James L. Resseguie

James L. Resseguie (born January 1, 1945, Buffalo, NY) is distinguished professor of New Testament emeritus at Winebrenner Theological Seminary where he held the J. Russell Bucher Chair of New Testament. He received his A.B. from the University of California, Berkeley (1967), his M.Div. from Princeton Theological Seminary (1972), and his Ph.D. from Fuller Theological Seminary (1978). He is an ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church (USA). His research interests include narrative criticism, reader-response criticism, Gospel of Luke, Gospel of John, and the Book of Revelation.

Bibliography

• Narrative criticism of the New Testament by James L. Resseguie 2005 ISBN 0801027896
• Revelation of John: A Narrative Commentary by James L. Resseguie 2009 ISBN 080103213X
• Revelation Unsealed: A Narrative Critical Approach to John's Apocalypse by James L. Resseguie 1998 ISBN 9004111298
• The Strange Gospel: Narrative Design and Point of View in John by James L. Resseguie 2001 ISBN 9789004122062
• Spiritual Landscape: Images of the Spiritual Life in the Gospel of Luke by James L. Resseguie 2004 ISBN 9781565638273
• L’exégèse narrative du Nouveau Testament: Une introduction, trans. Odile Flichy and Jacques Weisshaupt (Lessius, 2009).
• Narratologia del Nuovo Testament, trans.Alessia Piana (Paideia, 2008).

Selected Chapters in Books:

• “The Woman Who Crashed Simon’s Party in Luke 7:36-50: A Reader-Response Approach” in Characters and Characterization in Luke-Acts, eds. Frank E. Dicken and Julia Snyder (2016).
• “How John Uses Point of View,” in How John Works, eds. Douglas Estes and Ruth Sheridan (2016).
• "The Beloved Disciple: The Ideal Point of View,” in Character Studies in the Fourth Gospel: Narrative Approaches to Seventy Figures in John, eds. Steven A. Hunt, D. Francois Tolmie, and Ruben Zimmermann (2013).
• “A Narrative-Critical Approach to the Fourth Gospel,” in Characters and Characterization in the Gospel of John, ed. Christopher W. Skinner (2013).

Selected Articles:

• “Reader-Response Criticism and the Synoptic Gospels,” Journal of the American Academy of Religion 52 (1984): 307-24.
• “Defamiliarization and the Gospels,” Biblical Theology Bulletin 20 (1990): 147-53.
• "Luke 7:36-50," Interpretation: A Journal of Bible and Theology 46 (1992): 285-90.
• "Automatization and Defamiliarization in Luke 7:36-50," Literature and Theology: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Theology and Criticism 5 (1991): 137-50.

Sources

• Official biography