Studies of Particular Books or Figures
Modified November 14, 1996
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General
- Bal, Mieke. Lethal Love. Bloomington: Indiana
University Press, 1987.
- Cohn, Robert L. The Shape of Sacred Space: Four Biblical
Studies. Chico, California, 1981.
Pentateuch
- Clines, David J.A. The Theme of the Pentateuch.
JSOT, Supplement Series 10.
- Olson, Dennis. The Death of the Old and the Birth of the
New: The Framework of the Book of Numbers and the Pentateuch.
Brown (University) Judaic Studies 71. Chico, California:
Scholar's Press, 1985.
Genesis
- Bal, Mieke. "Sexuality, Sin, and Sorrow: The emergence of
female character (A Reading of Genesis 1-3)," in The Female
Body in Western Culture: Contemporary Perspectives. Ed. Susan
Rubin Suleiman. Cambridge: Harvard UP, 1986. Pp. 317-38.
- Fokkelman, J.P. Narrative Art in Genesis: Specimens of
stylistic and structural analysis. Amsterdam: Van Gorcum,
1975.
- Kikawada, Isaac M., and Arthur Quinn. Before Abraham Was:
the Unity of Genesis 1-11. Nashville: Abingdon, 1985.
- Miller, Patrick D. Genesis 1-11: Studies in Structure and
Theme, JSOT Supplem. Series 8.
- Miscall, Peter D. "The Jacob and Joseph Stories as
Analogies." JSOT 6 (1978): 28-40.
Deuteronomy
- Polzin, Robert. Moses and the Deuternomist. A Literary
Study of the Deuteronomic History, Pt. 1: Deuteronomy,
Joshua, Judges. NY: Seabury Press, 1980.
- Polzin, Robert. Samuel and the Deuteronomist. A Literary
Study of the Deuteronomic History, Pt. 2: 1 Samuel. San
Francisco: Harper & Row, 1989.
Judges
- Bal, Mieke. Death and Dissymetry. Chicago: UCP, 1988.
- Crenshaw, James L. Samson: A Secret Betrayed, A Vow
Ignored. Atlanta: John Knox Press, 1978.
- Exum, J. Cheryl. "Aspects of Symmetry and Balance in the
Samson Saga," JSOT 19 (1981): 2-29.
- Exum, J. Cheryl. "The Theological Dimensions of the Samson
Saga." Vetus Testamentum 33 (1983): 30-45.
- Gunn, David M. See below under Samuel
- Webb, Barry G. The Book of Judges: An Integrated
Reading. Sheffield, 1987.
Samuel
- Brueggemann, Walter. David's Truth in Israel's Imagination
and Memory. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1985.
- Conroy, Charles. Absalom! Absalom! Narrative and Language
in 2 Sam 13-20. Rome: Pontifical Biblical Institute, 1978.
- Eslinger, Lyle. Kingship of God in Crisis: A Close Reading
of 1 Samuel 1-12. Sheffield: Almond Press, 1985.
- Fokkelman, J.P. Narrative Art and Poetry in the Books of
Samuel 2 vols. Assen: Van Gorcum, 1981-1986.
- Gunn, David M. "Narrative Patterns and Oral Tradition in
Judges and Samuel." Vetus Testamentum 24 (1974): 286-317.
- Gunn, David M. The Story of King David: Genre and
Interpretation. JSOT Supplement. Series 6. Sheffield, 1978.
- Gunn, David M. The Fate of King Saul: An Interpretation of
a Biblical Story. JSOT Supplement. Series 14. Sheffield,
1980.
- Humphreys, W. Lee. "The Tragedy of King Saul: A Study of the
Structure of 1 Samuel 9-31." JSOT 6 (1978): 18-27.
- Humphreys, W. Lee. "The Rise and Fall of King Saul: A Study
of an Ancient Narrative Stratum in 1 Samuel." JSOT 18
(1980):74-90. Concluded in JSOT 22 (1982): 95-117; revised
for inclusion in The Tragic Vision and the Hebrew
Tradition. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1985.
- Janzen, J. Gerald. "Samuel opened the doors of the House of
Yahweh." JSOT 26 (1983): 89-96.
- Jason, Heda. "The Story of David and Goliath: A Folk Epic?"
Biblica 60 (1979): 36-70.
- Marcus, David. "David the Deceiver and David the Dupe."
Prooftexts, 6 (1986): 163-71.
- Miscall, Peter D. 1 Samuel: A Literary Reading.
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1986.
