BIBLIOGRAPHY Module TH4902 Title: OT Introduction: Exegesis and Theology

There is no requirement to purchase any books whatsoever but if do you want to buy some for this particular module we would recommend: Richter, Sandra L. The Epic of Eden: A Christian Entry into the Old Testament. Downers Grove, IL. IVP Press, 2008. Dumbrell, William J. The Faith of Israel: A Theological Survey of the Old Testament. 2nd edition. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2002. Douglas K. Stuart. Old Testament Exegesis: A Handbook for Students and Pastors. 4th edition. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2009. CORE TEXTS: The following are the most important textbooks for the module and multiple copies will be available in the Hub Library: Richter, Sandra L. The Epic of Eden: A Christian Entry into the Old Testament. Downers Grove, IL. IVP Press, 2008. Dumbrell, William J. The Faith of Israel: A Theological Survey of the Old Testament. 2nd edition. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2002. Douglas K. Stuart. Old Testament Exegesis: A Handbook for Students and Pastors. 4th edition. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2009. ADDITIONAL TEXTS: The following will also be of value in the module and a single copy will be available in the Hub Library: Bill T. Arnold and Bryan E. Beyer. Readings from the Ancient Near East: Primary Sources for Old Testament Study. Encountering Biblical Studies; Grand Rapids: Baker, 2002. Dumbrell, William J. The Faith of Israel: A Theological Survey of the Old Testament. 2nd edition. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2002. Douglas K. Stuart. Old Testament Exegesis: A Handbook for Students and Pastors. 4th edition. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2009. Fretheim, Terence E., God and the World in the Old Testament: A Relational Theology of Creation. Nashville: Abingdon, 2005. Moberly, R. W. L. The Theology of Genesis. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. FOR THE VERY INTERESTED: These will not necessarily be in the Hub Library: Birch, Bruce C., Walter Brueggemann, Terence E. Fretheim and David L. Petersen, A Theological Introduction to the Old Testament. 2nd Edition. Nashville: Abingdon, 2005.! Brettler, Marc Z. How to Read the Bible. Philadelphia: JPS, 2005. Carr, David M. and Colleen M. Conway. An Introduction to the Bible: Sacred Texts and Imperial Contexts. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010. Gertz, Berlejung, Schmid, Witte, T & T Clark Handbook Handbook of the Old Testament. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2012. Kent, Grenville J. R., Paul J. Kissling, Laurence A. Turner. Reclaiming the Old Testament for Christian Preaching. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Press, 2010. Levenson, Jon D. Resurrection and the Restoration of Israel: The Ultimate Victory of the God of Life. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006.

Levenson, Jon D. Sinai and Zion: An Entry into the Jewish Bible. HarperCollins, 1987. Levenson, John D. The Hebrew Bible, The Old Testament, and Historical Criticism. Pages 1-32 in The Hebrew Bible, The Old Testament, and Historical Criticism: Jews and Christians in Biblical Studies. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 1993. Moberly, R. W. L. The Theology of Genesis. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. Newsom, Carol A., Sharon H. Ringe, and Jacqueline E. Lapsley, eds. Womens Bible Commentary. Rev. ed. Louisville: WJK, 2012.

RESOURCES ON MyWTC: The following articles and chapters are available on MyWTC: Aster, Shawn Zelig. The Image of Assyria in Isaiah 2:5-22: The Campaign Motif Reversed. Journal of the American Oriental Society 127/3 (2007):24978. Block, Daniel I. The Prophet of the Spirit: The Use of RW! in the Book of Ezekiel. Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 32/1 (1989):27-49. Brueggemann, Walter. Psalms and the life of Faith: A Suggested Typology of Function. JSOT 17 (1980):3-32. Brueggemann, Walter. The Costly Loss of Lament. JSOT 36 (1986):57-71. David. M. Carr. Controversy and Convergence in Recent Studies of the Formation of the Pentateuch. Religious Studies Review 23 (1997): 2231. Dever, William G. Who Were the Early Israelites and Where did they Come From? Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2003. Pp. 1-6; 167-241. Dumbrell, William J. The Purpose of the Book of Isaiah. Tyndale Bulletin 36 (1985):111-28. Enns, Peter. Apostolic Hermeneutics and an Evangelical Doctrine of Scripture: Moving Beyond a Modernist Impasse. Westminster Theological Journal 65 (2003):263-87. Gertz et al, T & T Clark Handbook of the Old Testament: An Introduction to the Literature, Religion and History of the Old Testament. T&T Clark, 2012. Esp. pp. 248-60. Greenberg, Moshe. The Design and Themes of Ezekiels Program of Restoration. Interpretation 38/2 (1984):181-208. Fox, Michael V. Ancient Near Eastern Wisdom Literature (Didactic). Religion Compass 5/1 (2011):1-11. Fretheim, Terence E. God and Violence in the Old Testament. Word & World 24/1 (2004):18-28. Fretheim, Terence E. What Biblical Scholars Wish Pastors Would Start or Stop Doing about Ethical Issues in the Old Testament. Word & World 31/3 (2011):297-306. Goldingay, John. The Dynamic Cycle of Praise and Prayer in the Psalms. JSOT 20 (1981):85-90. Lam, Joseph. The Biblical Creation in its Ancient Near Eastern Context. http://biologos.org/uploads/projects/lam_scholarly_essay.pdf. Accessed 12 June, 2013. Levenson, John D. Is There a Counterpart in the Hebrew Bible to New Testament Antisemitism? Journal of Ecumenical Studies 22/2 (1985):242-60.

