Richard A. Horsley was the Distinguished Professor of Liberal Arts and the Study of Religion at the University of Massachusetts Boston until his retirement in 2007.
He described his view of the historical Jesus in these words (Jesus and the Spiral of Violence, pp. 207âÂÂ208):
<blockquote>The focal concern of the kingdom of God in Jesusâ preaching and practice, however, is the liberation and welfare of the people. Jesusâ understanding of the "kingdom of God" is similar in its broader perspective to the confident hopes expressed in then-contemporary Jewish apocalyptic literature. That is, he had utter confidence that God was restoring the life of the society, and that this would mean judgment for those who oppressed the people and vindication for those who faithfully adhered to GodâÂÂs will and responded to the kingdom. That is, God was imminently and presently effecting a historical transformation. In modern parlance that would be labeled a "revolution."</blockquote>
Horsley has a PhD from Harvard and previously taught at Wesleyan University.
Publications by Richard A. Horsley by year
1976 Horsley, Richard A. âÂÂPneumatikos vs. Psychikos: Distinctions of Spiritual Status among the Corinthians.â Harvard Theological Review 69 (1976): 269-88. âÂÂâÂÂ. Review of Property and Riches in the Early Church: Aspects of a Social History of Early Christianity, by Martin Hengel, Journal of the American Academy of Religion 44.3 (1976): 568-9.
1977 âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂWisdom of Word and Words of Wisdom in Corinth.â Catholic Biblical Quarterly 39 (1977): 224-39.
1978 âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂConsciousness and Freedom among the Corinthians: 1 Corinthians 8-10.â Catholic Biblical Quarterly 40 (1978): 574-89. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂThe Background of the Confessional Formula in 1 Kor 8:6.â Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der älteren Kirche 69 (1978): 130-35. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂThe Law of Nature in Philo and Cicero.â Harvard Theological Review 71 (1978): 35-59. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂHow Can Some of You Say That There is No Resurrection of the Dead: Spiritual Elitism in Corinth.â Novum Testamentum 20 (1978): 203-31.
1979 âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂJosephus and the Bandits.â Journal for the Study of Judaism 10 (1979): 37-63. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂThe Sicarii: Ancient Jewish âÂÂTerroristsâÂÂ.â The Journal of Religion 59 (1979): 435-58. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂReflections on Witchcraft and European Folk Religion.â History of Religions 19 (1979): 71-95. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂSpiritual Marriage with Sophia.â Vigiliae Christianae 33 (1979): 30-54. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂWho Were the Witches? The Social Roles of the Accused in the European Witch Trials.â The Journal of Interdisciplinary History 9 (1979): 689-715.
1981 âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂAncient Jewish Banditry and the Revolt against Rome, A.D. 66-70.â Catholic Biblical Quarterly 43 (1981): 409-32.
1984 âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂPopular Messianic Movements around the Time of Jesus.â Catholic Biblical Quarterly 46 (1984): 471-95.
1985 âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂâÂÂLike One of the Prophets of OldâÂÂ: Two Types of Popular Prophets at the Time of Jesus.â Catholic Biblical Quarterly 47 (1985): 435-63. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂMenahem in Jerusalem: A Brief Messianic Episode among the Sicarii â Not âÂÂZealot MessianismâÂÂ.â Novum Testamentum 27 (1985): 334-48.
1986 âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂThe Zealots. Their Origin, Relationships, and Importance in the Jewish Revolt.â Novum Testamentum 28 (1986): 159-92. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂHigh Priests and the Politics of Roman Palestine. A Contextual Analysis of the Evidence in Josephus.â Journal for the Study of Judaism 17 (1986): 23-55. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂPopular Prophetic Movements at the Time of Jesus. Their Principal Features and Social Origins.â Journal for the Study of the New Testament 26 (1986): 3-27. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂEthics and Exegesis: âÂÂLove Your Enemiesâ and the Doctrine of Nonviolence.â Journal of the American Academy of Religion 54 (1986): 3-31. Repr., pages 72-101 in The Love of Enemy and Nonretaliation in the New Testament. Edited by Willard M. Swartley. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 1992.
1987 âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂ'Apiru and Cossacks: A Comparative Analysis of Social Form and Historical Role.â Pages 3-26 in Religion, Literature, and Society in Ancient Israel, Formative Christianity and Judaism. Ancient Israel and Christianity. Edited by Jacob Neusner, Peder Borgen, Ernest S. Frerichs, and Richard A. Horsley. Vol. 2 of New Perspectives on Ancient Judaism. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1987. âÂÂâÂÂ. Jesus and the Spiral of Violence: Popular Jewish Resistance in Roman Palestine. San Francisco: Harper and Row, 1987. Repr., Minneapolis: Fortress, 1993.
