Staff profile

• Christian origins
• New Testament interpretation
• the resurrection
• theology of the family.
• use of the Bible in ethics

Authored book

• Life Together: Family, Sexuality and Community in the New Testament and Today.
  
  Barton, S. (2001). Life Together: Family, Sexuality and Community in the New Testament and Today. T&T Clark.
• Invitation to the Bible.
  
  Barton, S. (1997). Invitation to the Bible. SPCK.
• Discipleship and Family Ties in Mark and Matthew
  
  Barton, S. (1994). Discipleship and Family Ties in Mark and Matthew. Cambridge University Press.
• The Spirituality of the Gospels.
  
  Barton, S. (1992). The Spirituality of the Gospels. SPCK and Hendrickson.

Chapter in book

• Johannine dualism and contemporary pluralism
  
  Barton, S. (2007). Johannine dualism and contemporary pluralism. In R. Bauckham & C. Mosser (Eds.), The Gospel of John and Christian theology. (pp. 3-18). Eerdmans.
• Memory and remembrance in Paul
  
  Barton, S. (2007). Memory and remembrance in Paul. In S. Barton, L. Stuckenbruck, & B. Wold (Eds.), Memory in the Bible and antiquity : The Fifth Durham-Tübingen Research Symposium (Durham, September 2004). (pp. 321-338). Mohr Siebeck.
• Food rules, sex rules, and the prohibition of idolatry : what's the connection?
  
  Barton, S. (2007). Food rules, sex rules, and the prohibition of idolatry : what’s the connection? In S. Barton (Ed.), Idolatry: false worship in the Bible, early Judaism, and Christianity. (pp. 141-162). T&T Clark.
• ‘The Gospel According to Matthew’.
  
  Barton, S. (2006). ‘The Gospel According to Matthew’. In S. Barton (Ed.), The Cambridge Companion to the Gospels (pp. 121-138). Cambridge University Press.
• The unity of humankind as a theme in biblical theology
  
  Barton, S. (2004). The unity of humankind as a theme in biblical theology. In C. Bartholomew, M. Healy, K. Moeller, & R. Parry (Eds.), Out of Egypt : biblical theology and biblical interpretation. (pp. 233-258). Zondervan.

Journal Article

• Christ and Creation in the Synoptic Gospels
  
  Barton, S. C. (2025). Christ and Creation in the Synoptic Gospels. Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 47(3), 355-375. https://doi.org/10.1177/0142064x241300470