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Gary has written both popular and scholarly books and articles. In New Testament studies his interest is in the influence of ancient Middle  Eastern culture on the New Testament. His technical writing  is in the study of the Fourth Gospel. Gary also writes about the current conflict in Israel/Palestine and is often asked to explain this unending problem in light of Biblical  teaching. 
•Commentary  on Colossians  (forthcoming, Cambridge)
•Commentary on Galatians and Ephesians  (forthcoming, Kregel)
•The New Testament in  Antiquity, 2nd  ed.  (with G.  Green), Zondervan
•Life  Questions Every Student Asks (with D. Lauber),  IVP
•Theology  Questions Everyone Asks  (with D. Lauber),  IVP
•The New Testament in Seven Sentences, IVP
•Interpreting the Gospel of John, Baker  Academic
•Jesus and the Land, Baker Academic  & SPCK
•Whose Land? Whose  Promise?, Pilgrim
•NIV Commentary on the Gospel of John, Zondervan
•NIV Commentary on the Letters of John, Zondervan
•A Week in the  Life of a  Roman Centurion, IVP
•Mapping Your Academic Career, IVP
•The Baker  Illustrated  Bible Commentary  (with A. Hill), Baker
•Jesus  and the Jewish Festivals, Zondervan
•Jesus  the Middle Eastern Story Teller, Zondervan
•The Bible and the Land,  Zondervan
•Encounters with  Jesus,  Zondervan
•The Anointed Community: The Spirit  in John, Eerdmans

••A complete list is available at Gary's site on Amazon.​
Video and Online Courses
•John: A  Video  Study in 24 Lectures   (Zondervan)
•The New Testament in  Antiquity: Video Lectures (Zondervan)
​•John: Master Class  online (Zondervan)
Select Video Presentations 

•Contextual exegesis (3 min)
•The three tasks of every New Testament interpreter  (20 min)
•John 17 in a divided world.  (Willow Creek 2019, 40 min)
•Giving, Taking and Pelicans (Willow Creek 2020, 40 min)
•Introducing the Gospel of John  (21 min)​