Michael Patella, OSB –Professor of Theology

Full List of Publications

Publications- Books

Word and Image: The Hermeneutics of The Saint John’s Bible, Collegeville, MN:

Liturgical Press, 2013. Winner, 2nd place, Catholic Press Association, Biblical-

Academic.

Angels and Demons: A Christian Primer of the Spiritual World, Collegeville, MN:

Liturgical Press, 2012

Lord of the Cosmos: Mithras, Paul, and the Gospel of Mark. Edinburgh: T &T Clark,

April 2006.

“Gospel according to Luke.” New Collegeville Bible Commentary. Collegeville, MN:

The Liturgical Press, September 2005. Chinese translation: Faculty of Theology, Fujen

Catholic University, Taipei, Taiwan: Kuangchi Cultural Group, 2011

The Death of Jesus: the Diabolical Force and the Ministering Angel, Luke 23,44-49 in

Cahiers de la Revue Biblique (43) Paris: Gabalda, 1999

Papers and Talks

2016-17

Hanley Lecture, Saint Paul’s College, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Towards a Catholic

Interpretation of Scripture, 19-20 March 2017

Bugs in the Bible: An Intertextual Approach, Saint Jerome’s University, Hamilton,

Ontario, 10 March 2017.

Insects in the Bible: An Intertextual Approach, Royal Botanical Garden, Hamilton,

Ontario, 11March 2017.

The Saint John’s Bible: Luke the Evangelist Saint Anselm College, 10 November 2016

The Saint John’s Bible: a Postmodern Interpretation of Sacred Scripture? Saint Anselm

College OSB 10 November 2016

2015-16

Hermeneutics of The Saint John’s Bible, St Mary’s South Bend, 13 June 2016

Writing the Word of God, Saint John’s Episcopal Cathedral, Denver, Colorado, 24 April

2016

Shedding light on Leitmotifs: How they surfaced in The Saint John’s Bible and why,

Spring Arbor University, 18 February 2016

Santos and the Santero: proclaiming the Gospel with art/ Santos y el Santero: anunciar el

Evangelio con el arte, 22 July 2015, at the International Society of Biblical Literarture

meeting, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 19-24 July 2015

Ten Commandments (Respect for God and neighbor) and God’s Covenant with Abraham

(Christianity’s bond with Judaism) Heritage Edition Papal reflections Sept 2015

“The Saint John's Bible: A spiritual encounter with God,” Mount Marty College,

Yankton, SD, 27 Sept 2015

“For his mercy endures forever,” Sunday at the Abbey, 18 Oct 2015

“The Christian Gospel: What should we expect from it, and what have we settled for?”

Theology Day, O’Fallon, Illinois, 24 Oct 2015

Rejoicing in Truth: spiritual transformation and The Saint John’s Bible, Edgewood

College, Madison, WI, 21 Oct 2015

Visual Leitmotifs: Understanding The Saint John’s Bible, Saint Mary’s, Calgary, Alberta,

15 Oct 2015

Heritage Edition Workshop, Saint John’s University, 25 Aug

“Shedding light on Leitmotifs: How they surfaced in The Saint John’s Bible and why,”

Spring Arbor University, Spring Arbor, MI, 18 Feb 2016

“Illuminating Words: The use of intertexuality in forming sacred images,” Spring Arbor

University, Spring Arbor, MI, 19 Feb 2016

Writing the Word of God: An exploration into how the Bible was formed, how it came to

us, and how we interpret it. Saint John’s Episcopal Cathedral, Denver, CO, 24 April 2016

How the scholars and artists spoke to each other in making The Saint John’s Bible, Saint

John’s Episcopal Cathedral, Denver, CO, 24 April 2016.

