Faculty Directory

Christopher R. Matthews

Editor of New Testament Abstracts

Research Professor of Early Christianity

Selected Courses

Acts of the Apostles

Selected Publications

"Acts of Philip." Pages 272-289 in Early New Testament Apocrypha. Vol. 9 of Ancient Literature for New Testament Studies. Edited by J. Christopher Edwards. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Academic, 2022. 

Introduction and Notes on the Acts of the Apostles. Pages 1955-2007 in The New Oxford Annotated Bible: New Revised Standard Version with the Apocrypha. An Ecumenical Study Bible. 5th edition. Edited by Michael D. Coogan. Oxford/New York: Oxford University Press, 2018.

“Kreuzformiger Adler und leuchtendes Siegel (Sturmstillung und sprechender Adler). ActPhil 3,5-19.” Pages 927-34 in Die Wunder der Apostel. Vol. 2 of Kompendium der frühchristlichen Wundererzählungen. Edited by Ruben Zimmermann. Gütersloh: Gütersloher Verlagshaus, 2017.

“Ein veganes Evangelium fur Tiere (Bekehrung des Leoparden und der jungen Ziege). ActPhil 8,16-21.” Pages 953-58 in Die Wunder der Apostel. Vol. 2 of Kompendium der frühchristlichen Wundererzählungen.

“Heilkraftige Schmiere (Wunder in Opheorymos. Die Heilung des blinden Stachys mit Mariamnes Speichel). ActPhil 14,1-7.” Pages 959-65 in Die Wunder der Apostel. Vol. 2 of Kompendium der frühchristlichen Wundererzählungen.

“Markan Grapplings?” Pages 169-80 in Redescribing the Gospel of Mark. Edited by Barry S. Crawford and Merrill P. Miller. Early Christianity and Its Literature 22. Atlanta: SBL. 2017.

Biblical Essays in Honor of Daniel J. Harrington, SJ, and Richard J. Clifford, SJ: Opportunity for No Little Instruction (editor with Christopher G. Frechette and Thomas D. Stegman). New York/Mahwah, NJ: Paulist, 2014. Author of the essay: “Acts 28—Game Over?: Isaiah, Baseball, Jews, and Luke,” pp. 190-206.

“Peter’s Daughter—Daddy Dearest?” Pages 319-28 in “The One Who Sows Bountifully”: Essays in Honor of Stanley K. Stowers. Edited by Caroline Johnson Hodge, Saul M. Olyan, Daniel Ullucci, and Emma Wasserman. Brown Judaic Studies 356. Providence: Brown Judaic Studies, 2013.

“‘We Had Hoped That He Was the One to Redeem Israel’: The Fragility of Hope in Luke-Acts.” Pages 57-69 in Hope: Promise, Possibility, and Fulfillment. Edited by Richard Lennan and Nancy Pineda-Madrid. New York/Mahwah, NJ: Paulist, 2013.

The Acts of Philip: A New Translation (with Françios Bovon). Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2012.

Encountering Jesus in the Scriptures (editor with Daniel J. Harrington). New York/Mahwah, NJ: Paulist, 2012. Author of the essay: “Apocryphal Gospels: Early Christian Piety and the Legendary Jesus,” pp. 80-88.

“Acts of the Apostles.” Vol. 1, pages 11-26 in Oxford Encyclopedia of the Books of the Bible. Edited by Michael D. Coogan. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011.