William E. Arnal

725 total citations
26 papers, 281 citations indexed

About

William E. Arnal is a scholar working on Religious studies, Sociology and Political Science and Archeology. According to data from OpenAlex, William E. Arnal has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 281 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Religious studies, 14 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 8 papers in Archeology. Recurrent topics in William E. Arnal's work include Biblical Studies and Interpretation (16 papers), Religion and Society Interactions (8 papers) and Study and Philosophy of Religion (6 papers). William E. Arnal is often cited by papers focused on Biblical Studies and Interpretation (16 papers), Religion and Society Interactions (8 papers) and Study and Philosophy of Religion (6 papers). William E. Arnal collaborates with scholars based in Canada and United States. William E. Arnal's co-authors include Russell T. McCutcheon, Paula Fredriksen, Willi Braun, Donald Wiebe, Karen L. King, Philip A. Harland, Richard S. Ascough, Todd Penner and John S. Kloppenborg and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biblical Literature, Journal of the American Academy of Religion and The Jewish Quarterly Review.

In The Last Decade

William E. Arnal

23 papers receiving 206 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
William E. Arnal Canada	9	189	125	76	61	32	26	281
Felipe Sen	2	163 0.9×	241 1.9×	94 1.2×	35 0.6×	14 0.4×	3	327
Marcus J. Borg United States	10	154 0.8×	219 1.8×	58 0.8×	50 0.8×	36 1.1×	31	336
John Riches United Kingdom	10	175 0.9×	265 2.1×	84 1.1×	42 0.7×	10 0.3×	52	335
Joel B. Green United States	9	203 1.1×	297 2.4×	96 1.3×	42 0.7×	17 0.5×	37	365
Fernando F. Segovia United States	9	178 0.9×	252 2.0×	50 0.7×	27 0.4×	18 0.6×	45	314
Roland E. Murphy United States	10	161 0.9×	255 2.0×	73 1.0×	59 1.0×	16 0.5×	68	391
Craig L. Blomberg United States	9	177 0.9×	235 1.9×	52 0.7×	28 0.5×	11 0.3×	42	328
Ralph P. Martin United States	10	210 1.1×	394 3.2×	107 1.4×	56 0.9×	15 0.5×	38	467
Richard L. Rohrbaugh United States	8	163 0.9×	251 2.0×	76 1.0×	18 0.3×	12 0.4×	15	302
Judith Lieu United Kingdom	9	230 1.2×	262 2.1×	121 1.6×	24 0.4×	6 0.2×	60	341

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20 of 20 papers shown

Arnal, William E.. (2023). The state, the gods and the imagination; or, David Graeber as a theorist of religion. Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses. 53(3). 336–349. 1 indexed citations

King, Karen L., et al.. (2016). "What is an author?" Ancient author-function in the Apocryphon of John and the Apocalypse of John. 15–42. 1 indexed citations

Arnal, William E. & Russell T. McCutcheon. (2015). Clarifications: A Rejoinder. Method & Theory in the Study of Religion. 27(2). 137–149.

Arnal, William E.. (2015). The Symbolic Jesus.

Arnal, William E.. (2014). Failure and Nerve in the Academic Study of Religion. 8 indexed citations

Arnal, William E.. (2013). The Identity of NAASR and the Character of the Critical Study of Religion: Introduction. Method & Theory in the Study of Religion. 25(4-5). 317–318. 1 indexed citations

Wiebe, Donald, William E. Arnal, Willi Braun, & Russell T. McCutcheon. (2012). Failure and nerve in the academic study of religion : essays in honor of Donald Wiebe. 8 indexed citations

Arnal, William E.. (2011). The Collection and Synthesis of “Tradition” and the Second-Century Invention of Christianity*. Method & Theory in the Study of Religion. 23(3). 193–215. 8 indexed citations

Arnal, William E.. (2010). What branches grow out of this stony rubbish? Christian Origins and the Study of Religion. Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses. 39(4). 549–572. 5 indexed citations

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Arnal, William E.. (2008). The Messiah Myth: The near Eastern Roots of Jesus and David. Shofar. 26(4). 176. 1 indexed citations

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Arnal, William E.. (2007). The Gospel of Mark as Reflection on Exile and Identity. 1 indexed citations

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Arnal, William E., et al.. (2002). Archaeology and the Galilean Jesus: A Re-Examination of the Evidence. Journal of Biblical Literature. 121(4). 757–757. 41 indexed citations

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Arnal, William E.. (2001). Black holes, theory and the study of religion. Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses. 30(2). 209–214. 1 indexed citations

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Arnal, William E. & Paula Fredriksen. (2000). Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews: A Jewish Life and the Emergence of Christianity. The Jewish Quarterly Review. 90(3/4). 439–439. 19 indexed citations

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Arnal, William E., et al.. (1999). Cosmology and Eschatology in Jewish and Christian Apocalypticism. Journal of Biblical Literature. 118(4). 740–740. 20 indexed citations

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Arnal, William E.. (1999). Approaches To the Study of Religion. Method & Theory in the Study of Religion. 11(2). 107–113. 8 indexed citations

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Arnal, William E.. (1998). What if I don't want to play tennis?: A rejoinder to Russell McCutcheon on postmodernism and theory of religion. Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses. 27(1). 61–66. 8 indexed citations

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Arnal, William E.. (1997). Gendered Couplets in Q and Legal Formulations: From the Rhetoric to Social History. Journal of Biblical Literature. 116(1). 75–75. 3 indexed citations

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Arnal, William E.. (1997). Major Episodes in the Biography of Jesus: An Assessment of the Historicity of the Narrative Tradition. Toronto Journal of Theology. 13(2). 201–226. 2 indexed citations

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Arnal, William E.. (1995). The Rhetoric of Marginality: Apocalypticism, Gnosticism, and Sayings Gospels. Harvard Theological Review. 88(4). 471–494. 9 indexed citations

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