Theological Studies

Introductions

Article in Journal or BookG. Ch. Aalders [1880-1961], “Old Testament Study To-day,” The Evangelical 24.1 (Jan. 1952): 3-13. pdf [All reasonable efforts have been made to contact the copyright holder of this article without success. If you hold the rights, please contact me]
Book or monographRobert Alter, The Art of Biblical Narrative, Reissue edition. Basic Books, 1987. Pbk. ISBN: 046500427X. pp.208.
Book or monographRobert Alter, The Art of Biblical Poetry. T & T Clark Ltd, 1990; Pbk. ISBN: 0567291766. pp.240.
Book or monographGleason L. Archer, Jr., A Survey of Old Testament Introduction, revised. Chicago: Moody Press, 1994. Pbk. ISBN: 0802482007. pp.507.
Book or monographBill T. Arnold & Bryan E. Beyer, Encountering the Old Testament: A Christian Survey. Grand Rapids: Baker. ISBN: 0801021766. pp.528. “Arnold and Beyer have produced an exciting new survey of the Old Testament with the college student specifically in mind. They have masterfully designed their work with text and graphics in a way that will not only grip the student’s attention but will guide them through the material with their expert touch. I enthusiastically recommend this volume to you.” – Tremper Longman III.
Book or monographDavid W. Baker & Bill T. Arnold, editors. The Face of Old Testament Studies. A Survey of Contemporary Approaches. Grand Rapids / Leicester: Baker / Apollos, 1999. Hbk. ISBN: 0801022150. pp.512. “The editors have produced a splendid book that will be an important reference work in the field and useful both to beginners and to seasoned students…. The reader can count on an informed, well-balanced entry into the excitement of current study.” – Walter A. Brueggemann.
On-line ResourceCraig Bartholomew, “Reading the Old Testament in Postmodern Times,” Tyndale Bulletin 49.1 (1998): 91-114.  pdf
On-line ResourceF.F. Bruce, The Christian Approach to the Old Testament. London: The Inter-Varsity Fellowship, 1955. pp.20. pdf
Book or monographWalter Brueggemann, Reverberations of Faith: A Theological Handbook of Old Testament Themes. Westminster John Knox Press, 2002. Pbk. ISBN: 0664222315. pp.280.
Book or monographBrevard S. Childs, Introduction to the Old Testament as Scripture. Augsburg Fortress Publishers. Hbk. ISBN: 0800605322. pp.688.
Book or monographDavid J.A. Clines, On the Way to the Postmodern: Old Testament Essays, 1967-1998, Vol. 2. JSOTSup. 293. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1998. Hbk. ISBN: 1850759014. pp.450.
Book or monographRichard Coggins, Introducing the Old Testament, 2nd edn. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. Pbk. ISBN: 0198700636. pp.176.
Book or monographJ.L. Crenshaw, Old Testament Story and Faith: A Literary and Theological Introduction. Hendrikson, 1992. Hbk. pp.472.
Book or monographRaymond B. Dillard, & Tremper Longman III. An Introduction to the Old Testament. Leicester: Apollos, 1995. Hbk. ISBN: 0851106536. pp.473.
Book or monographOtto Eissfeldt [1887-1973], The Old Testament: An Introduction. Trans. P.R. Ackroyd. London: Harper & Row, 1965. Pbk. pp.861. Classic Introduction of the Critical School.
Book or monographN.K. Gottwald, The Hebrew Bible: a Socio-Literary Introduction. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1985. Pbk. ISBN: 080061853X . pp.702.
Book or monographR.K. Harrison, Introduction to The Old Testament. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1969. Hbk. ISBN: 0802847870. pp.1325. Somewhat dated conservative introduction.
On-line ResourceWalter C. Kaiser, Jr., “The Present State of Old Testament Studies,” Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 18.2 (1975): 69-79. pdf