“The Hermeneutics of The Saint John’s Bible” Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, IN,

13 June 2016

“The Saint John’s Bible, a Scholarly Approach” Heritage Edition Workshop, Saint John’s

University, Collegeville, MN, 22 June 2016

2014-15

Titian’s Madonna and Child with Cherries as an interpretation of Luke 1:5-80 and 2:1-

40, at the International Society of Biblical Literarture meeting, Vienna, Austria, 6-10 July

Living with liturgy and scripture in Autumn, Oblate Day of Reflection, 16 Nov 2014

• Lenten Midrash on Peter, Mepkin Abbey, 27 Feb – 1 Mar 2015 Theology Day, “Mary in History and Theology,” Collegeville (5 Dec., 30 Jan.),

Scottsdale, AZ, 13 Feb.), Alexandria, MN (9 April), Minneapolis, MN (7 May)

Lenten Retreat , Saint John’s Abbey Guesthouse, 13 -15 March 2015

Athens or Jerusalem: Where is home for The Saint John’s Bible? Champlain College,

Bennington, VT, 23 Mar 2015

Vocation as predestination, Novitiate Day of Reflection, 5 May 2015

Heritage Edition Workshop, Saint John’s University, 7 May, 25 June

2013-14

Maryknoll Retreat, Saint Paul and Vocation, Los Altos, CA, 8-11 May 2014

Give us This Day, “Philippians 2:5-11,” 24 March 2014

Epiphany Parish Adult Forum, Seattle, WA, “Reading The Saint John’s Bible,

15-16 March 2014

“Pauline mysticism: Working in this world while living in the next” with Paul Trstensky,

Abbey Chapter House, 17 February 2014

Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, Ireland, “Word and Image in the St John's Bible,”

29 January 2014

“Misticismo di San Paolo,” Monastero S. Pietro in Viterbo, Italy, 11 January 2014

Short history of biblical interpretation, Glastonbury Abbey, 4-6 January 2014

Flagler College, Usdin Lecture, “Word and Image in The Saint John’s Bible: fact, fiction,

or fantasy?” 10 October 2013

“Lectio divina, what it is and what it isn’t,”Catholic Biblical Association meeting,

Gonzaga University, 4 August 2013

Called before I was Born, Long Branch, New Jersey, 29 July – 2 August 2013

Scripture Workshop, Little Rock Scripture Series, Little Rock, AR, 21-23 June 2013

2012-13

“One Priesthood, Diocesan and Religious,” Dehon Lecture, Sacred Heart Seminary,

Hales Corners, WI, 13 March 2013

Image and Text: A Biblical View,” SARTS Fellowship presentation to the Society of

Biblical Literature, 16 November 2012, Chicago, Il.

“The Book of Revelation: Fact or Fiction?” SOT•Sem Theology Day, 26 October, 5, 30

November, 6 December 2012

“Vincent van Gogh’s Still life with Bible: Word of God or book of death?”

International meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, 25 July 2012

“Looking at Esther: text, context, and intertext” Catholic Biblical Association, Biblical

Hermeneutics Task Force, 29 August 2012, Notre Dame, Indiana

Review of The Cult of Mithras in Early Christian Literature: Rhetoric and Society for

David Brakke

2011-12

Formed in the Word: Scripture and Peacemaking, Mennonites and Catholics in

Dialogue, 27 July 2012

“The King’s Dynasty,” Bible and Visual Culture Section, Society of Biblical Literature

International Meeting, London, 5 July 2011

“Who’s that speaking the King’s English?” Bible and its Influence: History and Impact

Section, Society of Biblical Literature International Meeting, London, 5 July 2011

“The Saint John’s Bible: Sacred Scripture, Christian Theology, and Benedictine

Monasticism,” 3 November 2011, The Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO

“Handel’s Messiah and the Development of Images in the Saint John’s Bible,”

NIDA/SBL Symposium: KJV at 400; SBL meeting, San Francisco, CA, 20 November

2011

“Hermeneutics of The Saint John’s Bible,” Yale Divinity School Faculty, Yale

University, 27 February 2012

“To the ends of the earth: The Saint John’s Bible and the Catholic Vocation

Assumption College, 28 April 2012, Worcester, Ma.