1988 âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂBandits, Messiahs, and Longshoremen: Popular Unrest in Galilee around the Time of Jesus.â Pages 183-99 in Society of Biblical Literature 1988 Seminar Papers. Edited by David J. Lull. SBLSPS 27. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1988. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂLiberating Christmas.â Christianity and Crisis 48.18 (December 12, 1988): 436-8.
1989 âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂQuestions about Redactional Strata and the Social Relations Reflected in Q.â Pages 186-203 in Society of Biblical Literature 1989 Seminar Papers. Edited by David J. Lull. SBLSPS 28. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1989. âÂÂâÂÂ. The Liberation of Christmas: The Infancy Narratives in Social Context. New York: Crossroad, 1989. âÂÂâÂÂ. Sociology and the Jesus Movement. New York: Crossroad, 1989, Repr., 2d. ed. New York: Continuum, 1994.
1991 âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂQ and Jesus: Assumptions, Approaches, and Analyses.â Semeia 55 (1991): 175-209. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂLogoi ProphÃÂtà Ân? Reflections on the Genre of Q.â Pages 195-209 in The Future of Early Christianity. Edited by Birger A. Pearson, A. Thomas Kraabel, George W. E. Nickelsburg, and Norman R. Petersen. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1991. Repr., Richard A. Horsley and Patrick Tiller, pages 191-206 in After Apocalyptic and Wisdom: Rethinking Texts in Context. Eugene, OR: Cascade, 2012. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂThe Q People: Renovation, not Radicalism.â Continuum 1.3 (1991): 49-63. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂEmpire, Temple and CommunityâÂÂBut No Bourgeoisie! A Response to Blenkinsopp and Petersen.â Pages 163-74 in Second Temple Studies 1. Persian Period. Edited by Philip R. Davies. Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series 117. Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1991.
1992 âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂTradition and Innovation in Gospel Studies.â Religious Studies Review 18 (1992): 290-5. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂâÂÂMessianicâ Figures and Movements in First-Century Palestine.â Pages 276-95 in The Messiah: Developments in Earliest Judaism and Christianity. Edited by James H. Charlesworth. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1992. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂResponse to Walter Wink, âÂÂNeither Passivity nor Violence: Jesusâ Third WayâÂÂ.â Pages 126-36 in The Love of Enemy and Nonretaliation in the New Testament. Edited by Willard M. Swartley. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 1992.
1993 âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂLiberating Narrative and Liberating Understanding: The Christmas Story.â Pages 154-71 in The Bible and Liberation: Political and Social Hermeneutics. rev. ed. Edited by Norman K. Gottwald and Richard A. Horsley. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 1993. [reprinted from Richard A. Horsley. Pages 144-61 in The Liberation of Christmas: The Infancy Narratives in Social Context. New York: Crossroad, 1989]. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂThe Imperial Situation of Palestinian Jewish Society.â Pages 395-407 in The Bible and Liberation: Political and Social Hermeneutics, rev. ed. Edited by Norman K. Gottwald and Richard A. Horsley. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 1993. [reprinted from Richard A. Horsley. Pages 3âÂÂ19 in Jesus and the Spiral of Violence: Popular Jewish Resistance in Roman Palestine. San Francisco: Harper and Row, 1987]. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂThe Kingdom of God and the Renewal of Israel.â Pages 408-27 in The Bible and Liberation: Political and Social Hermeneutics, rev. ed. Edited by Norman K. Gottwald and Richard A. Horsley. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 1993. [reprinted from Richard A. Horsley. Pages 167-208 in Jesus and the Spiral of Violence: Popular Jewish Resistance in Roman Palestine. San Francisco: Harper and Row, 1987]. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂPalestinian Jewish Groups and their Messiahs in Late Second Temple Times.â Pages 14âÂÂ29 in Messianism Through History. Edited by Wim Beuken, Seán Freyne, and Anton Weiler. London: SCM; Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 1993. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂWisdom and Apocalypticism in Mark.â Pages 223-44 in In Search of Wisdom: Essays in Memory of John G. Gammie. Edited by Leo G. Perdue, Bernard Brandon Scott, and William Johnston Wiseman. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 1993. Repr., Richard A. Horsley and Patrick Tiller. âÂÂApocalypticism and Wisdom: Missing in Mark.â Pages 207-29 in After Apocalyptic and Wisdom: Rethinking Texts in Context. Eugene, OR: Cascade, 2012.