Book or monographA. Hill & J. Walton, A Survey of the Old Testament. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1991. ISBN: 0310516005. pp.448.
Book or monographO. Kaiser, Introduction to the Old Testament: A Presentation of Its Results and Problems. Trans. J. Sturdy. Augsburg, 1975. pp.420.
On-line ResourceKenneth A. Kitchen, “The Old Testament in Its Context: Part 1,” Theological Students’ Fellowship Bulletin 59 (Spring 1971). pdf
On-line ResourceKenneth A. Kitchen, “The Old Testament in Its Context: Part 2,” Theological Students’ Fellowship Bulletin 60 (Spring 1971). pdf
On-line ResourceKenneth A. Kitchen, “The Old Testament in Its Context: Part 3,” Theological Students’ Fellowship Bulletin 61 (Summer 1971). pdf
On-line ResourceKenneth A. Kitchen, “The Old Testament in Its Context: Part 4,” Theological Students’ Fellowship Bulletin 62 (Autumn 1971). pdf
On-line ResourceKenneth A. Kitchen, “The Old Testament in Its Context: Part 5,” Theological Students’ Fellowship Bulletin 63 (Summer 1972). pdf
On-line ResourceKenneth A. Kitchen, “The Old Testament in Its Context: Part 6,” Theological Students’ Fellowship Bulletin 64 (Autumn 1972). pdf
Book or monographW.S. Lasor, D.A. Hubbard & F.W. Bush, Old Testament Survey. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1982. Hbk. ISBN: 0802835562. pp.696.
On-line ResourceOld Testament Life and Literature (Gerald A. Larue)
On-line ResourceJ. Gordon McConville, “The Old Testament Books in Modern Scholarship,” Themelios 22:3 (April 1997): 3-13. pdf
Book or monographVictor H. Matthews & James C. Moyer, The Old Testament: Text and Context. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson. Hbk. ISBN: 1565631684. pp.308.
Book or monographGeorge Mendenhall, Ancient Israel’s Faith and History. Westminster John Knox Press, 2001. Pbk. ISBN: 0664223133. pp.336.
On-line ResourceAlan R. Millard, “Approaching the Old Testament,” Themelios 2.2 (1977): 34-39.
Book or monographR.W.L. Moberly, The Old Testament of the Old Testament. Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 1991. Pbk. ISBN: 0800615611. pp.224.
On-line ResourceJames Orr [1844-1913], The Problem of the Old Testament Considered with Reference to Recent Criticism. London: James Nesbit & Co. Ltd., 1906. Hbk. pp.562. [This material is in the Public Domain]
On-line ResourceJ. Barton Payne, “Faith and history in the Old Testament,” Bulletin of the Evangelical Theological Society 11.3 (Summer 1968): 111-120. pdf [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder]
Book or monographRobert Henry Pfeiffer, Introduction to the Old Testament. A & C Black Publishers Ltd., 1952. Hbk. ISBN: 0713606010. pp.921.
Book or monographRolf Rendtorff, The Old Testament: An Introduction. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1991. Pbk. ISBN: 0800625447. pp.308.
On-line ResourceHenry Wheeler Robinson [1872-1945], The Old Testament. Its Making and Meaning. London: University of London Press Ltd., 1953. Hbk. pp.248.  pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
Book or monographWerner H. Schmidt, Old Testament Introduction. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2000. Pbk. ISBN: 0664221955. pp.452.
On-line ResourceGordon J. Wenham, “Recent Old Testament Study: an Evangelical Assessment,” Themelios 8.2 (January 1983): 25-26. pdf
Book or monographR. Norman Whybray, The Good Life in the Old Testament. Continuum International Publishing Group – T & T Clark, 2001. Hbk. ISBN: 0567087212. pp.240.
Book or monographEdward J. Young, An Introduction to the Old Testament, revised. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1958. Hbk. ISBN: 0802803393. pp.432. Brief Conservative introduction – somewhat dated.

