Books
Between Two Trees: Our Transformation from Death to Life (Leafwood Press)
The problem of Eden is much worse than you thought, but the solution is much better than you could have ever imagined. Between Two Trees reveals that the real tragedy of Eden is a union with death, a union that produces division and despair. Life isn’t lived under Eden’s tree of life or beneath the healing leaves of the tree in the New Jerusalem. It is lived between them. And between these two trees, life is hard. In spite of this tragedy, Between Two Trees will challenge you to embrace hope, love, and the beauty of reconciliation at the true tree of life: the cross of Calvary.
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The Alter-Imperial Paradigm: Empire Studies & the Book of Revelation (Brill)
Many assume the book of Revelation is merely an anti-imperial attack on the Roman Empire. Yet, Shane J. Wood argues this conclusion over-exaggerates Rome’s significance and, thus, misses Revelation’s true target–the construction of the alter-empire through the destruction of the preeminent adversary: Satan. Applying insights from Postcolonial criticism and ‘Examinations of Dominance,’ this monograph challenges trajectories of New Testament Empire Studies by developing an Alter-Imperial paradigm that appreciates the complexities between the sovereign(s) and subject(s) of a society beyond simply rebellion “or” acquiescence. Shane J. Wood analyses Roman propaganda, Jewish interaction with the Flavians, and Domitianic persecution to interpret Satan’s release (Rev 20:1-10) as the climax of God’s triumphal procession. Thus, Rome provides the imagery; Eden provides the target. Buy Now
The Book of Revelation: Currents in British Research on the Apocalypse (Mohr Siebeck)
This volume represents the diverse range of research interests in the Book of Revelation operative in current British research, examining questions of genre, structure, composition,scriptural reuse, exegesis, thematic issues, and reception history. This collection, from a distinguished and diverse group of senior and junior scholars, is accessible to a broad range of readers, and is relevant for a number of critical conversations pertaining not only to the Apocalypse, but also to broader avenues of discourse in New Testament and Early Christian studies. This volume includes articles by: Shane J. Wood, Richard Bauckham, Ian Paul, Christopher Rowland, Ian Boxall, Steve Moyise, and more.
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Dragons, John, and Every Grain of Sand: Essays on the Book of Revelation (College Press)
The Book of Revelation can be confusing. When you open its pages, you are surrounded by a world full of beasts, dragons, angels, demons and even a slain lamb. So how do you make sense of these images? How do you handle this book full of difficult passages? Moreover, how do you apply a book so shrouded in mystery to the everyday lives of followers of Jesus? In this engaging book, nineteen different authors from around the world utilize their areas of expertise to explore general themes, difficult passages and points of application in the book of Revelation. Authors include: Craig A. Evans, Craig L. Blomberg, I. Howard Marshall, Paul J. Kissling, Yulia Lubenets, Otniel Ioan Bunaciu, Shane J. Wood, Mark E. Moore, Tony Twist, and more.
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Essays
- Reading the Book of Revelation as Story – A Literary Analysis of the Apocalypse of John
- Standing Firm in a Trinity-Centered Community: An Exposition of 2 Thessalonians 2:13-17
Other Publications
- “Jesus Didn’t Live a ‘Christian Life,’ and We Shouldn’t Either (Part 1)—The List or a Lifestyle: The Problem with Spiritual Disciplines.” www.moreatstake.com, 2011.
- “Jesus Didn’t Live a ‘Christian Life,’ and We Shouldn’t Either (Part 2)—The List or a Lifestyle: On Not Beginning with the End.” www.moreatstake.com, 2011.
- “New Starting Points in the Quest of the Historical Jesus” (review of Etienne Nodet, The Historical Jesus?: Necessity and Limits of an Inquiry; translated by J. Edward Crowley). Expository Times 123.12 (Sept 2012): 613-614.
- “God’s Triumphal Procession: Re-examining the Release of Satan in the Light of Roman Imperial Imagery (Revelation 20:7-10).” Pages 209-223 in Currents in British Research on the Apocalypse. Edited by Garrick Allen, Ian Paul, and Simon Woodman. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2015.
- “Rome, Satan, and Rhetorical Cosmology in the Apocalypse of John: A Review of Silence and Praise: Rhetorical Cosmology and Political Theology in the Book of Revelation by Ryan Leif Hansen.” Review of Biblical Literature (2015).
- “Grasping the Position of the Oppressed: A Review of What Does Revelation Reveal?: Unlocking the Mystery by Warren Carter.” Review of Biblical Literature (2015).
- “In the Eye of the Beholder: A Review of Revelation: The Past and Future of John’s Apocalypse by Gerald L. Stevens.” Review of Biblical Literature (2016).
- “The Socio-Political Contours of Military Eminence: A Review of The Praetorian Guard: A History of Rome’s Elite Special Forces by Sandra Bingham.” Stone-Campbell Journal 18 (Fall 2015): 306-308.