2010-11

“Sophia: Holy Treasure of Wisdom Books,” Misericordia University Institute on Sacred

Scripture, 26-30 July 2010

“History of the Biblical Canon,” Maryknoll, NY, 3-4 September 2010

“History of the Biblical Canon,” Maryknoll, Palo Alto, CA, 10-11 December 2010

“Wisdom Theology,” Benedictine Sisters Theology Institute, Yankton, SD, 26 February

2011

“Historical Jesus and the Jesus of Faith,” Theology on Tap, Saint John’s University

Campus Ministry, 2 May 2011

“To Behold the Beauty of the Lord: Lectio Divina and the Saint John’s Bible” Saint

John’s Monastic Institute, CBQ, 26-30 June 2011, Collegeville, MN.

2009-10

“Catholic Interpretation of Scripture,” Fully Aware Catholic Series, College of Saint

Benedict Campus Ministry, 3 December 2009

“Hermeneutical Principles of the Saint John’s Bible. University of Birmingham Newman

College, 14 January 2010

“Theology and Art,” Visitation Academy, Mendota Heights, Minnesota, 10 April 2010

“The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Saint John’s Bible,” Saint Olaf Catholic Church,

Minneapolis, MN, 27 June 2010

2008-09

• “The Saint John’s Bible: Art as exegesis; exegesis as art”presented at the International Society of Biblical Literature Meeting to be held in Rome, 30 June – 4 July 2009

• “Saint Paul as Evangelizer and Witness: an interpretation of the art in the Saint John’s Bible and the Pennyroyal Caxton Bible” presented at the International Society of Biblical Literature Meeting to be held in Rome, 30 June – 4 July 2009

• “The Theological Foundation of the Saint John’s Bible,” Saint Michael’s College, University of Toronto, 17 April 2009

• “The Saint John’s Bible: A Catholic Approach to Scripture”, ACCU, Washington, DC, 30

Jan – 2 Feb 2009.

• “Biblical Interpretation in the Saint John’s Bible,” Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL, 22 Jan 2009

• “The Rule of Benedict and the Program of Priestly Formation,” at the Monastic Seminary Consultation, Saint John’s School of Theology•Seminary, 9 July 2008

• Continuing seminar “The Bible in its Traditions,” Catholic Biblical Association: presentation on the Rezeptionsgeschicte of the Bible. 2-5 Aug. 2008

2007-08

“Picturing the Biblical Narrative: A Conversation with Michael Patella and Barry Moser”

at the Calvin College Festival of Faith and Writing, 17 April 2008

“Creation in the Saint John’s Bible: Text, Art, and Theology” at the Calvin College

Festival of Faith and Writing, 18 April 2008.

• “The Saint John’s Bible: Creation and Creativity in Sacred Scripture” Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish, Cincinnati, OH, 11 Feb 2008

• “The Saint John’s Bible: Where We Are, What’s Ahead” Saint John’s Abbey Second Sunday series, 9 Dec 2007

• “The fruit of lectio divina: Jacob’s Ladder (Gen 28:10-22) and the Saint John’s Bible within Benedictine monasticism” Society of Biblical Literature, International Meeting, Vienna, Austria, 24 July 2007.

• Participating scholar in America magazine’s Scripture Blog, The Good Word

2006-07

Christians in society: Leaven or dyspepsia? Address to the honor society of Concordia

University, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 21 August 2006

Catholic Biblical Association Seminar on Gospel Miracles, Loyola University, Chicago,

IL, 7 August 2006

Presentation: “The Theology of the Saint John’s Bible” at College of Saint Thomas

Sacred Arts Festival, Tuesday, 7 November 2006.

