RGB 1005S -- INTRODUCTION TO THE OLD TESTAMENT -- M. Kolarcik, S.J. January, 2002

Textbook: Anthony CERESKO, An Introduction to the Old Testament, A Liberation Perspective, Updated and Revised, New York: Orbis, Maryknoll, 2001. (Ordered at Crux Book Store, Wycliff College).

Recommended texts :
J.D. LEVENSON, Sinai and Zion: an Entry into the Jewish Bible, San Fransisco: Harper & Row, 1987.
Bernhard W. ANDERSON, Contours of Old Testament Theology, Minneapolis: Fortress, 1999.
J. BRIGHT, A History of Israel, 4th edit., Philadelphia: Westminster, 2001.

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Selected readings on line:

Richard S. Hess, "Early Israel in Canaan, A Survey of Recent Evidence and Interpretations," in
          [Israel's Past in Present Research, Essays on Ancient Israelite Historiograhy, V. Philips Long, ed.,  Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns, 1999] 492-518. Originally published in Palestinian Exploration Quarterly 125 (1993) 125-42.

Laws of Hammurabi, electronic text

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1) INTRODUCTORY BACKGROUND MATERIAL
A.K.M. ADAM, ed., Postmodern Interpretations of the Bible: A Reader, Chalice, St. Louis, Missouri: 2001.
A.K.M. ADAM, ed., Handbook of Postmodern Biblical Interpretation, Chalice, St. Louis, Missouri: 2000.
R. ALTER, F. KERMADE, eds., The Literary Guide to the Bible, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1987. (Reference Shelf BS 535 L54)
A. BACH, ed., Women in the Hebrew Bible: A Reader, New York: Routledge, 1999.
J. BARR, The Concept of Biblical Theology: An Old Testament Perspective, Minneapolis: Fortress, 1999.
L. BOADT, Reading the Old Testament, an Introduction, New York: Paulist Press, 1984.
W. BRUEGGEMANN, Theology of the Old Testament: Testimony, Dispute, Advocacy, Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1997.
B.S. CHILDS, Biblical Theology of the Old and New Testaments, Minneapolis: Fortress, 1993.
B.S. CHILDS, Introduction to the Old Testament as Scripture, Philadelphia: Fortress, 1979.
O. EISSFELDT, The Old Testament: An Introduction, trans. Peter R. Ackroyd, London: 1974.
N. FRYE, The Great Code: the Bible and Literature, Toronto: Academic, 1982.
N.K. GOTTWALD, The Hebrew Bible, A Social-Literary Introduction, Philadelphia: 1985.
N.K. GOTTWALD, The Tribes of Yahweh, London: 1980.
Wonil KIM and others, eds., Reading the Hebrew Bible for a New Millennium: Form, Concept, and Theological Perspective, Studies in Antiquity & Christianity, Vol 1: Theological and Hermeneutical Studies, Vol 2: Exegetical and Theological Studies,  Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press Internation, 2000.
N. LOHFINK, Theology of the Pentateuch: Themes of the Priestly Narrative and Deuteronomy, trans. L.M. Maloney, Minneapolis: Fortress, 1994.
J. PILCH, Introducing the Cultural Context of the Old Testament, vol. 1, Paulist, New York: 1991.
J.B. PRITCHARD, Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament, (ANET), (3rd edit. with supplement), Princeton: 1963. (Reference)
G. von RAD, Old Testament Theology, vol. I, II, trans. D.M.G. Stalker, London: 1975.
R. RENDTORFF, The Old Testament: An Introduction, Philadelphia, Fortress, 1986.
P. RICOEUR, "Philosophy and Religious Language", JR 54 (1974) 71-85.
P. RICOEUR, "Philosophical Hermeneutics and Theological Hermeneutics", Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses 5 (1975) 14-33.
P. RICOEUR, "Creativity in Language", Philosophy Today 17 (1973) 97-111.
P. RICOEUR, "Biblical Hermeneutics", Semeia 4 (1975) 29-145.
W.H. SCHMIDT, Old Testament Introduction, trans. Matthew J. O'Connell, New York: 1984.
Walter BRUEGGEMANN, Theology of the Old Testament: Testimony, Dispute, Advocacy, Minneapolis: Fortress, 1997.

2) GENERAL INTRODUCTIONS TO "COVENANT"

H. CAZELLES, "Covenant", [Sacramentum Mundi, New York: 1975].
D.R. HILLERS, Covenant: The History of a Biblical Idea, Baltimore: 1969.
D.J. McCARTHY, Old Testament Covenant: A Survey of Current Opinions, Atlanta: 1972.
J.L. McKENZIE, "Aspects of Old Testment Thought", [The New Jerome Biblical Commentary, eds., BROWN, FITZMYER, MURPHY, Prentice Hall, New Jersey: 1990, 1284-1315].
G.E. MENDENHALL, "Covenant", [IDB, (Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible) vol. 1].
G.E. MENDENHALL, G.A. HERION, "Covenant", The Anchor Bible Dictionary, I 1179-1202.
M. WEINFELD, "berith", TDOT, (Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament) vol. 2.

3) GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY ON THE COVENANT

K. BALTZER, The Covenant Formulary in the Old Testament, trans. D.E. Green, Philadelphia: 1971.
J. BISHOP, The Covenant: A Reading, Springfield Ill.: 1982.
J. BRIGHT, Covenant and Promise, Philadelphia: 1976.
W. BRUEGGEMANN, The Land: Place as Gift, Promise, and Challenge in the Biblical Faith, New York: 1977.
W. BRUEGGEMANN, David's Truth in Israel's Imagination and Memory, New York: Fortress, 1985. |bs 580 d3 b78
R.E. CLEMENTS, Prophecy and Covenant, SBT 43, London: 1965.
R.E. CLEMENTS, Abraham and David, Genesis 15 and its Meaning for Israelite Tradition, SBT 2:5, London: 1965.
R.E. CLEMENTS, God's Chosen People: A Theological Interpretation of the Book of Deuteronomy, London: 1968.
R. CLIFFORD, Deuteronomy, with Excursus on Covenant and Law, Old Testament Message 5, Wilmington: 1982.
J.L. CRENSHAW, Story and Faith, a Guide to the Old Testament, Macmillan, New York: 1986.
F.M. CROSS, Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic, esp. "The Ideologies of Kingship in the Era of the Empire: Conditional Covenant and Eternal Decree", 219-273, Cambridge, Mass: 1973.
H. GUTHRIE, Israel's Sacred Songs, a study of dominant themes, New York: 1966.
P. KALLUVEETTIL, Declaration and Covenant, A Comprehensive Review of Covenant Formulae from the Old Testament and the Ancient Near East, Analecta Bib 88, Rome: 1982.
D.J. McCARTHY, Treaty and Covenant, A Study in Form in the Ancient Oriental Documents and in the Old Testament, Analecta Biblica 21a, Rome: 1978.
D.J. McCARTHY, Institution and Narrative: Collected Essays, Analecta Biblica 108, Biblical Institute, Rome: 1985.
T.E. McCOMISKEY, The Covenants of Promise: a theology of Old Testament Covenants, Grand Rapids: 1985.
S.E. McEVENUE, The Narrative Style of the Priestly Writers, Analecta Biblica 50, Rome: 1971.
G.E. MENDENHALL, Law and Covenant in Israel and the Ancient Near East, Pittsburg:
1955.
G.E. MENDENHALL, The Tenth Generation; the origins of the biblical tradition, Baltimore: 1973.
M.L. NEWMAN, The People of the Covenant, New York: 1962.
E.W. NICHOLSON, Exodus and Sinai in History and Tradition, Oxford: 1973.
H.M. ORLINSKI, The So-Called "Servant of the Lord" and Suffering Servant in 2nd Isaiah, VTSup 14 (1967). Note the appendix, "A Light of Nations, A Covenant People", 97-119.
J. PLASTARAS, Creation and Covenant, Milwaukee: 1968.
R. POLZIN, Moses and the Deuteronomist, New York: 1980.
J. RHYMER, The Covenant and the Kingdom, Dayton, Ohio: 1968.
W.H. SCHMIDT, The Faith of the Old Testament, Basil Blackwell, London: 1983.
W. VOGELS, La Promesse Royale de Yahweh Préparatoire à L'Alliance, Ottawa: 1970.
M. WEINFELD, Deuteronomy and the Deuteronomic School, Oxford: 1972.
R.N. WHYBRAY, The Succession Narrative. A Study of IISam 9-29, I K1-2, Alec R. Allenson, Naperville: 1968.
C.J.H. WRIGHT, God's People in God's Land, Family, Land and Property in the Old Testament, Eerdmans, Grand Rapids: 1990.
 

