His Agenda for Changing Everything in A.D. 30 and Today (2006). Christianity Today, 50.10 (November 2006)100

S. McKnight, The Story of Christ (2005). Christianity Today, 50.9(September, 2006)126

L. Scott Kellum, The Unity of the Farewell Discourse. The Literary Integrity of John 13:31-16:39 (JNSTSS 256). (London/New York, T&T Clark International, 2004) Biblica (Rome) 87.2(2006)284-286

R.E. Brown, Introduction to the Gospel of John (2003), Biblical Theology Bulletin 2003

P. Walker, Land of Promise (2000), forthcoming, Evangelical Quarterly

B. Bryant and M. Kraus, The College Press NIV Commentary, John (1998), The Stone Campbell Journal, summer, 2002

W.J. Larkin and J.F. Williams, ed., Mission in the New Testament (1998), Evangelical Missions Quarterly, 35.4(October, 1999)480-81;

P.W.L. Walker, Jesus and the Holy City. New Testament Perspectives on Jerusalem (1996), Themelios 23.3(1998)84-87;

J.B. Green, S. McKnight, and I.H. Marshall (eds.), Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels (1992), JETS 39(1996)482-484;

P.S. Kaufmann, The Beloved Disciple. Witness Against Anti-Semitism (1991), Critical Review of Books and Religion (1992)227-228;

K. Grayston, The Gospel of John (1990), Critical Review of Books and Religion (1992)205-07;

R. Fortna, The Fourth Gospel and Its Predecessors. From Narrative source to Present Gospel (1988), , Themelios 17(October/November 1991)27;

D. Rensberger, Johannine Faith and Liberating Community (1988), The Reformed Journal 40(1990)30;

G. Theissen, The Shadow of the Galilean, The Covenant Quarterly (February 1989) 41-44;

R. Gruenler, The Trinity in the Gospel of John (1986), JETS 30(1987)371-372;

R. Stronstad, The Charismatic Theology of St. Luke (1984), Pneuma 8.1 (1986)65-67;

B. Lindars, Jesus--The Son of Man. A Fresh Examination of the Son of Man Sayings in the Gospels (1984), JETS 28(1985)474-76;

D. Moody-Smith, Johannine Christianity: Essays on Its Setting, Sources, and Theology (1984), Interpretation 40(1986)210-11;

K. Grayston, The Johannine Epistles (1974), TSF Buletin (Apr/Mar 1986)25;

J. Jervell, Jesus in the Gospel of John (1984), JETS 28(1985)249-50;

F.E. Gaebelein, ed., The Evangelical Expositor's Bible Commentary. Vol. 9 (1981), The Evangelical Quarterly (EvQ) 55(1983)185-86;

I. Howard Marshall, Biblical Inspiration (1983), TSF Bulletin 6.5(May/June 1983)23-24;

B. Gerhardsson, The Ethos of the Bible (1981), Theological Student's Fellowship [TSF] Bulletin 7.2(Nov/Dec 1983)20-21;

K.E. Bailey, Through Peasant Eyes: More Lucan Parables (1980), Journal of Biblical Literature [JBL] 102(1983)341-42;

H. Cattan, Jerusalem (1981), Churchman 95(1981)366-67;

L. Grollenberg, Palestine Comes First (1980), Churchman [U.K.] 95(1981)181-182;

S. Smalley, John, Evangelist & Interpreter (1980), JETS 23(1980)165-67;

Conference Papers and Invited Lectures

• “Revisiting the Water Motif in John’s Gospel: The Siloam Discovery and John 9,” annual meeting, John, Jesus and History Group, Society of Biblical Literature, November 2009

• “Worship in Muslim-Christian Dialogue.” A paper presented to the Muslim/Evangelical Dialogue Group, April 2009. Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California.

• “Thinking Christianly About the Middle East,” George Fox University, January 2009. A chapel series in an annual theology program.

• “Religious Tolerance in the Muslim-Christian Dialogue,” Muslim-Evangelical Dialogue Conference (sponsored by the World Islamic Call Society), Tripoli, Libya, December, 2007

• “Dispensational & Reformed Eschatology Today,” Annual Meeting, Holy Land Christian Ecumenical Fellowship (HCEF), Washington D.C., October 2007

• “Dispensationalism, Reformed Theology & Eschatology. A Public Debate,” Moody Bible Institute, April, 2007

• “Evangelical Views of Justice and Theology,” Muslim-Evangelical Dialogue Conference (sponsored by the World Islamic Call Society), Chicago, November 2006

• “Must Evangelicals be Zionists?” Annual Meeting, Holy Land Christian Ecumenical Fellowship (HCEF), Washington D.C., October 2006

• “Biblical Theology, The Covenant, and Christian Zionism,” Biblical Theology Section, Tyndale Fellowship Triennial Conference. Nantwich, England. July, 2006