“America’s Book of Kells: the art and theology of The Saint John’s Bible” Society of

Biblical Literature Meeting, Washington DC, 19 November 2006

“The Saint John’s Bible: Theology and Art” Naples Museum of Art, Naples, FL, 14

March 2007

“Writing and Images from a Sacred Text: The Saint John’s Bible” Beloit College, Beloit,

WI. 13 April 2007

“Creation in Word and Image” Our Lady of the Assumption Parish, Beloit, WI, 14-15

April 2007

2005-06

“The Theology of the Saint John’s Bible” at Holy Cross Abbey, Berryville, VA., 22

September

“The Making of the Saint John’s Bible” Society of Biblical Literature Meeting, 18

November 2005

Presentation on The Saint John’s Bible at the Collegeville Ecumenical Institute, 17

January 2006

Festival of Scholarship and Creativity, 26 January 2006

“Sacramental Vision of the World: The Saint John’s Bible and Saint Joseph Cathedral”, a

talk in commemorating the Sesquicentennial of Saint Joseph Cathedral, Buffalo, NY, 27

February 2006

Speaker, Annual Campus Ministry Liturgical Ministry Appreciation Banquet, 15 March

2006, talk entitled, “If Everyone is Right, Who is Left?”

Monastic Institute, Saint John’s University, presentation on The Saint John’s Bible,

Sunday, 2 July 2006

Participating archaeologist, Hippos Excavation, Israel, 8-13 July 2006

Interviews

• Leadership Education at Duke Divinity: The Saint John's Bible for Faith & Leadership, 2012http://www.faithandleadership.com/features/articles/illuminating-the-word-god.

• Mark Lewandowski, 660 WBHR. “This Week at Saint John’s.” 16 September 2010.• “Judas translation causes some Christians to revisit faith, beliefs” for Saint Cloud Times,

by Frank Lee, Saturday, 8 April 2006 WBZ-AM Boston, MA by Jordan Rich" Thursday, 2 February 2006

• WLW-AM ”WLW Morning Show” Russ Jackson, Cincinnati, OH Thursday, 16 February 2006

• “Handmade Bible revives a sacred art” for the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle by Marketta Gregory, Thursday, 23 February 2006

• “Illuminations and inspirations” for The Buffalo News First Sunday by Jay Tokasz, 5 March 2006, 10-12.

• “Diocesan Conversations with Kevin Keenan” Daybreak Productions, Diocese of Buffalo, Sunday, 26 February 2006

• MPR, “The Book Guys” 14 March 2006• KNSI 1450 am “The Creative Department with Dave Phipps,” Sunday, 19 March 2006.• “Team working on first handwritten Bible since 15th century” for Nacogdoches Daily

Sentinel by Judy Morgan, 16 April 2006http://www.dailysentinel.com/news/content/news/stories/2006/04/16/20060416NDSbible .h

2004-05

“Lectio Divina and the Saint John’s Bible.” SOT board retreat, 20 September 2005. Ron

and Diane Liemont-Reimond.

“Saint John’s Bible.” Saint Bartholomew church staff retreat, 8 October 2005. Emmaus

Hall, Saint John’s School of Theology.

Ghosts Goblins and Ghouls: a Monk's Reflection Friday Forum. 29 October 2004.

Little Theater, Saint John’s University.

Mass presider, SOT Board Brunch, 7 November 2004. Cozemius residence, White Bear

Lake.

“Discipleship in the World, Discipleship in the Gospel." Benedictine Center, Saint Paul,

MN. 28 January 2005.”

“Making of the Saint John’s Bible.” Panel discussion, Committee on Illumination and

Text. MIA, 10 April 2005.

Theology Day. SOT Board of Overseers. MIA 15 April 2005.

“The Saint John's Bible: Theology in Art or Art in Theology?” Public lecture at the MIA.

16 April 2005.

“Theology of the Saint John’s Bible.” Consortium of Theological Schools. MIA. 18

April 2005.

2003-04

Theology Day, 26 September 2003, The Church in the Early Centuries School of Theology

Reading Group with Frank Burch Brown: Good Taste, Bad Taste, Christian Taste Luce

Grant, SOT, 24 September - 10 December

Friday Forum, 24 October 2003, Scriptural View of Evolution College of Saint

Benedict/Saint John's University Interdepartmental discussion of David Sloan Wilson’s

book, Darwin’s Cathedral 28 January 2004, 4 February 2004

The Da Vinci Code and the Passion of Christ: What really happened from the death of

Jesus to the birth of the Church?