Levenson, John D. The Hebrew Bible, The Old Testament, and Historical Criticism. Pages 1-32 in The Hebrew Bible, The Old Testament, and Historical Criticism: Jews and Christians in Biblical Studies. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 1993. Meyers, Carol. Women and the Domestic Economy of Early Israel. Pages 33-43 in Women in the Hebrew Bible: A Reader. Edited by Alice Bach. New York: Routeledge, 1999. Miller, Patrick D. Man and Woman: Toward a Theological Anthropology. Pages 320-28 in Reading from Right to Left: Essays on the Hebrew Bible in Honour of David J. A. Clines. Edited by J. Cheryl Exum and H. G. M. Williamson. JSOTSup 373. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2003. Miller, Patrick D. The Place of the Decalogue in the Old Testament and Its Law. Interpretation 43 (1989):229-42. Miller, Patrick D. The Prophetic Critique of Kings. Ex auditu (1986):82-95. Moberly, R. W. L. Christ in All the Scriptures? The Challenge of Reading the Old Testament as Christian Scripture. JTI 1/1 (2007):79-100. Nelson, Richard. The Double Redaction of the Deuteronomistic History: The Case is Still Compelling. JSOT 29/3 (2005):319-37. Newsom, Carol A. Bakhtin, the Bible, and Dialogic Truth. The Journal of Religion 76/2 (1996): 290-306. Newsom, Carol A. Woman and the Discourse of Patriarchal Wisdom: A Study of Proverbs 1-9. Pages 85-98 in Women in the Hebrew Bible: A Reader. Edited by Alice Bach. New York: Routeledge, 1999. Provan, Iain. Literary Competence and Biblical Authority. Word & World 26/4 (2006): 375-82. Walton, John H. Creation in Genesis 1:1-2:3 and the Ancient Near East: Order out of the Disorder after Chaoskampf. Calvin Theological Journal (2008): 48-63. Wyatt, Nicholas. Interpreting the Creation and Fall story in Genesis 2-3. Zeitschrift fr die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 93 (2009):10-21. Sections from Childs for each book.

RESOURCES ON ATLA/ ProQuest: The following articles are available online via Chester: Aster, Shawn Zelig. The Image of Assyria in Isaiah 2:5-22: The Campaign Motif Reversed. Journal of the American Oriental Society 127/3 (2007):24978. Block, Daniel I. The Prophet of the Spirit: The Use of RW! in the Book of Ezekiel. Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 32/1 (1989):27-49. Brueggemann, Walter. Psalms and the life of Faith: A Suggested Typology of Function. JSOT 17 (1980):3-32. Brueggemann, Walter. The Costly Loss of Lament. JSOT 36 (1986):57-71. David. M. Carr. Controversy and Convergence in Recent Studies of the Formation of the Pentateuch. Religious Studies Review 23 (1997): 2231. Dumbrell, William J. The Purpose of the Book of Isaiah. Tyndale Bulletin 36 (1985):111-28. Enns, Peter. Apostolic Hermeneutics and an Evangelical Doctrine of Scripture: Moving Beyond a Modernist Impasse. Westminster Theological Journal 65 (2003):263-87.

Greenberg, Moshe. The Design and Themes of Ezekiels Program of Restoration. Interpretation 38/2 (1984):181-208. Fretheim, Terence E. God and Violence in the Old Testament. Word & World 24/1 (2004):18-28. Fretheim, Terence E. What Biblical Scholars Wish Pastors Would Start or Stop Doing about Ethical Issues in the Old Testament. Word & World 31/3 (2011):297-306. Goldingay, John. The Dynamic Cycle of Praise and Prayer in the Psalms. JSOT 20 (1981):85-90. Miller, Patrick D. The Place of the Decalogue in the Old Testament and Its Law. Interpretation 43 (1989):229-42. Miller, Patrick D. The Prophetic Critique of Kings. Ex auditu (1986):82-95. Nelson, Richard. The Double Redaction of the Deuteronomistic History: The Case is Still Compelling. JSOT 29/3 (2005):319-37. Newsom, Carol A. Bakhtin, the Bible, and Dialogic Truth. The Journal of Religion 76/2 (1996): 290-306. Provan, Iain. Literary Competence and Biblical Authority. Word & World 26/4 (2006): 375-82. Walton, John H. Creation in Genesis 1:1-2:3 and the Ancient Near East: Order out of the Disorder after Chaoskampf. Calvin Theological Journal (2008): 48-63. Wyatt, Nicholas. Interpreting the Creation and Fall story in Genesis 2-3. Zeitschrift fr die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 93 (2009):10-21.