1994 âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂInnovation in Search of Reorientation: New Testament Studies Rediscovering its Subject Matter.â Journal of the American Academy of Religion 62 (1994): 1127-66. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂThe Historical Jesus and Archaeology of the Galilee: Questions From Historical Jesus Research to Archaeologists.â Pages 91âÂÂ135 in Society of Biblical Literature 1994 Seminar Papers. Edited by Eugene Harrison Lovering Jr. SBLSPS 33. Atlanta: Scholars Press. 1994. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂThe Death of Jesus.â Pages 395-422 in Studying the Historical Jesus: Evaluations of the State of Current Research. Edited by Bruce Chilton and Craig A. Evans. New Testament Tools and Studies 19. Leiden: Brill, 1994. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂWisdom Justified by All Her Children: Examining Allegedly Disparate Traditions in Q.â Pages 733-51 in Society of Biblical Literature 1994 Seminar Papers. Edited by Eugene Harrison Lovering Jr. SBLSPS 33. Atlanta: Scholars Press. 1994. Repr., Richard A. Horsley and Patrick Tiller.â Questions about Wisdom and Apocalypticism in Q.â Pages 163-90 in After Apocalyptic and Wisdom: Rethinking Texts in Context. Eugene, OR: Cascade, 2012. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂJesus, Itinerant Cynic or Israelite Prophet?â Pages 68âÂÂ97 in Images of Jesus Today. Faith and Scholarship Colloquies 3. Florida Southern College. Edited by James H. Charlesworth and Walter P. Weaver. Valley Forge, PA: Trinity Press International, 1994.
1995 âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂSocial Conflict in the Synoptic Sayings Source Q.â Pages 37âÂÂ52 in Conflict and Invention: Literary, Rhetorical, and Social Studies on the Sayings Gospel Q. Edited by John S. Kloppenborg. Valley Forge, PA: Trinity Press International, 1995. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂArchaeology of Galilee and the Historical Context of Jesus.â Neotestamentica 29 (1995): 211-29. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂArchaeology and the Villages of Upper Galilee: A Dialogue with Archaeologists.â Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research no. 297 (February, 1995): 5-16. âÂÂâÂÂ. Galilee: History, Politics, People. Valley Forge, PA: Trinity Press International, 1995. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂResponse: Richard A. Horsley.â Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research no. 297 (February, 1995): 27-28.
1996 âÂÂâÂÂ. Archaeology, History, and Society in Galilee: The Social Context of Jesus and the Rabbis. Valley Forge, PA: Trinity Press International, 1996. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂWhat has Galilee to do with Jerusalem? Political Aspects of the Jesus Movement.â Hervormde Teologiese Studies 52 (1996): 88-104.
1997 âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂ1 Corinthians: A Case Study of PaulâÂÂs Assembly as an Alternative Society.â Pages 242-52 in Paul and Empire: Religion and Power in Roman Imperial Society. Edited by Richard A. Horsley. Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press International, 1997.
1998 âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂThe Kingdom of God and the Renewal of Israel: Synoptic Gospels, Jesus Movements, and Apocalypticism.â Pages 303-44 in The Origins of Apocalypticism in Judaism and Christianity. Edited by John J. Collins. Vol. 1 of The Encyclopedia of Apocalypticism. Edited by Bernard McGinn, John J. Collins, and Stephen J. Stein. New York: Continuum, 1998. Repr., Richard A. Horsley and Patrick Tiller. Pages 230-79 in After Apocalyptic and Wisdom: Rethinking Texts in Context. Eugene, OR: Cascade, 2012. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂSubmerged Biblical Histories and Imperial Biblical Studies.â Pages 152-73 in The Postcolonial Bible. Edited by R. S. Sugirtharajah. The Bible and Postcolonialism 1. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic, 1998. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂConquest and Social Conflict in Galilee.â Pages 129-68 in Recruitment, Conquest, and Conflict: Strategies in Judaism, Early Christianity, and the Greco-Roman World. Edited by Peder Borgen, Vernon K. Robbins, and David B. Gowler. Emery Studies in Early Christianity 6. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1998. âÂÂâÂÂ. 1 Corinthians. Abingdon New Testament Commentaries. Nashville: Abingdon, 1998. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂThe Slave Systems of Classical Antiquity and Their Reluctant Recognition by Modern Scholars.â Semeia 83-84 (1998): 19-66. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂPaul and Slavery: A Critical Alternative to Recent Readings.â Semeia 83-84 (1998): 153-200.