Theology Day, Naples, Florida, 15 March 2004

Collegial Conversations Speaker: “Plato’s Timaeus and the Cult of Mithras: An

introduction into the worldview of Mark’s Gospel” 18 March 2004

Interview: The Saint John's Bible, BBC Radio 4, broadcast 11 April 2004

"Mithras, Paul, and Mark": Upper Midwest Regional Society of Biblical Literature at

Luther Northwestern Seminary, 16 April 2004

Interdepartmental discussions of John Haught’s book, Deeper than Darwin, 22 April

2004.

Interview, “Gluttony,” in Minneapolis Star-Tribune, by Susan Hogan/Albach, 6 Dec

2003

2002-03

“Mithras, Paul, and Mark: a progress report” to the Society of Saint John the Evangelist,

Cambridge, MA. 14 January 2003.

2000-01

First Century Parables, Twenty-First Century Life, 8 March 2001 Lifelong Learning

Workshop (full day): Passion Narratives, Saint John’s University, 19 March 2001 and

Saint Paul’s Monastery, 6 April 2001

Liturgy, Lectio, and Scripture, Abbey of the Holy Cross, Berryville, VA, 8-10 August

2001

1999-00

“SOT faculty colloquium (15 October 1999): “Lectio Divina and historical criticism, a

consideration”

Catholic Biblical Association’s Task Force on Mark: “The Death of Jesus in

Mark” 5-8 August 2000

1998-99

“Exegesis of the Prodigal Son” Creativity Conference, 24 October

1997-98

"Old Age in the New Testament: A view from the Eschaton" presented at the Upper

Midwest Regional Conference of the SBL, 17 April

1996-97

“Old Age in Scripture,” series of talks delivered at Holy Cross Abbey,

Berryville, VA, 17-22 July

1995-96

“The Role of 2 Enoch 67 in the Lucan Death Account (Luke 23, 44-49)” to the Catholic

Biblical Association, University of Saint Thomas, Saint Paul, MN, 11 August

“Luke 23, 44-49: Sources and Soteriology” to the Society of Biblical Literature,

International Meeting, Trinity College, Dublin, 23 July

“The Temple and Temple Veil in Luke” to the AAR/SBL Upper Midwest Regional

Conference, Luther Seminary, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 12 April

“The Diabolical Force and Ministering Angel in the Death of Jesus; Luke 23, 44-49" to a

combined faculty colloquium of the SOT and Theology Department, 19 October

Articles and Presentations

“Stephen’s Speech,” The Bible Today, June 2017

Within the Word, Give Us This Day, September 2016

The Complexity of Corinth, Give Us This Day, June 2015

Mary in Scripture and Tradition, Give Us This Day, Dec 2015

Holy Tension in The Council of Jerusalem, Give Us This Day,April 2016

“And God Created Laughter: The Eighth Day,” Interpretation: A Journal of Bible and

Theology, April 2015.

Review of Contuitus by Br. Simon-Hòa Phan for SOT•Sem Newsletter, Spring 2014

“Easter Vigil readings,” Abbey Banner, 12 February 2014

Review of Gian Luca Carrega, La Vetus Syra del vangelo di Luca: Trasmissione e

recezione del testo for Catholic Bibical Quarterly, submitted February 2014

Review of Alberto D’Anna and Emanuela Valeriani, L’ultimo Nemico Di Dio: Il ruolo

dell’Anticristo nel cristianismo antico e tardoantico, for Catholic Biblical Quarterly,

submitted February 2014

Give Us This Day, “City of Rome,” 1 October 2013

“Fasting,” Give Us This Day, submitted June 2013

Demons, Give us this Day, December 2012, for September 2013 issue

“Teaching Scripture through Image,” in Collegium Anniversary Edition, fall 2012

“Art as exegesis, exegesis as art,” Sheffield Press, “In a Different Tenor: The Saint

John’s Bible,” in the Toronto Journal of Theology, 20/2, Fall 2010, pp. 215-224

“The Saint John’s Bible: Biblical Authority within the Illuminated Word,” Word and

World 26 (fall 2006) 4, 383-91.

