Research Profile
Greco-Roman Milieu of New Testament Literature
Social History of Early Christianity in the First Two Centuries
Synoptic Gospels, especially the Gospel of Luke
Acts of the Apostles
Selected Publications
“The Theological Significance of ‘Judaea’ in Luke-Acts,” in: J. Verheyden (ed.), The Unity of Luke-Acts (Leuven: Leuven University Press, 1999), 675-691.
Paul Outside the Walls: A Study of Paul’s Socio-Geographical Universalism in Acts 14:8-20. Analecta Biblica 143, Rome: Pontifical Biblical Institute, 2000.
“Paul Among the Rustics: The Lystran Episode and Lucan Apologetic,” in: Catholic Bilical Quarterly 63 (2001), 84-101.
“The Disputed Case Against Paul: A Redaction Critical Analysis of Acts 21:27-22:29,” in: Catholic Bilical Quarterly 65 (2003), 232-250.
Contact
Pontifical Biblical Institute
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