Stevan Davies

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  
• 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: ; Miracles of Jesus Series:   “Jesus’ Miracles of Healing” 2005
• National Geographic Channel - Science of the Bible Series: “Jesus as Healer” 2005
• British Broadcasting Corporation: - Ancient Evidence Series:   “The Real Disciples of Jesus.” 2004
• British Broadcasting Corporation: - 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