CMSM Bulletin, “Saint John’s Abbey Eyes Completion of Historic Illuminated

Manuscript Project” March 2006. http://www.cmsm.org/publications.shtml

“The Theology of the Saint John’s Bible” ARTS Magazine (17/1) 2005, 20-28.

“The Saint John’s Bible: Text, Metaphor, and Exegesis.” CSSR Bulletin. March 2005.

“Is there Nothing for the Neanderthal?” Headwaters. 22/2005. 56-67.

“Three Monks Entered the Abbey and Stayed Because…,” The Abbey Banner. Spring

2005 (5/1) 14.

“How Jesus Prayed” for Scripture from Scratch. November 2003.

"Die Saint John's Bible," Biblos: Beiträge zu Buch, Bibliothek und Schrift (52//1-2; 2003)

201-208.

Regular Columnist: “Seers’ Corner” in Bible Today Sept 2000—

“Christian Legacy in the Holy Land” (38/5; Sept-Oct 2000) 300-305.

“Lectionaries” (38/6; Nov-Dec 2000) 362-367.

“Migration and Pilgrimage (39/1; Jan-Feb 2001) 33-38.

“Music and Land in Isaiah” (39/2; Mar-April 2001) 94-99.

“Psalmody and Psalters”(39/3; May-June 2001) 164-169.

“Joshua and Jericho” (39/4; July-Aug 2001) 224-229.

“Mount Sinai: An Encounter with God” (39/5; Sept-Oct 2001) 288-293.

“Samaria” (39/6; Nov-Dec 2001) 354-359.

“The Peace of Jerusalem” (40/1; Jan-Feb 2002) 32-37.

“Triduum Topography according to John” (40/2; Mar-April 2002) 106-111.

“The Holy Land’s Churches: One in Christ” (40/3; May-June 2002) 166-171.

“Desert Formation” (40/4; July-Aug 2002) 236-241.

“Celebrating Succoth” (40/5; Sept-Oct 2002) 302-307.

“The Sites of Jesus’ Baptism (40/6; Nov-Dec 2002) 374-379.

“Hebron” (41/1; Jan-Feb 2003) 32-37.

“Nazareth” (41/2; Mar-April 2003) 102-107.

“Qumran” (41/3; May-June 2003) 180-185.

“Lands of the Psalms” (41/4; July-Aug 2003) 236-241.

"Food and Drink" (41/5; Sept-Oct 2003) 303-07.

"Mount Carmel" (41/6; Nov-Dec 2003) 365-69.

"The Saint John's Bible" (42/1; Jan-Feb 2004) 30-35.

"Caesarea Philippi" (42/2; Mar-April 2004) 96-101.

"King David's Geography" (42/3; May-June 2004) 155-159.

"Paul in the Holy Land" ( 42/4; July-August) 225-229.

"Prayerful Shores" (42/5; Sept-Oct 2004) 293-297

"Bethlehem" (42/6; Nov-Dec 2004) 360-365.

"The Arabah" (43/1; Jan-Feb 2005) 29-33.

“Embattled Holyland,” (43/2 March-April 2005) 96-101.

“The Ancient Near East,” (43/3 May-June 2005) 170-175.

“Saint Peter,” (43/4 July-August 2005) 251-255.

“Magdala: The Town,” (43/5 September-October 2005) 301-303.

“Isaiah the Prophet: Geography and Imagery” (43/6) Nov/Dec 2005, 365-370.

“Geology in the Holy Land” (44/1) Jan/Feb 2006, 30-35.

