Published works
Books • Spirit Possession and the Origins of Christianity, Bardic Press, 2014 • The New Testament: An Analytical Approach, Polebridge Press, 2011 • The Infancy Gospels of Jesus Annotated & Explained: Apocryphal Tales from the Childhoods of Mary and Jesus, Skylight-Paths Press, 2009 • The Secret Book of John Annotated and Explained: The Gnostic Gospel, Skylight-Paths Press, 2005 • The Gospel of Thomas Annotated and Explained, Skylight-Paths Press, 2002 (Hardback edition: Shambala Press, 2004) • Jesus the Healer: Possession, Trance, and the Origins of Christianity, Continuum Press, 1995 • The Gospel of Thomas and Christian Wisdom, Seabury/Harper and Row, 1983 • The Revolt of the Widows: The Social World of the Apocryphal Acts, Southern Illinois University Press, 1980 Book chapters • “But I Say Unto You: ‘Who Is Elias?’” in: New Directions in Mormon Studies edited by Eric Mason and Quincy Newell, University of Illinois Press, 2013 • “The Gospel of Thomas,” in The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Books of the Bible, Oxford University Press, 2011. • “The Gospel of Thomas,” in Eerdman's Dictionary of the Bible, edited by David Noel Freedman, Eerdmans, 2000 • “Women in the Third Gospel and the New Testament Apocrypha,” in Women Like This: New Perspectives on Jewish Women in the Greco-Roman World, edited by Amy-Jill Levine, Scholars Press, 1991 Articles • "The Popul Vuh’s Myth of the Origin of Shamans," Community College Humanities Review, Volume 28, Fall 2008 • “Mark’s Use of the Gospel of Thomas," Neotestamentica, Vol. 30 No. 2 1996 • “The Christology and Protology of the Gospel of Thomas,” Journal of Biblical Literature, Vol. III No. 4, 1992 • '“Women, Tertullian and the Acts of Paul,” Semeia, 1986 • “John the Baptist and Essene Kashruth,” New Testament Studies, Vol. 29 No 4, 1983 • “The Lion Headed Yaldabaoth,” Journal of Religious History, Vol 11, No 4, 1981 • “Who is Called Barabbas?” New Testament Studies, Vol 27 No 1,1981 • “The Predicament of Ignatius of Antioch,” Vigiliae Christianae, Vol 30, 1976 Television appearances • History Channel: contributor on Gnosticism – “The Real Face of Jesus”, 2010 • British Broadcasting Corporation: (Discovery Channel in USA); Miracles of Jesus Series: “Jesus’ Miracles of Healing” 2005 • National Geographic Channel - Science of the Bible Series: “Jesus as Healer” 2005 • British Broadcasting Corporation: (Discovery Channel in USA) - Ancient Evidence Series: “The Real Disciples of Jesus.” 2004 • British Broadcasting Corporation: (Discovery Channel in USA) - Ancient Evidence Series: “The Real Mary Magdalene.” 2004 • Arts and Entertainment Network production, on-camera contributor regarding the New Testament for the Biography Series program: “The Biography of Satan” 1998 ==References==