Introduction to Biblical Studies
Further Reading for Introduction to Biblical Studies
These are a number of books which I have found useful for various topics we will be discussing in class. All of these are here so that if a topic interests you, you may continue your research on your own.
Alter, Robert. The Art of Biblical Narrative. New York: Basic Books, 1981.
———. The Art of Biblical Poetry. New York: Basic Books, 1985.
Blenkinsopp, Joseph. A History of Prophecy in Ancient Israel. Louisville, KY: John Knox Press, 1996.
Brettler, Marc Zvi. The Creation of History in Ancient Israel. London: Routledge, 1995.
Carr, David McLain. The Erotic Word?: Sexuality, Spirituality, and the Bible. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003.
———. The Formation of the Hebrew Bible: A New Reconstruction. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011.
Collins, John J. A Short Introduction to the Hebrew Bible. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2007.
Collins, John J. A Short Introduction to the Hebrew Bible: Second Edition. 2 edition. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2014.
Collins, John J. The Bible after Babel: Historical Criticism in a Postmodern Age. Grand Rapids, Mich.: W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., 2005.
Cook, Michael J. Modern Jews Engage the New Testament. Woodstock, VT: Jewish Lights Publishing, 2008.
Day, Peggy Lynne, ed. Gender and Difference in Ancient Israel. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 1989.
DeSilva, David Arthur. Honor, Patronage, Kinship & Purity: Unlocking New Testament Culture. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 2000.
Frymer-Kensky, Tikva Simone. Reading the Women of the Bible. New York: Schocken Books, 2002.
Hays, Christopher M., and Christopher B. Ansberry, eds. Evangelical Faith and the Challenge of Historical Criticism. SPCK, 2013.
Hoffmeier, James K. Ancient Israel in Sinai: The Evidence for the Authenticity of the Wilderness Tradition. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2005.
Horsley, Richard A, and John S Hanson. Bandits, Prophets, and Messiahs: Popular Movements in the Time of Jesus. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1988.
Kugel, James L. Traditions of the Bible a Guide to the Bible as It Was at the Start of the Common Era. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1998.
Lim, Timothy H. The Formation of the Jewish Canon. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2013.
Mazar, Amihay, and Ephraim Stern. Archaeology of the Land of the Bible. New York: Doubleday, 1990.
Peterson, R. Dean. A Concise History of Christianity. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1993.
Roetzel, Calvin J. The World That Shaped the New Testament. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2002.
Sanders, E. P. Judaism: Practice and Belief, 63 BCE-66 CE. London; Philadelphia: SCM Press?; Trinity Press International, 1992.
Sanders, James A. From Sacred Story to Sacred Text: Canon as Paradigm. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1987.
Smith, Mark S. The Early History of God: Yahweh and the Other Deities in Ancient Israel. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1990.
———. The Origins of Biblical Monotheism: Israel’s Polytheistic Background and the Ugaritic Texts. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001.
Tatum, W. Barnes. In Quest of Jesus. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 1999.
Trible, Phyllis. God and the Rhetoric of Sexuality. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1978.
Van Seters, John. In Search of History: Historiography in the Ancient World and the Origins of Biblical History. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1983.
Weinfeld, Moshe. Deuteronomy and the Deuteronomic School. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1972.