“Women of Mystery” (44/2) Mar/April 2006, 94-97.

“Sion, Mother of All Churches” (44/3) May/June 2006, 170-174.

“The Jerusalem Temple and Crusading Knights,” (44/4) July/August 2006, 231-234.

“Mount Sinai, the Mountain of God,” (44/5) September/October 2006, 296-300.

“The Road from Nazareth to Bethlehem,” (44/6) November/December 2006, 360-365.

“Caesarea Maritima,” (45/1) January/February 2007, 35-38.

“Places of Repentance,” (45/2) March/April 2007, 92-96.

“Gaza,” (45/3) May/June 2007, 162-66.

“Land of Edom,” (45/4) July/August 2007, 233-36.

“Paul’s Headquarters,” (45/5) September/October 2007, 299-303.

”John the Baptist: the Last Prophet,” (45/6) November/December 2007, 365-69.

“Beth-Shan, a Biblical City in the Decapolis,” (46/1) January/February 2008, 28-32.

“Dating Easter,” (46/2) March/April 2008, 100-03.

“Megiddo,” (45/3) May/June 2008, 167-71.

“Saint Paul’s Travels, Part I: By Land,” (46/4) July/August 2008, 236-240.

“Saint Paul’s Travels, Part II: By Sea,” (46/5) September/October 2008, 314-318.

“Messianism and the Essenes,” (46/6) November/December 2008, 378-382.

“Paul’s Jerusalem,” (47/1) January/February 2009, 33-36.

“Paul’s Damascus,” (47/2) March/April 2009, 107-111.

“Paul’s Rome,” (47/3) May/June 2009, 179-184.

“The Sea of Galilee,” (47/4) July/August 2009, 253-258.

“Jerusalem’s Living Stones,” (47/5) September/October 2009, 330-334.

“Veneration of the Dead,” (47/6) November/December 2009, 395-401

“The Holy Land in Winter,” (48/1) January/February 2010, 30-33.

“Mount Zion,” (48/2) March/April, 2010, 89-91.

“Solomon’s Seaport of Ezion-Geber,” (48/3) May/June 2010, 157-160.

“Timna Valley Copper Mines,” (48/4) July/August 2010, 217-221.

“Living Stones,” (48/5) September/October 2010, 282-285.

“The Monastery of Saint George Koziba,” (48/6) November/December 2010, 343-346.

“Akko: An Ancient and Vital Port,” (49/1) January/February 2011 31-35.

“Majestic Mount Hermon,” (49/2) March/April 2011, 99-101.

“The Ancient City of Avdat,” (49/3) May/June 2011, 165-169.

“Cana: The Wedding Feast Continues,” (49/4) July/August 2011, 237-242.

“The Holy Sepulcher, Authentic by Every Standard,” (49/5) September/October 2011,

299-303.

“Mount Nebo,” (49/6) November/December 2011, 367-371.Editor: Scripture Briefs (completed) for Saint John’s Bible Project 2000-03

“The Church in the (post) Modern World” in a collection of essays for As Leaven in the

World: Catholic Perspectives on Faith, Vocation, and the Intellectual Life Sheed and

Ward (summer 2001) 227-240.

The Death of Jesus: the Diabolical Force and the Ministering Angel, Luke 23,44-49 in

Cahiers de la Revue Biblique (43) Paris: Gabalda, 1999.

“Theological Exegesis: Easter Readings” in Pro Ecclesia VIII/1;Winter 1999) 98-104.

“Schema for the Illustration of The Saint John’s Bible” Co-authored with David Cotter,

OSB (1997-98)

"Reflections," School of Theology Newsletter (Fall 1997)

“By invitation only, John 6, 1-15,” Emmanuel (Jan/Feb 1995) 18-21.