• “Religion and American Foreign Policy in the Middle East,” American University of Cairo, Nov. 2005

• “Christian Zionism in the Arab Context,” Evangelical Theological Seminary, Cairo. November 2005

• “Christian Zionism and the Use of the Bible,” Conference on Christian Zionism, North Park University, April, 2005

• “Christian Zionism, Dispensational Eschatology and Modern Israel,” National Consultation for the General Assembly, Presbyterian Church, USA, National Headquarters, Louisville, KY, February 2004)

• “Eschatology and the Convergence of the Political and Religious Right,” Annual Meeting, Holy Land Christian Ecumenical Fellowship (HCEF), Washington D.C., Nov. 2004

• “Revelation, John and the Campbellite/Restoration Movement,” Evangelical Theological Society, Atlanta, GA, November, 2003

• “The History of Christian Zionism,” Sabeel International Meeting, Jerusalem, April 2004

• “Revelation and Discipleship in St. John’s Gospel,” Annual Tyndale Library New Testament Conference, Cambridge, England, July, 2002

• “Muslim/Christian Relationships in Syria: A Theological Exhortation,” Abu Nour Mosque, Damascus, Syria (with Grand Mufti Sheikh Ahmad Kuftaro, televised nationally), May, 2002

• “The New Testament Mandate for Cross Cultural Partnership,” Evangelicals for Middle East Understanding (EMEU), Annual Meeting, Beirut, Lebanon, May, 2002

• “The History and Future of Jerusalem,” Evangelicals for Middle East Understanding (EMEU), Annual Meeting, First Presbyterian Church, Houston, Texas, November, 1997

• “What Happens When Evangelicals Worship?” Annual Meeting, Association of Christian Sociologists, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL, June, 1997

• “The Holy Spirit and the Fourth Gospel,” Annual Meeting Plenary Session, Evangelical Theological Society, Jackson, Mississippi, November 1996

• “Armageddon, Eschatology and the Holy Land,” EMEU Conference, Christ in the Middle East Today, (Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL), 1995

• “Eschatology and the Future of Christianity in the Middle East,” Annual Meeting, EMEU, (Fuller Seminary, Pasadena, Calif.), 1995

• “Prophecy, Israel and Justice in the Middle East,” Annual Meeting, EMEU, (Howard Univ. Div. School, Washington D.C.), 1994

• "A Response to G.R. Beasley-Murray's Paper, 'The Vision on the Mount. Mark 13,' Symposium on Theological Interpretation of Scripture, North Park Theological Seminary, October 1990

• “The Priestly Mission of Israel and the Church,” Annual Meeting, Evangelical Covenant Church, Chicago, IL, June 1990

• "Who is the True Source of Living Water? The Punctuation of John 7:37-38," annual meeting, The Society of Biblical Literature, December 1987

• "The Literary Structure of the Fourth Gospel," annual meeting, The Evangelical Theological Society, November 1986

• "Historical Criticism and the Gospels," Princeton Seminary Forum, April 1986

• "A Biblical Theology of the Holy Spirit," eastern regional meeting, Presbyterian & Reformed Renewal Ministries, 1985

• "How Much of the Johannine Community Can We Find in the Fourth Gospel? A Critical Analysis of the Contributions of R.E. Brown and J.L. Martyn," annual meeting, The Evangelical Theological Society, December 1982

Instructional DVD Productions

• “The Life of Jesus,” Deeper Connections Video Series, Williams, M. ed., (Grand Rapids: Zondervan: 2009)

• “The Death of Jesus,” Deeper Connections Video Series, Williams, M. ed., (Grand Rapids: Zondervan: 2009)

• “The Healing Touch of Jesus,” Deeper Connections Video Series, Williams, M. ed., (Grand Rapids: Zondervan: 2009)

• “With God on Our Side,” P. Speakman, ed., Rooftop Productions (2009)

• “The Miracles of Jesus,” Deeper Connections Video Series, Williams, M. ed., (Grand Rapids: Zondervan: 2008)

• “The Parables of Jesus,” Deeper Connections Video Series, Williams, M. ed., (Grand Rapids: Zondervan: 2008)

Popular Books, Children’s Books
(Working as an editorial consultant and writer with Publications International, Lincolnwood, IL.)

• Daily Dose of Knowledge: Bible (2008)

• God’s Answers to Tough Questions (2004)

• The Bible: A to Z (1998)

• Children’s Book of the Bible (1997)

• The Bible Almanac. People, Places and Events in the Bible (1997)

• Fascinating Bible Facts for Children (1996)

• Treasury of Bible Stories (1995)

• Journey to the Land of Jesus (1992)

• The Big Book of Questions and Answers. The Bible as Told in the Old Testament (1992)