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2015. Puzzling the Parables of Jesus: Methods and Interpretation. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress.
2015. The Woman in Labor (John 16:21) and the Parables in the Fourth Gospel. Pages 303-339 in The Gospel of John as Genre Mosaic. Edited by Kasper Bro Larsen. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
2014. “Fable. New Testament.” Pages 650-51 in EBR 8.
2014. “From a Jewish Man to the Savior of the World: Narrative and Symbols Forming a Step by Step Christology in John 4.1-42. Pages 99-118 in Studies in the Gospel of John and its Christology. Festschrift Gilbert van Belle. Leuven: Peeters.
2014. “Metaphorology and Narratology in Q Exegesis: Literary Methodology as an Aid to Understanding the Q Text. Pages 3-30 in Metaphor, Narrative, and Parables in Q. Edited by D. T. Roth, R. Zimmermann, and M. Labahn. Tübingen: Mohr.
2014. “The parables of Jesus as media of collective memory : making sense of the shaping of new genres in early Christianity, with special focus on the Parable of the Wicked Tenants (Mark 12:1-12).” Pages 23-34 in Making Sense as a Cultural Practice: Historical Perspectives: Bielefeld: Transcript.
2013. S. A. Hunt, D. Francois Tolmie, and R. Zimmermann. “An Introduction to Character and Characterization in John and Related New Testament Literature. Pages 1-45 in Character Studies in the Fourth Gospel: Narrative Approaches to Seventy Figures in John. Edited by S. A. Hunt, D. Francois Tolmie, and R. Zimmermann. Tübingen: Mohr.
2013. “The Jews: Unreliable Figures or Unreliable Narration? Pages 71-109 in Character Studies in the Fourth Gospel: Narrative Approaches to Seventy Figures in John. Edited by S. A. Hunt, D. Francois Tolmie, and R. Zimmermann. Tübingen: Mohr.
2013. “The Believers Across the Jordan: On Location with Jesus.” Pages 451-459 in Character Studies in the Fourth Gospel: Narrative Approaches to Seventy Figures in John. Edited by S. A. Hunt, D. Francois Tolmie, and R. Zimmermann. Tübingen: Mohr.
2012. “Bride: IV. New Testament.” Pages 482-489 in EBR 4.
2012. “Is There Ethics in the Gospel of John?: Challenging an Outdated Consensus.” Pages 44-82 in Rethinking the Ethics of John: “Implicit Ethics” in the Johannine Writings. Edited by Jan G. van der Watt and Ruben Zimmermann. WUNT 291. Tübingen: Mohr.
2012. “Mission Versus Ethics in 1 Corinthians 9?: Implicit Ethics as an Aid in Analysing New Testament Texts. HTS 68: 1-8.
2011. “Are There Parables in John?: It is Time to Revisit the Question.” Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus 9: 243-276
2011. “Marriage, Sexuality, and Holiness: Aspects of Marital Ethics in the ‘Corpus Paulinum'”. Acta Theologica 31: 363-393.
2011. “Remembering the Future: Eschatology in the Letters of John.” Pages 514-534 in Eschatology of the New Testament and Some Related Documents. Edited by Jan G. van der Watt. WUNT II/315. Tübingen: Mohr.
2010. Ruben Zimmermann, and Susanne Luther. “Moral Language in the New Testament: An Introduction.” Pages 1-16 in Moral language in the New Testament: The Interrelatedness of Language and Ethics in Early Christian Writings. Edited by Ruben Zimmermann, Jan van der Watt, and Susanne Luther. WUNT 2/296. Tübingen: Mohr.
2010. “Ethics in the New Testament and Language: Basic Explorations and Eph 5:2133 as Test Case. Pages 19-50 in Moral language in the New Testament: The Interrelatedness of Language and Ethics in Early Christian Writings. Edited by Ruben Zimmermann, Jan van der Watt, and Susanne Luther. WUNT 2/296. Tübingen: Mohr.
2010. “Memory and Form Criticism: The Typicality of Memory as a Bridge Between Orality and Literality in the Early Christian Remembering Process. Pages 130-143 in The Interface of Orality and Writing: Speaking, Seeing, Writing in the Shaping of New Genres. Edited by Annette Weissenrieder and Robert B. Coote. WUNT 260. Tübingen: Mohr.
2009. “Anthropomorphism: III. New Testament.” Pages 163-165 in EBR 2.
2009. “How to Understand the Parables of Jesus: A Paradigm Shift in Parable Exegesis.” Acta Theologica 29: 157 – 182
2009. “Metaphoric Networks as Hermeneutical Keys in the Gospel of John: Using the Example of the Mission Imagery. Pages 381-402 in Repetitions and Variations in the Fourth Gospel: Style, Text, Interpretation. Edited by G. van Belle, M. Labahn, and P. Maritz. BETL 233. Leuven: Peeters.
2009. “The ‘implicit ethics’ of New Testament Writings: a Draft on a New Methodology for Analyzing New Testament Ethics. Neotestamentica 43.2: 399-423.
2008. “Jesus’ Parables and Ancient Rhetoric. The Contributions of Aristotle and Quintilian to the Form Criticism of the Parables.” Pages 238-258 in Hermeneutik der Gleichnisse Jesu. Methodische Neuansätze zum Verstehen urchristlicher Parabeltexte. Edited by R. Zimmermann. WUNT 231, Tübingen 2008, 238–258. (PDF here)
2008. “The Love Triangle of Lady Wisdom: Sacred Marriage in Jewish Wisdom Literature?” Pages 243-258 in Sacred Marriages. The Divine-Human Sexual Metaphor from Sumer to Early Christianity. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns. (PDF here)
2008. “Symbolic Communication Between John and His Reader: The Garden Symbolism in John 19–20.” Pages 221-235 in Anatomies of Narrative Criticism. Edited by T. Thatcher and S. D. Moore. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature.
2008. “The Narrative Hermeneutics of John 11. Learning with Lazarus How to Understand Death, Life, and Resurrection.”, Pages 75-101 in The Resurrection of Jesus in the Gospel of John. Edited by C. R. Koester, and R. Bieringer. WUNT 222. Tübingen: Mohr. (PDF here)
2006. “Imagery in John. Opening up paths into the tangled thicket of John’s figurative world.” Pages 1-43 in Imagery in the Gospel of John. Terms, Forms, Themes, and Theology of Johannine Figurative Language. Edited by Jörg Frey, Jan G. van der Watt, and Ruben Zimmermann. WUNT 200. Tübingen: Mohr.
2003. “Nuptional Imagery in the Revelation of John. A Contribution to the Old Testament Background of Rev.” Biblica 83, 2003, 153–183. (PDF here)