Open Access Journal: Journal of Greco-Roman Judaism and Christianity (JGRChJ)

 [First posted in AWOL 6 January 2009. Updated updated 22 August 2026]

Journal of Greco-Roman Judaism and Christianity (JGRChJ)
ISSN: 1467-1093

Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism originates from McMaster Divinity College, Hamilton, ON, Canada L8S 4K1, and at www.macdiv.ca/jgrchj.

Those wishing to submit articles for consideration should send both a hard copy of the article and a disk or electronic file containing an identical form of the article, indicating the word processing program used. The article should correspond as closely as possible to the Sheffield Phoenix Press housestyle. Please do not send manuscripts only by means of e-mail.

Manuscripts and editorial correspondence should be addressed to Dr Stanley E.Porter, Senior Editor, Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism, McMaster Divinity College, 1280 Main St. W., Hamilton, ON, Canada L8S 4K1. Enquiries may be addressed to princpl@mcmaster.ca.

JGRChJ accepts books for possible review in the electronic version, including review articles of several books on a given subject. Books are to be sent to the Senior Editor for consideration for review.

JGRChJ appears continuously throughout the year. The electronic form of the previous volume is removed soon after the new volume year’s postings begin. At that time, the previous volumes of the journal will be available only in print form. The print form of the journal may be purchased through Sheffield Phoenix Press, Department of Biblical Studies, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK.

vol. 22 (2026)

22.1	Steve Reece	A Uniquely Lucan Wordplay on Λιμός ("Famine") and Λοιμός ("Pestilence")
22.2	Helena Panczová	Moses Praying with his Arms “Stretched Out”—Upwards or Sideways? The Gesture in Exod 17:11 and its Use as Prefiguration of the Crucifixion in Ancient Christian Exegesis

vol. 21 (2025)

21.1	Craig S. Keener	Salting Everyone with Fire (Mark 9.49-50): Purification, Preservation or Punishment?
21.2	Reuben Y.T. Lee	Proselytes in Late Second Temple Judea: Conversion Requirements and Ethnic, Social and Cultural Boundaries in a Judean Area
21.3	Sung Min Park	Peter’s Code Choice in the Pentecost Sermon: A Historical Sociolinguistic Approach to the Prestige Religious Language of the Jerusalem Church
21.4	Jihye Yu	Paul's Speech in Acts 26 and Socrates's Speech in Plato's Apology: Beyond Forensic Oratory
21.5	Qiaoqiao Chen	A Reexamination of the Historicity of Jesus' Encounter with the Gerasene Demoniac in Mark 5.1-20
21.6	Thomas Haviland-Pabst	The Genealogy of Jesus in the Gospel of Luke: A Window into the Activities of the Relatives of Jesus in the Early Church
21.7	Andrew Steinmann	The Twenty-Second Year of Tiberius and the Death of Herod the Great: A Reply to Raymond J. Jachowski
21.8	Craig A. Evans	Were Samaritans Cursed in Pre-70 Jewish Synagogues? Did the People of Ephesus Thank Jesus for Casting Out Evil Spirits?—Why Research Autopsy Is Mandatory

 vol. 20 (2024)

		A Special Section on Luke–Acts: An Introduction to Three Papers
20.1	Stanley E. Porter	Jews, Gentiles and Salvation in Luke–Acts
20.2	Zachary K. Dawson	Peter's Vision in Acts 10.1–11.18, the Book of Dreams in 1 Enoch and Luke's Subversion of Jewish Purity Laws
20.3	Benjamin G. Frostad	Luke's Reading of Pauline Justification and Torah
20.4	Daniel Aaron Webster	The Father, Son and Spirit Taught in Ante-Nicene Hymns
20.5	David E. Malick	Selected Characterization of Women in Mark: Based on an Anthropology of Gender from Pierre Bourdieu and the First Century
20.6	Mariano A. Splendido	'They were Fishermen': Peter and Andrew’s Trade in the Memory and Discourse of the First Churches

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