1999 âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂJesus and Galilee: The Contingencies of a Renewal Movement.â Pages 57âÂÂ74 in Galilee Through the Centuries: Confluence of Cultures. Edited by Eric M. Meyers. Duke Judaic Studies Series 1. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 1999. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂSynagogues in Galilee and the Gospels.â Pages 46âÂÂ69 in Evolution of the Synagogue: Problems and Prospects. Edited by Howard Clark Kee and Lynn H. Cohick. Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press International, 1999. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂIntroduction.â Pages 1âÂÂ13, âÂÂThe Teachings of Jesus and Liberal Individualism.â Pages 15âÂÂ28, âÂÂThe Historical Context of Q.â Pages 46âÂÂ60, âÂÂThe Contours of Q.â Pages 61âÂÂ93, âÂÂIsraelite Traditions in Q.â Pages 94âÂÂ122, âÂÂThe Oral Communication Environment of Q.â Pages 123-49, âÂÂRecent Studies of Oral-Derived Literature and Q. â Pages 150-74, âÂÂThe Covenant Renewal Discourse: Q 6:20âÂÂ49.â Pages 195-227, âÂÂProphetic Enmvoys for the Renewal of Israel: Q 9:57âÂÂ10:16.â Pages 228-49, âÂÂThe Kingdom of God as the Renewal of Israel.â Pages 260-76, âÂÂThe Renewal of Israel over against Its Rulers.â Pages 277-91, âÂÂThe Renewal Movement and the Prophet Performers of Q.â Pages 292-310 in Whoever Hears You Hears Me: Prophets, Performance, and Tradition in Q. Edited by Richard A. Horsley and Jonathan A. Draper. Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press International, 1999. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂThe Oral Communication Environment of Q.â Pages 123-149
2000 âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂSocial Relations and Social Conflict in the Epistle of Enoch.â Pages 100-15 in For a Later Generation: The Transformation of Tradition in Israel, Early Judaism, and Early Christianity. Edited by Randall A. Argall, Beverly A. Bow, and Rodney A. Werline. Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press International, 2000. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂIntroduction: Krister StendahlâÂÂs Challenge to Pauline Studies.â Pages 1âÂÂ16 in Paul and Politics: Ekklesia, Israel, Imperium, Interpretation. Edited by Richard A. Horsley, Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press International, 2000. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂRhetoric and EmpireâÂÂAnd 1 Corinthians.â Pages 72âÂÂ102 in Paul and Politics: Ekklesia, Israel, Imperium, Interpretation. Edited by Richard A. Horsley, Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press International, 2000.
2001 âÂÂâÂÂ. Hearing the Whole Story: The Politics of Plot in MarkâÂÂs Gospel. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 2001. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂChristmas: The Religion of Consumer Capitalism.â Pages 165-87 in Christmas Unwrapped: Consumerism, Christ, and Culture. Edited by Richard A. Horsley and James Tracy. Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press International, 2001. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂMoral Economy, Little Tradition, and Hidden Transcript: Applying the Work of James C. Scott to Q.â Pages 240-59 in Society of Biblical Literature 2001 Seminar Papers. SBLSPS 40. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 2001.
2002 âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂThe Expansion of Hasmonean Rule in Idumea and Galilee: Toward a Historical Sociology.â Pages 134-65 in Second Temple Studies III: Studies in Politics, Class and Material Culture. Edited by Philip R. Davies and John M. Halligan. Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series 340. London: Sheffield Academic; 2002. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂPower Vacuum and Power Struggle in 66-7 C.E.â Pages 87âÂÂ109 in The First Jewish Revolt: Archaeology, History, and Ideology. Edited by Andrea M. Berlin and J. Andrew Overman. London: Routledge, 2002.
