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Esler, Philip Francis (1987). Community and Gospel in Luke-Acts: The Social and Political Motivations of Lucan Theology. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN   9780511554933. OCLC   967401479.
  • (1994). The First Christians in Their Social Worlds: Social-Scientific Approaches to New Testament Interpretation. London: Routledge. ISBN   9780415111225. OCLC   472779746.
  • (1998). Galatians. London: Routledge. ISBN   9780203319796. OCLC   52080852.
  • (2003). Conflict and Identity in Romans: The Social Setting of Paul's Letter. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press. ISBN   9780800634353. OCLC   53896055.
  • ; Boyd, Jane (2004). Visuality and Biblical Text: Interpreting Velázquez Christ with Martha and Mary as a Test Case. Arte e archeologia. Vol. 26. Firenze: Leo S. Olschki. ISBN   9788822253699. OCLC   803419566.
  • (2005). New Testament Theology: Communion and Community. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press. ISBN   9780800637194. OCLC   58536677.
  • ; Piper, Ronald A. (2006). Lazarus, Martha and Mary: A Social-Scientific and Theological Reading of John. Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg Press. ISBN   9780800638306. OCLC   68624004.
  • (2011). Sex, Wives, and Warriors: Reading Biblical Narrative with Its Ancient Audience. Cambridge, UK: James Clarke & Co. ISBN   9780227901281. OCLC   44251604.
  • (2017). Babatha's Orchard: The Yadin Papyri and An Ancient Jewish Family Tale Retold. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN   9780198767169. OCLC   994287444.
  • (2017). God's Court and Courtiers in the Book of the Watchers: Re-interpreting Heaven in 1 Enoch 1-36. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books. ISBN   9781625649089. OCLC   1007062905.
  • (2019). Ethiopian Christianity: History, Theology, Practice. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press. ISBN   9781481306744.
  • (2021). 2 Corinthians: A Social Identity Commentary. London: T & T Clark. ISBN   9780567668721.
  • As editor

    • , ed. (1995). Modelling Early Christianity: Social-Scientific Studies of the New Testament in its Context. London: Routledge. ISBN   9780415129817. OCLC   31900112.
    • , ed. (1998). Christianity for the Twenty First Century. Edinburgh: T&T Clark. ISBN   9780567086013. OCLC   39533733.
    • , ed. (2000). The Early Christian World: Volume I. London: Routledge. ISBN   9780203470626. OCLC   51914862.
    • , ed. (2000). The Early Christian World: Volume II. London: Routledge. ISBN   9780415241410. OCLC   42786254.
    • , ed. (2005). Ancient Israel: The Old Testament in Its Social Context. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press. ISBN   9780800637675. OCLC   60596115.
    • , ed. (2017). The Blessing of Enoch: 1 Enoch and Contemporary Theology. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock Publishers. ISBN   9781532614255. OCLC   994746214.
    • , ed. (2017). The Early Christian World (in one volume) (Revised 2nd ed.). London: Routledge. ISBN   9781351678292.

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    Philip Francis Esler
    Born (1952-08-27) August 27, 1952 (age 71)
    Sydney, Australia
    OccupationPortland Chair in New Testament Studies at the University of Gloucestershire
    Known forSocial-scientific interpretation of biblical texts
    Academic background
    Education Marist Brothers High School
    Alma mater Magdalen College, Oxford
    Thesis Community and Gospel in Luke-Acts: The Social and Political Motivations of Lucan Theology (1984)