Justin Meggitt's Publications
(I shall begin to put links to PDFs of publications on this page).
Books
Paul, Poverty and Survival. Edinburgh: T and T Clark, 1998.
The Madness of King Jesus. London: IB Tauris, late 2009.
The New Testament and Ancient Popular Culture: Rethinking the Origins of Christianity (late 2009)
Christ and the Universe of Disease (in preparation)
Quakers and Muslims in the Seventeenth Century: Apocalypse and Anomaly (forthcoming 2009)
Journal Articles and Chapters in Books
"Popular mythology in the early empire and the multiplicity of Jesus traditions." Sources of the Jesus Tradition: An Inquiry. Ed. R. Joseph Hoffmann. Buffalo: Prometheus. Forthcoming.
"The Psycho-Social Context of Jesus' Miracles." Jesus and Healing. Ed. Fraser Watts. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Forthcoming.
(with Melanie Wright) "Interdisciplinarity in Learning and Teaching in Religious Studies" in B.Chandramohan and S. Fallows (eds), Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching: Theory and Practice in Contemporary Higher Education. London: Routledge Falmer, 2008, pp. 152-159.
"Psychology and the Historical Jesus.” Jesus and Psychology. Ed. Fraser Watts. London: Darton, Longman & Todd, 2007, pp. 16-26.
"The Madness of King Jesus: Why was Jesus Put to Death, but his Followers were not?" Journal for the Study of the New Testament. 29.4 (2007) 379-413.
“Magic and Early Christianity: Consumption and Competition.” The Meanings of Magic: From the Bible to Buffalo Bill. Ed. A. Wygrant. New York: Berghahn Books, 2006, pp. 89- 116.
“Sources: Use, Abuse and Neglect” in Christianity at Corinth: The Scholarly Quest for the Corinthian Church . Ed. D. Horrell and E. Adams. London: Westminster John Knox Press, 2004, pp. 241-253
“Jesus and John the Baptist” Jesus in History, Culture and Thought. Ed. L. Houlden. Oxford: ABC Clio, 2003.
“The First Churches: Social Life.” The Biblical World. Ed. John Barton, London: Routledge, 2002, pp. 137-156
“The First Churches: Religious Practice.” The Biblical World. Ed. John Barton, London: Routledge, 2002, pp. 157-172
“Eigentum: III. NT (Property in the New Testament).” Die Religion in Geschichte und Gegenwart. Fourth Edition. Ed. H. D. Betz et al. Tübingen: J. C. B. Mohr, 2002.
"Response to Martin and Theissen" Journal for the Study of the New Testament. 84 (2001) 85-94.
“Armenfürsorge: V. NT (Care of the Poor in the New Testament).” Die Religion in Geschichte und Gegenwart. Fourth Edition. Ed. H. D. Betz et al. Tübingen: J. C. B. Mohr, 1999.
“Artemidorus and the Johannine Crucifixion.” Journal of Higher Criticism. 5 (1998) 203-208
“The Social Status of Erastus (Ro. 16:23)” Novum Testamentum 38.3 (1996) 1-6.
“Laughing and Dreaming at the Foot of the Cross: Context and Reception of a Religious Symbol.” Journal for the Critical Study of Religion, Ethics and Society. 1 (1996) 9-14. (Reprinted in Modern Spiritualities, ed. L. Brown et al., Amherst: Prometheus Books, 1997, pp. 63-70).
“Meat Consumption and Social Conflict in Corinth.” Journal of Theological Studies 45 (1994) 137-141.
Dictionary Entries
“Religious Scepticism”, “The New Testament”, “Christianity”, Cambridge Guide to Classical Civilisation. Ed. G. Shipley. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
“Didache”, “James, brother of Jesus”, “Magic”, “Unitarianism”, Dictionary of Jewish-Christian Relations. Ed. N. Wellborn. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Reviews
Various reviews for the Times Literary Supplement, the Journal of Religious History, the Journal of Theological Studies, Reviews in Religion and Theology, Biblical Interpretation, Journal of Utopian Studies.