2003 âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂSubverting Disciplines: The Possibilities and Limitations of Postcolonial Theory for New Testament Studies.â Pages 90âÂÂ105 in Toward a New Heaven and a New Earth: Essays in Honor of Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza. Edited by Fernando F. Segovia. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 2003. âÂÂâÂÂ. Religion and Empire: People, Power, and the Life of the Spirit. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2003. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂOral Tradition in New Testament Studies.â Oral Tradition 18.1 (2003): 34-6. âÂÂâÂÂ. Jesus and Empire: The Kingdom of God and the New World Disorder. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2003. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂA Response to Robert GundryâÂÂs Review of Hearing the Whole Story.â Journal for the Study of the New Testament 26 (2003): 151-69. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂFeminist Scholarship and Postcolonial Criticism: Subverting Imperial Discourse and Reclaiming Submerged Histories.â Pages 297-317 in Walk in the Ways of Wisdom: Essays in Honor of Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza. Edited by Shelly Matthews, Cynthia Briggs Kittredge, and Melanie Johnson-Debaufre. Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press International, 2003. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂReligion and Other Products of Empire.â Journal of the American Academy of Religion 71 (2003): 13-44. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂRejoinder: Thoughts from the Belly of the Beast.â Journal of the American Academy of Religion 71 (2003): 129-33. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂWho is Your Savior?â The Other Side 39.6 (2003): 22-5.
2004 âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂThe Origins of the Hebrew Scriptures in Imperial Relations.â Pages 107-134 in Orality, Literacy, and Colonialism in Antiquity. Edited by Jonathan A. Draper. Society of Biblical Literature Semeia Studies 47. Leiden: Brill; Atlanta: SBL, 2004. Rev., Richard A. Horsley. âÂÂThe Origins of the Hebrew Scriptures under Imperial Rule. Pages 31-52 in Text and Tradition in Performance and Writing. Eugene, OR: Cascade, 2013. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂIntroductionâÂÂJesus, Paul, and the âÂÂArts of ResistanceâÂÂ: Leaves from the Notebook of James C. Scott.â Pages 1-26 in Hidden Transcripts and the Arts of Resistance: Applying the Work of James C. Scott to Jesus and Paul. Edited by Richard A. Horsley. Society of Biblical Literature Semeia Studies 48. Atlanta: SBL, 2004. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂThe Politics of Disguise and Public Declaration of the Hidden Transcript: Broadening Our Approach to the Historical Jesus with ScottâÂÂs âÂÂArts of Resistanceâ Theory.â Pages 61-80 in Hidden Transcripts and the Arts of Resistance: Applying the Work of James C. Scott to Jesus and Paul. Edited by Richard A. Horsley. Society of Biblical Literature Semeia Studies 48. Atlanta: SBL, 2004. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂThe Pharisees and Jesus in Galilee and Q.â Pages 117-45 in Vol. 1 of When Judaism and Christianity Began: Essays in Memory of Anthony J. Saldarini. Edited by Alan J. Avery-Peck, Daniel J. Harrington, and Jacob Neusner. Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism 85. Leiden: Brill, 2004. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂIntroduction.â Pages 1âÂÂ23 in Paul and the Roman Imperial Order. Edited by Richard A. Horsley. Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press International, 2004.
2005 âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂProminent Patterns in the Social Memory of Jesus and Friends.â Pages 57âÂÂ78 in Memory, Tradition, and Text: Uses of the Past in Early Christianity. Edited by Alan Kirk and Tom Thatcher. Society of Biblical Literature Semeia Studies 52. Atlanta: SBL, 2005. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂOf Enoch, Nickelsburg, and Other Scribes of Righteousness.â Review of Rabbinic Judaism 8 (2005): 249-66. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂJesus Movements and the Renewal of Israel.â Pages 23âÂÂ46 in Christian Origins. A PeopleâÂÂs History of Christianity, vol. 1. Edited by Richard A. Horsley. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2005. Repr., Pages 11âÂÂ39 in A PeopleâÂÂs History of ChristianityâÂÂStudent Edition: From the Early Church to the Reformation, Vol. 1. Edited by Denis R. Janz. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2014. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂThe Politics of Cultural Production in Second Temple Judea: Historical Context and Political-Religious Relations of the Scribes Who Produced 1 Enoch, Sirach, and Daniel.â Pages 123-45 in Conflicted Boundaries in Wisdom and Apocalypticism. Edited by Benjamin Givens Wright III and Lawrence Mitchell Wills. Society of Biblical Literature Symposium Series 35. Atlanta: SBL, 2005. Repr., âÂÂThe Politics of Cultural Production in Second Temple Judea: The Historical Context of Sirach, 1 Enoch and Daniel.â Pages 56âÂÂ80 in Richard A. Horsley and Patrick Tiller. After Apocalyptic and Wisdom: Rethinking Texts in Context. Eugene, OR: Cascade, 2012. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂJesus and Empire.â Union Seminary Quarterly Review 59 (2005): 44-74. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂPaulâÂÂs Assembly in Corinth: An Alternative Society.â Pages 371-95 in Urban Religion in Roman Corinth: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Edited by Daniel N. Schowalter and Steven J. Friesen. Harvard Theological Studies 53. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2005. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂAbandoning the Unhistorical Quest for an Apolitical Jesus.â Pages 288-301 in The Historical Jesus in Recent Research. Edited by James D. G. Dunn and Scot McKnight. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2005.
