Writing Samples

Articles

Instructions:
The following articles are available full-text online. On the library homepage, open the full-text journal finder under Research Tools. Type in the name of the journal and click "search." Find the correct entry and click on "Academic Search Premier." Then, under "All issues" select the appropriate year and then volume/issue. Select the article from the resulting list.

Miracles of Jesus: Marginal or Mainstream?

Twelftree, Graham, "The Miracles of Jesus: Marginal or Mainstream"? Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus (Sheffield University Press) 1 (1, 2003), 104-124.

Twelftree poses the question, "How much time did Jesus spend working miracles, and how significant are they for understanding both his mission and his self-consciousness?" In answering this he argues that miracles should be considered the "interpretive key" for recovering the historical Jesus.

Prayer and the Coming of the Spirit in Acts

Twelftree, Graham, “Prayer and the Coming of the Spirit in Acts,” Expository Times 117 (7, 2006): 271-76.

Books

Twelftree, Graham H. Christ Triumphant: Then and Now (London: Hodder and Stroughton, 1985).