“Before You Hire the Architect,” Modern Liturgy. 16/4 (May 1989)

“Olives--Mediterranean Treasure,” Bible Today. 26/5 (Sept 1988)

“Jerusalem, Vision from Experience,” Saint John’s School of Theology Newsletter

(Winter 1988)

“The Book of Kings,” Lower Stumpf Lake Review. XXIV (May 1989)

“twilight,” “Rundel Library,” Lower Stumpf Lake Review. XXIII (May 1988)

“Grandpi,” Lower Stumpf Lake Review. XXI (May 1986)

Reviews and Assessments

2014-15

Carrega, Gian-Luca. La Vetus Syra del Vangelo di Luca (Analecta Biblica 201; Rome:

Gregorian Biblical Press, 2013. Review for Catholic Biblical Quarterly, January 2015.

D’Anna, Alberto and Emanuela Velariani. L’Ultimo Nemico di Dio: Il ruolo

dell’Anticristo nel critianiesomo antico e tardoantico. Edizioni Dehoniane Bologna,

2013. Review for Catholic Biblical Quarterly, January 20152013-14

Black, C. Clifton. Mark (Abington New Testament Commentaries), Nashville: Abington

Press, 2011. Review for Catholic Biblical Quarterly June 20142011-12

“The Cult of Mithras in early Christian Literature: Rhetoric and Society,” Assessment for

Journal of Early Christian Studies, September 2012.

2010-11 Harrison-Mills, Douglas. Hearing about Jesus, but Thinking about Joel,

assessment for Oxford University Press, May 20112008-09

Ahearne-Kroll, Stephen P. The Psalms of Lament in Mark’s Passion: Jesus’ Davidic

Suffering (SNTSMS 142; Cambridge/New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007).

Review in Catholic Biblical Quarterly 71, 2009, 634-36.2005-06

Grappe, Christian and Jean-Claude Ingelaere (eds.). Le Temps et les Temps: Dans les

littéatures juives et chrétiennes au tournant de notre ère. JSJSup 112; Leiden/Boston:

Brill, 2006. Review in Catholic Biblical Quarterly 68, 2006, 800-02.

Sartre, Maurice. The Middle East under Rome. Trans. Catherine Porter and Elizabeth

Rawlings. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2005. Review in Catholic

Biblical Quarterly, CBQ 68, 2006, 741-43.

My research cited in Harvard Theological Review 1 October 2005.2004-05

Matthieu, Yvan. S.M. La Figure de Pierre dans l’oeuvre de Luc (Evangile et Actes des

Apôtres; une approche sychronique). EB 52; Paris: J. Gabalda, 2004. Review in

Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 67, 2005, 532-33.

Smiles, Vincent. “First Thessalonians – Ephesians”. New Collegeville Bible

Commentary. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2005. Promotional assessment September

2005.2002-03

Review of Mark A. Matson, In Dialogue with Another Gospel?: The Influence of the

Fourth Gospel on the Passion Narrative of the Gospel of Luke (SBLDS 178; Atlanta:

Society of Biblical Literature, 2001) for CBQ (64/3; July 2002) 584-585.2000-01

Professional acknowledgement in Where Did Christianity Come From, by JustinTaylor. Collegeville: The Liturgical Press, 2001, xi.

My book, The Death of Jesus, reviewed by Johannes Beutler in Theologische

Literaturzeitung (125/11; November 2000) 1165-1166.1999-00

My book, The Death of Jesus, reviewed by Joseph B. Tyson in the Review of Biblical

Literature (2; 2000) 569-570.

My book, The Death of Jesus, reviewed by Ronald D. Witherup in the Catholic Biblical

Quarterly, (62/2; April 2000) 372-373.

Consulted for and cited in “Jerusalem: City of the Ages” by P.F. Kluge in National

Geographic Traveler (Nov/Dec 1999) 67-74.1995-96

Reviewed Robert J. Wilken’s Remembering the Christian Past (Worship 71/5; Sept-Oct

1996) 474-475.

Assessed submission: Leslie Hoppe, Lands of the Bible (Liturgical Press)

Assessed submission: Mireille Hadas-Lebel, Jérusalem contre Rome (Liturgical Press)