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Joel B. Green

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(Mostly) Retired New Testament Professor. Books: tinyurl.com/4n9baxbz

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Recovering a Commitment to the Four Senses of Scripture?
Notes on Schreiner, The Four Senses of Scripture (1)
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Joel B. Green @joelbgreen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Women and Words
Inside the Bible Translation Room (2): Women in Luke’s Gospel
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Joel B. Green @joelbgreen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Women and Words
Inside the Bible Translation Room (1)
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Joel B. Green @joelbgreen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Grapes Aren’t Add-ons
James and the Formation of Christ-followers (3)
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Joel B. Green @joelbgreen.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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The Story James Assumes We Inhabit
James and the Formation of Christ-followers (2)
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Joel B. Green @joelbgreen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Women, Men, and Luke’s Map of Reversal
Does Luke Keep Women in Their Place? (2)
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Joel B. Green @joelbgreen.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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The Bible and AI?
JBG Reviews a New Publication with This Subtitle: “Scripture for an Age of Intelligent Machines”
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Joel B. Green @joelbgreen.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
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Is Luke’s Gospel Good News for Women?
Does Luke Keep Women in Their Place? (1)
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Joel B. Green @joelbgreen.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
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Africa’s New Testament, and the Questions It Raises
JBG Reviews a New Textbook
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Joel B. Green @joelbgreen.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
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The Author Isn’t Available for Comment
Intent, Authorization, and the Interpretive Task
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Joel B. Green @joelbgreen.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
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The Book of Revelation and the Missionary Methods
Reading Revelation Missiologically (3); with Some Overall Comments
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Joel B. Green @joelbgreen.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
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What Kind of King? What Kind of Kingdom?
Serving God’s Royal Rule (15)
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Joel B. Green @joelbgreen.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
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Revelation and the Missionary Message
Reading Revelation Missiologically (2)
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Joel B. Green @joelbgreen.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
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Whatever Happened to “the Kingdom”? Paul on God’s Royal Rule
Serving God’s Royal Rule (14)
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Joel B. Green @joelbgreen.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
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The Book of Revelation and the Missionary Motive
Reading Revelation Missiologically (1)
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Joel B. Green @joelbgreen.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
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Romans 13: A Blank Check for the State?
Serving God’s Royal Rule (13)
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Joel B. Green @joelbgreen.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
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“Submission,” Again
Interested Readings and Their Guardrails
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Joel B. Green @joelbgreen.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
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The Temple and the King: Power, Irony, and the Politics of John’s Gospel
Serving God’s Royal Rule (12)
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Joel B. Green @joelbgreen.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
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Words Don’t “Mean”? They Prompt!
“Literal” Is Not a Compliment (Part Two)
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Joel B. Green @joelbgreen.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
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The Fruit of the Spirit Is ... Self-Control
A Wesleyan Reflects on a New Testament Virtue
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Joel B. Green @joelbgreen.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
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Is Your Translation "Literal"?
“Literal” Isn't a Compliment (Part One)
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Joel B. Green @joelbgreen.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
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Reading the Bible So as to Hear God’s Address
Theological Interpretation of Scripture (18)
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Joel B. Green @joelbgreen.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
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The One True Gospel Is Political
Who Is Lord?
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Joel B. Green @joelbgreen.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
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Keeping Is Stealing? Reclaiming the Command, “Do Not Steal”
Listening to Scripture and the Interpretive Tradition (Basil, Chrysostom, Luther, & Wesley)
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Joel B. Green @joelbgreen.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
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The Trouble with “Submit”
Rethinking How We Translate ὑποτάσσω
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Joel B. Green @joelbgreen.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
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Joel B. Green @joelbgreen.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
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Living in Empire
The Soft Resistance of 1 Peter (3)
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Joel B. Green @joelbgreen.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
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How Shall We Then Live?
The Biblical Narrative and the Contemporary Church
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Joel B. Green @joelbgreen.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
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Plotting Christ-Followers on the Imperial Map
The Soft Resistance of 1 Peter (2)
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Joel B. Green @joelbgreen.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
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On False Prophets and False Messiahs
An Ancient/Contemporary Problem
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Joel B. Green @joelbgreen.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
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Does 1 Peter Really Tell Us to Submit to the Government?
The Soft Resistance of 1 Peter (1)
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Joel B. Green @joelbgreen.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
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The Holy Spirit and the Stranger
1 Peter Locates An Audience, Then and Now (2)
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Joel B. Green @joelbgreen.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
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Sincerely Misdirected: Rethinking What Jesus Meant by “Hypocrite”
We Need a Better Translation
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Joel B. Green @joelbgreen.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
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What Scripture Does: Wesley and the Limits of Inerrancy Language
Toward a Wesleyan Understanding of Scripture
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Joel B. Green @joelbgreen.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
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Wealth, Possessions, and the Economy of the Kingdom
Serving God's Royal Rule (9)
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Joel B. Green @joelbgreen.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
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Finding a Home "in Christ"
1 Peter Locates an Audience, Then and Now (1)
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Joel B. Green @joelbgreen.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
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Revelation 12 and the Cosmic Drama: War in Heaven and on Earth
Reading Revelation Theologically (2)
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Joel B. Green @joelbgreen.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
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Revelation—Living in the Shadow of Empire
Worship, Costly Resistance, and the Way of the Lamb
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Joel B. Green @joelbgreen.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
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Jesus's Hometown Address, Isaiah's Jubilee, and the Politics of Release
Serving God's Royal Rule (8)
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Joel B. Green @joelbgreen.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
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How Do We Read Scripture?
Reading Scripture in the Wesleyan Tradition (3)
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Joel B. Green @joelbgreen.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
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Turtle Island Hermeneutics: A Conversation with Chris Hoklotubbe
Joining the Dance of Indigenous Interpretation (5)
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Joel B. Green @joelbgreen.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
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What Is Scripture For?
Reading Scripture in the Wesleyan Tradition (2)
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Joel B. Green @joelbgreen.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
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The Magnificat: Luke's Theo-Political Preamble?
Serving God's Royal Rule (7)
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Joel B. Green @joelbgreen.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
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What Scripture "Is"
Reading Scripture in the Wesleyan Tradition (1)
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Joel B. Green @joelbgreen.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
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Seeing the World as God Sees It
Reading Revelation Theologically (1)
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Joel B. Green @joelbgreen.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
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“God Is Taking Over”: Mark’s Gospel and the Politics of the Kingdom
Serving God's Royal Rule (6)
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Joel B. Green @joelbgreen.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
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Caught up into the Third Heaven? Out-of-Body Experiences?
A Chapter in a Theological Anthropology
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Joel B. Green @joelbgreen.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
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Ceremonial Life: Contextual, Not Syncretistic
Joining the Dance of Indigenous Interpretation (4)
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Joel B. Green @joelbgreen.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
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Science vs. Scripture?
Why a Competitive View Won't Do
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Joel B. Green @joelbgreen.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
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"He Descended into Hell"?
The Triumph of Christ
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