Bill Loader

• BA - Bachelor or Arts , University of Auckland, New Zealand
• Ministerial education at Trinity Methodist Theological College, Auckland
• BD - Bachelor of Divinity, University of Otago, New Zealand
• Dr theol - Doctor of Theology - Supervisor: Ferdinand Hahn; Dissertation published in revised form in 1981: Sohn und Hoherpriester. Eine traditionsgeschichtliche Untersuchung zur Christologie des Hebräerbriefes, WMANT 53

  Books and publications

• Two Views on Homosexuality, the Bible, and the Church, co-authored with Megan K. DeFranza, Wesley Hill, and Stephen R. Holmes
• Jesus in John's Gospel: Structure and Issues in Johannine Christology
• Making Sense of Sex: Attitudes towards Sexuality in Early Jewish and Christian Literature
• The New Testament on Sexuality
• Philo, Josephus, and the Testaments on Sexuality: Attitudes towards Sexuality in the Writings of Philo, Josephus, and the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs
• The Pseudepigrapha on Sexuality: Attitudes towards Sexuality in Apocalypses, Testaments, Legends, Wisdom, and Related Literature
• Sexuality in the New Testament
• The Dead Sea Scrolls on Sexuality: Attitudes towards Sexuality in Sectarian and Related Literature at Qumran
• Enoch, Levi, and Jubilees on Sexuality: Attitudes Towards Sexuality in the Early Enoch Literature, the Aramaic Levi Document, and the Book of Jubilees
• The New Testament - with Imagination: A Fresh Approach to its Writings and Themes
• Sexuality and the Jesus Tradition
• The Septuagint, Sexuality and the New Testament: Case Studies on the Impact of the LXX in Philo and the New Testament.
• Jesus' Attitude towards the Law. A Study of the Gospels
• Jesus and the Fundamentalism of his Day. The Gospels, the Bible and Jesus
• Articles on Baptism: The Kiss of Baptism and Baptism in Context;
• "The Passion of the Christ" and the Passion of Jesus - a Reflection on Mel Gibson's film;
• Approaches to Scripture: Considering the Options;
• "Companions and Competitors" - and Context? on John P. Meier's, Marginal Jew: Vol 3;
• Simple Choices? on John Dominic Crossan's, The Birth of Christianity
• Lectionary Resources: First Thoughts on Gospel Passages from the Lectionary;
• Studies: Being the Church Then and Now: Issues from the Acts of the Apostles;
• Liturgical Resources and Reflections: The Presence of God; He made himself known in the breaking of the bread; Blessed are the Poor in Spirit; A Service of the Eucharist'';

Memberships and awards

• Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas
• Catholic Biblical Association of America
• Catholic Biblical Association of Australia
• Society of Biblical Literature
• Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities
• holder of an Australian Centenary Medal 'for services to Australian society and the humanities in the area of religion'