· 1995: Jesus farewell to the disciples. John 13:1-19:26 in narratological perspective (Leiden: Brill) 249 pp.
· 1996: John 21:24-25: a case of failed attestation? Skrif en Kerk, 17 (2), 420-426.
· 1997: "My Vader en julle Vader, my God en julle God." Oor die interpretasie van Joh. 20:18. NGTT 38 (4), 328-339.
· 1998: The characterization of God in the Fourth Gospel, JSNT 69, 57-75.
· 1999: Markus, Galasiërs, in Vosloo, W & Janse van Rensburg, JJ (reds). Die Bybellennium Eenvolumekommentaar. Die Bybel uitgelê vir eietydse toepassing, 1188-1240, 1547-1563. Vereeniging, CUM.
· 1999: Narratology and Biblical Narratives. A Practical Guide (San Francisco: ISP), 163 pp.
· 2000: Retoriese analises van Galasiërs. n Oorsig. Acta Theologica Supplementum 1
· 2002: Die vertaling van onoma-uitdrukkings in die Nuwe Testament. Hervormde Teologiese Studies 58(3):901-918
· 2005: The Ioudaioi in the Fourth Gospel. In: G. van Belle, J.G. van der Watt & P. Maritz (eds.), Theology and Christology in the Fourth Gospel (Peeters: Leuven University Press), pp. 377-398
· 2005: Salvation as redemption. The use of "redemption" metaphors in the Pauline Literature In: J.G. van der Watt (ed.), Salvation in the New Testament. Perspectives on Soteriology (Leiden: Brill), pp. 247-270.
· 2005: Persuading the Galatians. A Text-Centred Rhetorical Analysis of a Pauline Letter (Tubingen: Mohr Siebeck) 286 pp.
· 2005 (with JG van der Watt): Apokriewe Ou en Nuwe Testament. Vereeniging: CUM.
· 2006: The (not so) good shepherd. The use of shepherd imagery in the characterisation of Peter in the Fourth Gospel. In: J. Frey, J.G. van der Watt, R. Zimmermann (eds.,) Imagery in the Gospel of John. Terms, forms, themes and theology of figurative language (Tübingen: Mohr-Siebeck, WUNT).
· 2006: Liberty – Love – The Spirit. Ethics and ethos according to the Letter to the Galatians. In: J.G. van der Watt (ed.), Identity, ethics, and ethos in the New Testament. (Berlyn: De Gruyter, BZNW 141).
· 2007: The rhetorical analysis of the Letter to the Galatians. In D. F. Tolmie (red.), Exploring new rhetorical approaches to Galatians (Acta Theologica Supplementum 9), pp. 1-28.
· 2008: Filippense vir vandag. Vereeniging: CUM.
- 2008: Jesus, Judas and a morsel: Interpreting a gesture in John 13:21-30. In: J. Verheyden, G. van Belle & J.G. van der Watt. Miracles and imagery in Luke and John. Festschrift Ulrich Busse (Leuven: Peeters, BETL 218), pp. 105-124.
- 2009: The interpretation of Gal 5: 12. Acta Theologica 29(2), 86-102.
- 2010 (Editor): Philemon in perspective. Interpreting a Pauline letter. (BZNW 169; Berlin: De Gruyter).
- 2011: Angels as arguments? The rhetorial function of references to angels in the Main Letters of Paul. Hervormde Teologiese Studies 67 (1): 317-325.
- 2011: Living in hope in the fullness of time. The eschatology of Galatians. In: J.G. van der Watt, Eschatology of the New Testament and some related documents (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, WUNT 315), pp. 239-256.
- 2011: The spirituality of the Letter to the Galatians. In: P.G.R. de Villiers & L.K. Pietersen, The Spirit that inspires. Perspectives on Biblical Spirituality (Bloemfontein: UFS, AcThS 15), pp. 167-182.
- 2012: Violence in the Letter to the Galatians. In: P.G.R. de Villiers & J W van Henten, Coping with violence in the New Testament (Leiden: Brill, STR 16), pp. 69-82.
- 2012: Research on the Letter to the Galatians: 2000-2010. Acta Theologica 32 (1), 118-157.
- 2012: Member of translation team of first inter-linear Bible in Afrikaans: Interliniêre Bybel Grieks-Afrikaans Nuwe Testament. (Vereeniging: CUM). 1408 pp.
- 2013: (Editor together with S.A. Hunt and R. Zimmermann), Character Studies in the Fourth Gospel. Narrative Approaches to Seventy Figures in John (Tubingen: Mohr Siebeck; WUNT 314). Also responsible for articles on the ill and the sick in the Gospel, Pontius Pilate and the four women at the foot of the cross.
- 2014: Tendencies in the interpretation of Galatians 3:28 since 1990. Acta Theologica Supplementum 19, 105-129.
- 2016: The reception of Apphia in the Letter to Philemon: A perspective from the fourth and fifth centuries. Acta Theologica Supplementum 23:283-301.
- 2016: Paul’s exercise of authority in the Letter to Philemon: A perspective from the 4th and 5th centuries CE. ILV 50(2): 1-7.
- 2016: The reception of Apphia in the fourth and fifth centuries C.E. Acta Theologica Supplementum 23:283-301.
- 2016: Pauline Studies in South Africa: Did anything change in 50 years? In: R. Venter (ed.), Theology and the post-apartheid condition (Bloemfontein: SunMedia; UFS Theological Explorations 1), pp. 107-121.
- 2017: Mission and workplace – the example of Paul. Journal for Christian Scholarship 53(1):91-105
- 2017: John Chrysostom and the “implicit ethics” of the Letter to Phlemon. In: R. Zimmermann & S. Joubert (eds.), Biblical ethics and application: Purview, validity, and relevance of Biblical texts in ethical discourse (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck; Kontexte und Normen neutestamentlicher Ethik 9), pp. 291-304.
- 2017: “A beloved brother in the Lord.” On the reception of Christology and ethics in Philemon 15-16. In: D.F. Tolmie & R. Venter (eds.), Making sense of Jesus. Experiences, interpretations and identities (Bloemfontein: SunMedia, UFS Theological Explorations 2), pp. 66-83.
- 2018: God in Galatians – Tendencies in the study of an important theme. STJ 4(2):265-281.
- 2019: How Onesimus was heard – eventually. Acta Theologica Sup. 27:101-117.
- 2020: The ethics of the Letter to Philemon. Neotestamentica 54(1):47–66.
- 2020: The portrayal of God in Early Christian commentaries on the Letter to Philemon. In: U. Eisen & H.E. Mader (eds.), Talking God in society. Talking God in Society: Multidiscipli-nary (Re)constructions of Ancient (Con)texts; Festschrift Peter Lampe (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht; NTOA 120/2), pp. 153-166.
- 2021: (Together with R. Venter): Making sense of the COVID-19 pandemic from the Bible – Some perspectives. HTS Teologiese Studies 77(4):1-9.
- 2021: Elected and a devil? The characterization of Judas Iscariot in the Fourth Gospel. In: J. Frey & C.R. Koester (eds.), Signs and discourses in John 5 and 6. Historical, literary, and theological readings from the Colloquium Ioanneum 2019 in Eisenach (Tübingen: Mohr & Siebeck; WUNT 463), pp. 289-310.
- 2021: Pointing out persuasion in Philemon: Fifty readings of Paul`s rhetoric from the fourth to the eighteenth century (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck; HBE 1).
Some of the above are available at https://ufs.academia.edu/FrancoisTolmie