2006 âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂIntroduction.â Pages vii-xvi in Performing the Gospel: Orality, Memory, and Mark: Essays Dedicated to Werner Kelber. Edited by Richard A. Horsley, Jonathan A. Draper, and John Miles Foley. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2006. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂA Prophet Like Moses and Elijah: Popular Memory and Cultural Patterns in Mark.â Pages 166-90 in Performing the Gospel: Orality, Memory, and Mark: Essays Dedicated to Werner Kelber. Edited by Richard A. Horsley, Jonathan A. Draper, and John Miles Foley. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2006. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂRenewal Movements and Resistance to Empire in Ancient Judea.â Pages 69âÂÂ77 in The Postcolonial Reader. Edited by R. S. Sugirtharajah. Oxford: Blackwell, 2006. [reprinted from Richard A. Horsley. Pages 74âÂÂ92 in Religion and Empire: People, Power, and the Life of the Spirit. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2003]. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂEarly Christian Movements: Jesus Movements and the Renewal of Israel.â Hervormde Teologiese Studies 62.4 (2006): 1201-25. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂPerformance and Tradition: The Covenant Speech in Q.â Pages 43âÂÂ70 in Oral Performance, Popular Tradition, and Hidden Transcript in Q. Edited by Richard A. Horsley. Society of Biblical Literature Semeia Studies 60. Atlanta: SBL, 2006. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂMoral Economy and Renewal Movement in Q.â Pages 143-57 in Oral Performance, Popular Tradition, and Hidden Transcript in Q. Edited by Richard A. Horsley. Society of Biblical Literature Semeia Studies 60. Atlanta: SBL, 2006.
2007 âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂThe Political Roots of Early Judean Apocalyptic Texts.â Pages 262-78 in To Break Every Yoke: Essays in Honor of Marvin L. Chaney. Edited by Robert B. Coote and Norman K. Gottwald. Sheffield: Phoenix, 2007. âÂÂâÂÂ. Scribes, Visionaries, and the Politics of Second Temple Judea. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 2007.
2008 âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂâÂÂMy Name is LegionâÂÂ: Spirit Possession and Exorcism in Roman Palestine.â Pages 41-57 in Inquiry into Religious Experience in Early Judaism and Christianity, Experientia Vol. 1. Edited by Frances Flannery, Colleen Shantz, and Rodney A. Werline. Society of Biblical Literature Symposium Series 40. Atlanta: SBL, 2008. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂIntroduction: The Bible and Empires.â Pages 1âÂÂ7 in In the Shadow of Empire: Reclaiming the Bible as a History of Faithful Resistance. Edited by Richard A. Horsley. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 2008. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂJesus and Empire.â Pages 75âÂÂ96 in In the Shadow of Empire: Reclaiming the Bible as a History of Faithful Resistance. Edited by Richard A. Horsley. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 2008. âÂÂâÂÂ. Wisdom and Spiritual Transcendence at Corinth: Studies in First Corinthians. Eugene, OR: Cascade, 2008. âÂÂâÂÂ. Jesus in Context: Power, People, and Performance. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2008. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂOral Performance and Mark: Some Implications of The Oral and the Written Gospel, Twenty-five Years Later.â Pages 45âÂÂ70 in Jesus, the Voice, and the Text: Beyond the Oral and the Written Gospel. Edited by Tom Thatcher. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2008. Repr., Richard A. Horsley. âÂÂOral Performance and the Gospel of Mark.â Pages 220-45 in Text and Tradition in Performance and Writing. Eugene, OR: Cascade, 2013.
2009 âÂÂâÂÂ. Covenant Economics: A Biblical Vision of Justice for All. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 2009. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂJesus and the Renewal of Covenantal Economics.â Pages 181-207 in The Bible and the American Future. Edited by Robert Jewett with Wayne L. Alloway Jr. and John G. Lacey. Eugene, OR: Cascade, 2009. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂThe Language(s) of the Kingdom: From Aramaic to Greek, Galilee to Syria, Oral to Oral-Written.â Pages 401-25 in A Wandering Galilean: Essays in Honour of Seán Freyne. Edited by Zuleika Rodgers with Margaret Daly-Denton and Anne Fitzpatrick McKinley. Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism 132. Leiden: Brill, 2009. Repr., Richard A. Horsley. âÂÂThe Language(s) of the Kingdom: From Aramaic to Greek, Galilee to Syria.â Pages 198-219 in Text and Tradition in Performance and Writing. Eugene, OR: Cascade, 2013.