Old Testament History

Book or monographPeter Ackroyd, Exile and Restoration. Xpress Reprints, 1994. Pbk. ISBN: 1859310125. pp.302.
Book or monographB.W. Anderson, Understanding the Old Testament, abridged & updated, 4th edn. Prentice-Hall, 1986. Hbk. ISBN: 0139483993. pp.649.
Book or monographMichael Avi-Yonah, ed., A History of Israel and the Holy Land. Continuum International Publishing Group, 2003. Pbk. ISBN: 0826415261. pp.375.
Book or monographJames Barr, History and Ideology in the Old Testament: Biblical Studies at the End of a Millennium. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. Hbk. ISBN: 0198269870. pp.208.
On-line ResourceExile (Robert I. Bradshaw) pdf
Book or monographJohn Bright, A History of Israel, 4th edn. Westminster, 2000. Hbk. ISBN: 0664220681. pp.533.
On-line ResourceDavid Deboys, K.A. Kitchen & R.S. Hess, “Writing the History of Israel: a Review Article,” Themelios 15.1 (October 1989): 24-29. pdf
Book or monographCyrus R. Gordon & Gary A. Rendsberg, The Bible and the Ancient Near East. New York: W.W. Norton, 1998. Pbk. ISBN: 0393316890. pp.345.
Article in Journal or BookGershon Galil, “The Last Years of the Kingdom of Israel and the Fall of Samaria,” Catholic Biblical Quarterly 57.1 (1995): 52-65.
Book or monographNorman K. Gottwald, The Tribes of Yahweh: A Sociology of the Religion of Liberated Israel, 1250-1050 BC. Sheffield Cademic Press, 1999. Pbk. ISBN: 1841270261. pp.916.
On-line ResourceRichard S. Hess, “Recent Studies in Old Testament History: a Review Article,” Themelios 19.2 (January 1994): 9-15. pdf
Book or monographJohn H. Hayes & J. Maxwell Miller, eds. Israelite and Judean History. London: SCM Press Ltd., 1990. Pbk. ISBN: 0334024358. pp.736.
Book or monographJohn H. Hayes & J. Maxwell Miller, A History of Ancient Israel and Judah. London SCM Press, 1986. Hbk. ISBN: 0334020425. pp.524.
Book or monographSiegfried Herrmann, A History of Israel in Old Testament Times, 2nd edn. Westminster, 1981. Pbk. ISBN: 0800614992. pp.440.
On-line ResourceJames K. Hoffmeier, “The Evangelical Contribution to Understanding the (Early) History of Ancient Israel in Recent Scholarship,” Bulletin for Biblical Research 7 (1997): 77-90. pdf
Article in Journal or BookDavid M. Howard, Jr., “The Case For Kingship In The Old Testament Narrative Books And The Psalms,” Trinity Journal 9.1 (1988): 19-35.
Book or monographH. Jagersma, A History of Israel to Bar Kochba, new edition. London: SCM Press, 1984. Pbk. ISBN: 033402577X. pp.304.
Book or monographWalter C. Kaiser, A History of Israel. From the Bronze Age Through The Jewish Wars. Nashville, Tennessee: Braodman & Holman, Publishers, 1998. Hbk. ISBN: 0805462848. pp.540.
On-line ResourceKenneth A. Kitchen, “Ancient Egypt and the Hebrew Monarchies: A Review Article,” Themelios 26.3 (Summer 2001): 38-50. pdf
Book or monographDale Launderville, Piety and Politics: The Dynamics of Royal Authority in Homeric Greece, Biblical Israel, and Old Babylonian Mesopotamia (The Bible in Its World. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2003. Hbk. ISBN: 0802839940. pp.407.
On-line ResourceJ. Gordon McConville, “The Old Testament Books in Modern Scholarship,” Themelios 22:3 (April 1997): 3-13. pdf
Book or monographAbraham Malamat, History of Biblical Israel: Major Problems and Minor Issues. Leiden: Brill, 2004. Pbk. ISBN: 0391042203. pp.480.
Book or monographVictor Matthews, A Brief History of Ancient Israel. Westminster John Knox Press, 2002. Pbk. ISBN: 0664224369. pp.160.
Book or monographEugene H. Merrill, Kingdom of Priests: A History of the Old Testament Period. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1996. Pbk. ISBN: 0801021030. pp.546.
On-line ResourceBeneamin Mocan, “Goldingay’s Evangelical Approach To The Old Testament: A Description and Critical Assessment of his Methodology,” Kairos Evangelical Journal of Theology 7.2 (Nov. 2013): 155-166.  pdf
Book or monographJames M. Scott, ed., Exile: Old Testament, Jewish and Christian Conceptions. Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism, Vol. 56. Leiden: Brill, 1997. Hbk. ISBN: 9004106766. pp.304.
Book or monographHershel Shanks, editor. Ancient Israel: From Abraham to the Roman Destruction of the Temple, Rev. edition. Biblical Archaeology Society, 1999. Pbk. ISBN: 1880317540.
Book or monographS.J. Shultz, The Old Testament Speaks, 4th edn. Harper & Row, 1980. Hbk. pp.448.
Book or monographJ. Alberto Soggin, An Introduction to the History of Israel and Judah, revised. London: SCM Press, 1999. Pbk. ISBN: 0334027888.
Book or monographAlbert A Trevor, History of Ancient Civilisation. New York: Harcourt, Brace and World, 1936.
Article in Journal or BookPeter J. Williams, “Beginning to Study the Old Testament,” Philip Duce & Daniel Strange, eds., Encoutering God’s Word. Beginning Biblical Studies. Leicester: Apollos, 2003. Pbk. ISBN: 0851117929. pp.13-64.
Article in Journal or BookK. Lawson Younger, “The Deportations of the Israelites,” Journal of Biblical Literature 117.2 (1998): 201-227.

One Volume OT Commentaries

Book or monographDavid A. Dorsey, The Literary Structure of the Old Testament: A Commentary on Genesis-Malachi. Grand Rapids: Baker. ISBN: 0801021871. pp.352.

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