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Alicia Batten

Publications


Books

Friendship and Benefaction in James. Emory Studies in Early Christianity. Blandford Forum, UK: Deo, forthcoming 2009.

What Are They Saying About The Letter of James? Mahwah, NJ: Paulist, forthcoming, 2009.

Teachings of Jesus. Ottawa: Novalis, 2005. (Portuguese translation: Ensinamentos de Jesus. Sao Paolo: Ave Maria, 2008)

Articles in Refereed Journals

  "The Moral World of Greco-Roman Associations," Studies in Religion/Sciences religieuses 36 (2007) 135-51.

  "Studying the Historical Jesus Through Service," Teaching Theology and Religion 8,2 (2005) 107-113.
 
  "God in the Letter of James: Patron or Benefactor?" New Testament Studies 50 (2004) 257-272.

  "Patience Breeds Wisdom: Q 6:40 in Context," Catholic Biblical Quarterly 60 (1998) 641-56.
 
  "Dishonour, Gender and the Parable of the Prodigal Son," Toronto Journal of Theology 13/2 (1997) 187-200.

  "Women in Antiquity" (review article), Toronto Journal of Theology 11/2 (1995) 220-23.

  "More Queries for Q: Women and Christian Origins," Biblical Theology Bulletin 24 (1994) 44-51.


Chapters in Books and Entries in Reference Works 

"Patronage and Benefaction in Antiquity" forthcoming in the New Testament Language Project http://ntlp.net

"The Greedy Rich and the Degraded Poor: Exploring the Language of Poverty and Wealth in James," in The Social Sciences and Biblical Translation. Ed. Dietmar Neufeld. Symposium Series 41; Atlanta: SBL, Brill, 2008.

"The Patron-Client Institution. God in the Letter of James: Patron or Benefactor?" in The Social World of the New Testament. Insights and Models, 47-62. Eds. Jerome Neyrey and Eric Stewart. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson, 2008.

"Ideological Strategies in James," in Reading James with New Eyes: Methodological Reassessments of the Letter of James, 6-26. Eds. Robert L. Webb and John S. Kloppenborg; Library of New Testament Studies 342; London: T & T Clark, 2007.

"Mithra," "Isis" and "Serapis," in Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible. Eds. David Noel Freedman, Allen C. Myers and Astrid B. Beck; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000.

"An Asceticism of Resistance in James," Asceticism and the New Testament, 355-70. Eds. Vincent Wimbush and Leif Vaage; New York: Routledge, 1999.

Book Reviews and Booknotes

   Biblical Theology Bulletin (2 reviews)
   Catholic Biblical Quarterly (7 reviews)
   Religious Studies Review (13 booknotes)
   Religious Studies and Theology (1 review)
   Review of Biblical Literature (6 reviews)
   Studies in Religion/Sciences religieuses (1 review)
   Teaching Theology and Religion (2 reviews)
   The Cresset (1 review)
   Toronto Journal of Theology (9 reviews)