2010 âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂThe Gospel of Mark in the Interface of Orality and Writing.â Pages 144-65 in The Interface of Orality and Writing: Speaking, Seeing, Writing in the Shaping of New Genres. Edited by Annette Weissenrieder and Robert B. Coote. Wissenshaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 260. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2010. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂJesus and the Politics of Roman Palestine.â Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus 8 (2010): 99-145. âÂÂâÂÂ. Revolt of the Scribes: Resistance and Apocalyptic Origins. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2010. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂOral and Written Aspects of the Emergence of the Gospel of Mark as Scripture.â Oral Tradition 25.1 (2010): 93-114. Repr., Richard A. Horsley. âÂÂOral Performance in the Emergence of the Gospel of Mark as Scripture.â Pages 279-301 in Text and Tradition in Performance and Writing. Eugene, OR: Cascade, 2013.
2011 âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂOral Communication, Oral Performance, and New Testament Interpretation.â Pages 125-55 in Method and Meaning: Essays on New Testament Interpretation in Honor of Harold W. Attridge. Edited by Andrew B. McGowan and Kent Harold Richards. Society of Biblical Literature Resources for Biblical Study 67. Atlanta: SBL, 2011. Repr., Richard A. Horsley. Pages 1âÂÂ30 in Text and Tradition in Performance and Writing. Eugene, OR: Cascade, 2013. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂJesus-in-Context: A Relational Approach.â Pages 207-40 in Vol. 1 of Handbook for the Study of the Historical Jesus. Edited by Tom Holmén and Stanley E. Porter. Leiden: Brill, 2011. âÂÂâÂÂ. Jesus and the Powers: Conflict, Covenant, and the Hope of the Poor. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2011.
2012 âÂÂâÂÂ. The Prophet Jesus and the Renewal of Israel: Moving Beyond a Diversionary Debate. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2012.
2013 âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂâÂÂIt Is More ComplicatedâÂÂ: Reflections on Some Suggestive Essays.â Pages 241-60 in Postcolonialism and the Hebrew Bible: The Next Step. Edited by Roland Boer. Society of Biblical Literature Semeia Studies 70. Atlanta: SBL, 2013. âÂÂâÂÂ. Text and Tradition in Performance and Writing. Biblical Performance Criticism Series 9. Eugene, OR: Cascade, 2013.
2014 âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂCentralization of Political-Economic Power and the Generation of Poverty: The Mission of Jesus.â Pages 83âÂÂ105 in The Bible, the Economy, and the Poor. Edited by Ronald A. Simkins and Thomas M. Kelly. Journal of Religion and Society Supplement Series 10 (2014). âÂÂâÂÂ. Jesus and the Politics of Roman Palestine. Columbia: University of South Carolina, 2014. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂSocial Movements in Galilee.â Pages 167-74 in Vol. 1 of Galilee in the Late Second Temple and Mishnaic Periods. Life, Culture, and Society. Edited by David A. Fiensy and James Riley Strange. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2014. âÂÂâÂÂ. Jesus and Magic: Freeing the Gospel Stories from Modern Misconceptions. Eugene, OR: Cascade, 2014. âÂÂâÂÂ. Review of Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth, by Reza Aslan, Critical Research on Religion 2.2 (2014): 195-205.
2015 âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂYou Shall Not Bow Down and Serve Them: Economic Justice in the Bible.â Interpretation 69 (2015): 415-31. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂResponse: A Component Community of an Alternative Society.â Pages 285-93 in The People beside Paul: The Philippian Assembly and History from Below. Edited by Joseph A. Marchal. Early Christianity and Its Literature 17. Atlanta: SBL, 2015. âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂWhy Bother with Biblical Studies?â Pages 313-56 in Reading the Bible in an Age of Crisis: Political Exegesis for a New Day. Edited by Bruce Worthington. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2015.
2016 âÂÂâÂÂ. âÂÂJesus-in-Movement and the Roman Imperial (Dis)order.â Pages 47âÂÂ69 in An Introduction to Empire in the New Testament. Edited by Adam Winn. Society of Biblical Literature Resources for Biblical Study 84. Atlanta: SBL Press, 2016. âÂÂâÂÂ. Foreword to Money and Possessions, by Walter Brueggemann, xi-xvii. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 2016.