- Perdue, Leo. "'Is there anyone left of the house of Saul.?'
Ambiguity and the Characterization of David in the Succession
Narrative." JSOT 30 (1984): 67-84.
- Preston, T. R. "The Heroism of Saul: Patterns of Meaning in
the Narrative of the early Kingship." JSOT 24 (1982):
27-46.
- Smelik, K.A.D. "The Witch of Endor: 1 Samuel 28 in Rabbinic
and Christian Exegesis till 800 AD." Vigiliae Christianae
33 (1977): 160-79.
- Whybray, R.N. The Succession Narrative. Studies in
Biblical Theology, second series, 9. Naperville, Illinois: Alec
R. Allenson, 1968.
- Willis, J.T. "Samuel vs. Eli." Theologische
Zeitschrift 35 (1979): 201-12.
Job
- Hone, Ralph E. The Voice out of the Whirlwind: The Book of
Job. Materials for Analysis. San Francisco: Chandler, 1960.
- Kallen, Horace M. A. The Book of Job as a Greek
Tragedy. NY: Hill and Wang, 1959.
- Tsevat, M. The Meaning of the Book of Job, and Other
Biblical Studies. KTAV, 1980. Includes: "The Death of the
Sons of Eli."
- Zuckerman, Bruce E. Job the Silent: A Study in Historical
Counterpoint. Oxford, 1990.
Wisdom Literature
- Murphy, Roland E. The Tree of Life: An exploration of
Wisdom Literature. Garden City: Doubleday, 1990.
Song of Songs
- Fox, Michael V. The Song of Songs and the Ancient Egyptian
Love Songs. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1985.
- Landy, Francis. Paradoxes of Paradise: Identity and
Difference in the Song of Songs. Sheffield: Almond Press,
1983.
- Murphy, Roland E. "Form-Critical Studies in the Song of
Songs." Interpretation, 27 (1973): 413-22.
- Murphy, Roland E. "The Unity of the Song of Songs." Vetus
Testamentum 29 (1979): 436-43.
- Murphy, Roland E. "Interpreting the Song of Songs."
Biblical Theology Bulletin, 9 (1979): 99-105.
Isaiah
- Clines, David J.A. He, We, and They: A Literary Approach
to Isaiah 53. JSOT Supplement. Series 1.
Jeremiah
- Polk, T. The Prophetic Persona: Jeremiah and the Language
of the Self. JSOT Suppl. Series 32.
Daniel
- Good, Edwin M. "Apocalyptic as Comedy: The Book of Daniel."
Semeia 32 (1985): 41-70.
Gospels
Parables
- Barclay, William. And Jesus Said. (parables)
Philadelphia: Westminster, 1970.
- Dodd, C.H. The Parables of the Kingdom. 1935; rpt.
Harper,1981.
- Jeremias, Joachim. The Parables of Jesus. Transl. S.H.
Hooke. London: SCM Press, 1954. 2nd rev. ed. (from the 8th German
ed. of 1970). NY: Scribners, 1972.
- Patte, Daniel, ed. Semiology and Parables. Pittsburgh:
The Pickwick Press, 1975.
- Philips, Gary A. "History and Text: The reader in context in
Matthew's parables discourse." Semeia 31 (1985).
- Semeia 1-2 (1974): devoted to Parables.
- Semeia 9 (1977): devoted to Parables.
- Via, Dan O., Jr. The Parables: Their Literary and
Existential dimension. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1967.
Matthew
- Kingsbury, Jack Dean. Matthew as Story. 2nd ed.
Philadelphia: Fortress, 1988.
Mark
- Best, Ernest. Mark: The Gospel as Story. T & T Clark,
1983.
- Malbon, Elizabeth S. "Fallible Followers: Women and Men in
the Gospel of Mark." Semeia 28 (1982): 29-48.
- Ong, Walter J., SJ. "Text as interpretation: Mark and after."
Semeia 39 (1987): 7-26.
- Semeia 16 (1979): devoted to Mark.
- Semeia 43 (1988): includes much on Mark and gospels
generally.
John
- Culpepper, R. Alan. Anatomy of the Fourth Gospel: A Study
in Literary Design. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1983.
Revelations / Apocalypse
- Farrer, Austin. A Rebirth of Images: The Making of St.
John's Apocalypse.
Theoretical Approaches
- Semeia 40(1987): devoted to deconstruction.
- Semeia 41 (1988): devoted to speech act theory and
narrative hermeneutics.
- Semeia 10 (1977): discussions of Structuralism.