Bibliography[1],[2]

 

Histories of Ancient Israel & the Old Testament

 

Ahlstrom, Gosta. Ancient Palestine: A Historical Introduction. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2002. 0800635728.

 

------. The History of Ancient Palestine. Minneapolis: Augsburg/Fortress, 1993. The most up-to-date of the major histories of ancient Israel though affected by the author's unconventional opinions and perspectives. Rice Library DS117 .A38 1993.

 

Bright, John. A History of Israel. Fourth ed. Introduction and Appendix by William Brown. Philadelphia: Westminster John Knox, 2000. Standard of the last generation, heir of the Albright school. HGST 933 Bri (1st ed.). Rice Library DS121 .B72 1972 (2d ed.).

 

Kaiser, Walter. A History of Israel: From the Bronze Age Through the Jewish Wars. Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 1998.

 

Liverani, Mario. Israel's History and the History of Israel. Trans. C. Peri and P. R. Davies. Equinox, 2005. An elegant example of the method that reads the historical texts of the Bible to uncover ideological bias.

 

Mathews, Victor H. A Brief History of Ancient Israel. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2002. Moderately critical review of major issues regarding the study of the history of Isael.

 

Merrill, Eugene. Kingdom of Priests: A History of Old Testament Israel. Baker, 1987. Evangelical and conservative.

 

Miller, J. Maxwell, and John. A History of Ancient Israel and Judah. Hayes .Philadelphia: Westminster/John Knox,1986. Rice Library DS 117 .M6 1986. The critical alternative to Albright.

 

Miller, Robert D., II. Chieftains of the Highland Clans: A History of Israel in the Twelfth and Eleventh Centuries B.C. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2005.

 

Provan, Iain, V. Philips Long, and Tremper Longman III. A Biblical History of Israel. Westminster John Knox, 2003. An Evangelical historiography.

 

Shanks, Hershel, ed. Ancient Israel. From Abraham to the Roman Destruction of the Temple. Revised edition. Biblical Archaeology Society, 1999. Popular writing with each chapter written by one or two experts in the field.

 

Soggin, J. Alberto. An Introduction to the History of Israel and Judah. Valley Forge, PA: Trinity Press International, 1993. Rice Library DS117 .S64213 1993.This is a classic liberal interpretation of Israel's history that represents an important synthesis of Continental scholarship.

 

 

Theological and Historiographical Works

 

Arnold, Bill T., and H. G. M Williamson, ed. Dictionary of the Old Testament Books. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2005. ISBN #0830817824,

 

Auld, A. Graeme. Reflection and Refraction: Studies in Biblical Historiography in Honour of A. Graeme Auld. Supplements to Vetus Testamentum, 113. Boston: Brill, 2007. Rice BS413 .V45 v.113.

 

Banks, Diane. Writing the History of Israel. New York: T & T Clark, 2006.

 

Blekinsopp, Joseph. A History of Prophecy in Israel. Revised ed. Philadelphia: Westminster John Knox, 1996.

 

Bloch-Smith, Elizabeth, and Beth Alpert Nakhai. “A Landscape Comes to Life: The Iron Age I.” Near Eastern Archaeology 62, no. 2 (June 1999): 62-92, 102-127. A fairly brief overview of the archaeological data  surrounding the issue of the beginnings of ancient Israel. HGST Journal Stacks.

 

Brettler, Marc Zvi. The Creation of History in Ancient Israel. London and New York: Routledge, 1998 [1995]. Rice: BS1197 .B756 1995.

 

Brueggemann, Walter. David’s Truth in Israel’s Imagination & Memory. Second edition. Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 2002. ISBN #0800634616.

 

------. The Land: Place As Gift, Promise, and Challenge in Biblical Faith. Second Edition. Overtures to Biblical Theology. Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 2002. ISBN #0800634624.

 

------. Power, Providence & Personality: Biblical Insight Into Life and Ministry.  Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1990. ISBN #0664251382.

 

------. Solomon: Israel’s ironic icon of human achievement. University of South Carolina Press, 2005. ISBN #1570035784.

 

------. Testimony to Otherwise: The Witness of Elijah and Elisha. St. Louis: Chalice Press, 2001. ISBN #0827236409.

 

Burns, R. M. Historiography: Critical Concepts in Historical Studies. Five Volumes. New York: Routledge, 2006. Rice D13 .H569 2006 v.1-5.

 

Cross, Frank Moore. Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1973. A variety of essays on matters relating to the history of ancient Israel.

 

------. From Epic to Canon: History and Literature in Ancient Israel. Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press, 1998. A collection of essays on several important issues relating to the history of Israel, including covenant, traditions, tabernacle, and restoration.