Co-authored Publications by Richard Horsley Horsley, Richard A. and John S. Hanson. Bandits, Prophets, and Messiahs: Popular Movements at the Time of Jesus. Minneapolis: Winston, 1985. Repr., with a new preface. Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press International, 1999. Horsley, Ritta and Richard A. Horsley. âÂÂOn the Trail of the âÂÂWitches:â Wise Women, Midwives and the European Witch Hunts.â Pages 1-28 in Vol. 3 of Women in German Yearbook. Feminist Studies in German Literature & Culture. Edited by Marianne Burkhard and Edith Waldstein. Lincoln, NE, 1986. Horsley, Richard A. and Neil Asher Silberman. The Message and the Kingdom: How Jesus and Paul Ignited a Revolution and Transformed the Ancient World. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1997. Callahan, Allen Dwight, Richard A. Horsley, and Abraham Smith. âÂÂIntroduction: The Slavery of New Testament Studies.â Semeia 83-84 (1998): 1-15. Callahan, Allen Dwight and Richard A. Horsley. âÂÂSlave Resistance in Antiquity.â Semeia 83-84 (1998): 133-51. Horsley, Richard A. and Jonathan A. Draper. Whoever Hears You Hears Me: Prophets, Performance, and Tradition in Q. Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press International, 1999. Horsley, Richard A. and Patrick Tiller. âÂÂBen Sira and the Sociology of the Second Temple.â Pages 74âÂÂ107 in Second Temple Studies III: Studies in Politics, Class and Material Culture. Edited by Philip R. Davies and John M. Halligan. Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series 340. London: Sheffield Academic Press, 2002. Repr., pages 19âÂÂ55 in Richard A. Horsley and Patrick Tiller. After Apocalyptic and Wisdom: Rethinking Texts in Context. Eugene, OR: Cascade, 2012. Horsley, Richard A. and Patrick Tiller. After Apocalyptic and Wisdom: Rethinking Texts in Context. Eugene, OR: Cascade, 2012. Horsley, Richard A. and Tom Thatcher. John, Jesus and the Renewal of Israel. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2013.
Publications Edited by Richard Horsley âÂÂâÂÂ. ed. Paul and Empire: Religion and Power in Roman Imperial Society. Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press International, 1997. âÂÂâÂÂ. ed. Paul and Politics: Ekklesia, Israel, Imperium, Interpretation. Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press International, 2000. âÂÂâÂÂ. ed. Paul and the Roman Imperial Order. Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press International, 2004. âÂÂâÂÂ. ed. Hidden Transcripts and the Arts of Resistance: Applying the Work of James C. Scott to Jesus and Paul. Society of Biblical Literature Semeia Studies 48. Atlanta: SBL, 2004. âÂÂâÂÂ. ed. Christian Origins. A PeopleâÂÂs History of Christianity, vol. 1. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2005. âÂÂâÂÂ. ed. Oral Performance, Popular Tradition, and Hidden Transcript in Q. Society of Biblical Literature Semeia Studies 60. Atlanta: SBL, 2006. âÂÂâÂÂ. ed. In the Shadow of Empire: Reclaiming the Bible as a History of Faithful Resistance. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 2008.
Publications Co-edited by Richard Horsley Neusner, Jacob, Peder Borgen, Ernest S. Frerichs, and Richard A. Horsley, eds. Religion, Literature, and Society in Ancient Israel, Formative Christianity and Judaism. Ancient Israel and Christianity. Vol. 2 of New Perspectives on Ancient Judaism. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1987 Neusner, Jacob, Peder Borgen, Ernest S. Frerichs, and Richard A. Horsley, eds. The Social World of Formative Christianity and Judaism. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1988. Gottwald, Norman K. and Richard A. Horsley, eds. The Bible and Liberation: Political and Social Hermeneutics. rev. ed. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 1993. Callahan, Allen Dwight, Richard A. Horsley, and Abraham Smith, eds. Slavery in Text and Interpretation. Semeia 83-84. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1998. Horsley, Richard A. and James Tracy, eds. Christmas Unwrapped: Consumerism, Christ, and Culture. Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press International, 2001. Horsley, Richard A., Jonathan A. Draper, and John Miles Foley, eds. Performing the Gospel: Orality, Memory, and Mark: Essays Dedicated to Werner Kelber. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2006.