4) ARTICLES ON COVENANT

W. BRUEGGEMANN, "Amos 4:4-13 and Israel's Covenant Worship", VT 15 (1965).
M.J. BUSS, "Covenant, Theme in Historical Perspective", VT 16 (1966).
A.I. CAMBELL, "An Historical Prologue in a Seventh Century Treaty", Bib 50 (1969).
W. EICHRODT, "Covenant and Law", Interpretation 20 (1966).
F.C. FENSHAM, "Father and Son Terminology for Treaty and Covenant", [Near Eastern Studies in Honor of W.F. Albright, ed. H. Goedicke, Baltimore: 1971].
F.C. FENSHAM, "Common Trends in Curses of the Near-Eastern Treaties and Kudurru-Inscriptions Compared with Maledictions of Amos and Isaiah", ZAW 75 (1963).
F.C. FENSHAM, "Covenant, Promise and Expectation in the Bible", TZ 23 (1967).
F.C. FENSHAM, "Malediction and Benediction in Ancient Near-Eastern Vassal Treaties and the Old Testament", ZAW 74 (1962).
J.A. FITZMYER, "The Aramaic Treaty from Sefire in the Museum of Beirut", CBQ 20 (1958).
D.N. FREEDMAN, "Divine Commitment and Human Obligation", Interpretation 18 (1964).
E. GERSTENBERGER, "Covenant and Commandment", JBL 84 (1965).
M. HELD, "Philological Notes on the Mari Covenant Rituals", BASOR 200 (1970).
E. HEPPENSTALL, "The Law and the Covenant of Sinai", AndrewsUnivSeminarySt 2 (1964).
D.R. HILLERS, "berit 'am, Emancipation of the People", JBL 97 (1978).
C.D. JOTHANN, "The Covenant and Covenant Making in the Pentateuch",BangaloreTheologicalForum 3 (1969).
M.G. KLINE, "Law Covenant", WestminThJ 27 (1964).
M.G. KLINE, "Dynastic Covenant", WestminThJ 27 (1964).
J.D. LEVENSON, "The Davidic Covenant and its Modern Interpreters", CBQ 41 (1979).
R. MARTIN-ACHARD, "La nouvelle alliance selon Jérémie", RThPh 3:12 (1962), also in [Questions disputées... see D.J. McCarthy]
R. MARTIN-ACHARD, "La signification de l'alliance dans l'Ancien Testament d'après quelques travaux récents", RThPh 3:18 (1969).
A.D.H. MAYES, "The Covenant on Sinai and the Covenant with David", Hermathena 110 (1970).
A.D.H. MAYES, "King and Covenant, a study of 1K 22-23", Hermathena 124 (1978).
D.J. McCARTHY, "berit and Covenant in the Deuteronomistic History", [Studies in the Religion and History of Ancient Israel. VT 23 (1972)].
D.J. McCARTHY, "berit in Old Testament History and Theology", Bib 53 (1972).
D.J. McCARTHY, "2Sam 7 and the Structure of the Deuteronomistic History", JBL 84 (1965).
D.J. McCARTHY, "Covenant Relationships", [Questions disputées d'Ancien Testament, BETL 33, ed. C.H.W. Brekelmans, Leuven-Gembloux: 1974].
D.J. McCARTHY, "Prophets and Covenantal Community", Jeevadhara 11 (1981).
D.J. McCARTHY, "Moses' Dealings with Pharaoh", CBQ 27 (1965).
D.J. McCARTHY, "Notes on the Love of God in Deuteronomy and the Father-Son Relationship between Yahweh and Israel", CBQ 27 (1972) 144-147.
J.W. McKAY, "Man's Love for God in Deuteronomy and the Father/Teacher -- Son/Pupil Relationship", VT 22 (1972) 426-435.
J.L. McKENZIE, "The Dynastic Oracle: 2 Sam 7", ThSt 8 (1947) 187-218.
S.L. McKENZIE, H.N. WALLACE,"Covenant Themes in Malachi", CBQ 45:4 (1983).
W.L. MORAN, "The Ancient Near Eastern Background of the Love of God in Deuteronomy", CBQ 24 (1963).
W. MOST, "A Biblical Theology of Redemption in a Covenantal Framework", CBQ 29 (1959).
J. MUILENBURG, "The Form and Structure of the Covenantal Formulations", VT 9 (1959).
E.W. NICHOLSON, "The Covenant Ritual in Ex 24:3-8", VT 32 (1982).
E.W. NICHOLSON, "The Tradition in Exodus 24:9-11", VT 26 (1976).
E.W. NICHOLSON, "The Interpretation of Exodus 24:9-11", VT 24 (1974).
E. O'DOHERTY, "The Organic Development of Messianic Revelation", CBQ 19 (1957) 16-24.
F.C. PRUSSNER, "The Covenant of David and the Problem of the Unity in Old Testament Theology", [Transitions in Biblical Scholarship, ed. J.C. Rylaarsdam, Chicago: 1968].
G. QUELL, "diatheke, The Old Testament term berit", Theol. Dictionary of the Bible.
P.A. RIEMANN, "Covenant, Mosaic", [IDB, suppl. vol, Nashville: 1976].
J. SWETNAM, "Why was Jeremiah's new covenant new?", [Studies on Prophecy, VTSup 26 (1974)].
J. SWETNAM, "Diatheke in the Septuagint account of Sinai: A Suggestion", Bib 47 (1966).
M. TSEVAT, "The House of David in Nathan's Prophecy", Bib 46 (1965).
M. TSEVAT, "The Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian Vassal Oaths and the Prophet Ezekiel", JBL 78 (1959).
M. WEINFELD, "berith - Covenant vs Obligation", Bib 56 (1975).
M. WEINFELD, "Deuteronomy and the Present State of Inquiry", JBL 86 (1967).
M. WEINFELD, "Jeremiah and the Spiritual Metamorphis of Israel", ZAW 88 (1976).
C.F. WHITLEY, "Covenant and Commandment in Israel", JNES 22 (1963).
J. WIJNGAARDS, "Death and Resurrection in Covenantal Contexts (Hosea 6:2)", VT 17 (1967).

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