 

Dever, William G. What Did the Biblical Writers Know and When Did They Know It? What Archaeology Can Tell Us about the Reality of Ancient Israel. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2001. Polemical but useful survey of biblical historiography and postmodern interpretations.

 

Finkelstein, Israel. The Archaeology of the Israelite Settlement. Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society, 1988. Rice Library DS111 .F5513 1988.  Comprehensive view of archaeological surveys relative to conquest/settlement issues.

 

------ and N. Na’aman, ed. From Nomadism to Monarchy: Archaeological and Historical Aspects of Early Israel. Washington: Biblical Archaeology Society, 1994. Rice Library DS111.A2 F76 1994. Essays on almost every detail of the conquest & rise of ancient Israel as a people.

 

Goldingay, John. Old Testament Theology. Volume One. Israel's Gospel. InterVarsity Press, 2003; Volume Two. Israel's Faith. Downer’s Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2006. Evangelical and readable survey of the theological message of the narrative books of the Old Testament. Volume two considers major theological themes related to God, Israel and the nations.

 

Hess, R. S., and G. Wenham, eds. Zion, City of Our God. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1999. History, religion, and theology of Jerusalem as revealed in the variety of Old Testament literature.

 

Kofoed, Jens Bruun. Text and History: Historiography and the Study of the Biblical Text. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2005. Rice BS480 .K53 2005.

 

Liverani, Mario. Myth and Politics in Ancient Near Eastern Historiography. London: Equinox, 2004. Rice DS62.2 .L58 2004.

 

Long, V. Philips. The Art of Biblical History. Foundations of Contemporary Interpretation vol. 5. Zondervan, 1994. The balance of historicity, literary art, and theology in the history writing of the Old Testament.

 

------, ed. Israel's Past in Present Research: Essays on Ancient Israelite Historiography. SBTS 7. Eisenbrauns, 1999. A variety of experts contribute essays on the writing and interpretation of historical data relating to the major Old Testament periods and genres.

 

Malamat, Abraham. The History of Biblical Israel. Leiden: Brill, 2001. A collection of essays and articles by Malamat on a variety of topics related to the history of ancient Israel.

 

Matthews, Victor H., and Don C. Benjamin. Social World of Ancient Israel: 1250-587 BCE. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1993. A brief look at social structures in ancient Israel.

 

Millard, Alan R., James K. Hoffmeier, and David W. Baker, eds. Faith, Tradition, and History: Old Testament Historiography in Its Near Eastern Context. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 1994. Rice Library BS1197 .F34 1994. Important articles on the methods and interpretation of various Old Testament passages in the light of ancient Near Eastern comparisons.

 

Mills, Mary. Joshua to Kings: History, Story, Theology. T&T Clark Approaches to Biblical Studies. London: T&T Clark, 2006. [First published in 1999 as Historical Israel, Biblical Israel.]

 

Nelson, Richard D. The Historical Books. Interpreting Biblical Texts. Nashville: Abingdon, 1998. ISBN #0687008433.

 

Perdue, Leo G., et al. Families in Ancient Israel. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 1997. Rice Library BS1199 F32 F36 1997. A specific look at the role and structure of family life in ancient Israel.

 

Romer, Thomas, ed. The Future of the Deuteronomistic History. Leuven-Louvain : Leuven University Press, 2000. Rice BS1286.5 .F87 2000.

 

Satterthwaite, Philip E., Richard S. Hess, and Gordon J. Wenham, eds. The Lord's Anointed: Interpretation of Old Testament Messianic Texts. Baker and Paternoster, 1995. A current assessment of the exegesis of key Old Testament texts.

 

Thiele, Edwin Richard. A Chronology of the Hebrew Kings. 2nd ed., Zondervan, 1983. Remains the most convincing interpretation of the chronology of the monarchy.

 

------. The Mysterious Numbers of the Hebrew Kings. Rev. ed. Grand Rapids:  Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1965. Rice BS637.2 .T45 1983. HGST 221 .9 Thi.

 

Tucker, Aviezer. Our Knowledge of the Past: A Philosophy of Historiography. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004. Rice D13 .T85 2004.

 

Van Seters, John. In Search of History: Historiography in the Ancient World and the Origins of Biblical History. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1983. Rice DS62.2 .V35 1983.

 

------. Rethinking the Foundations: Historiography in the Ancient World and in the Bible: Essays in Honour of John Van Seters. Edited by Steven L. McKenzie and Thomas Römer in collaboration with Hans Heinrich Schmid. New York: Walter de Gruyter, 2000. Rice BS1197 .R48 2000.

 

Von Rad, G. Old Testament Theology. 2 vols. Harper and Row, 1962-65. Salvation history approach that tries to explain how Israelites did theology.

 

 

Commentaries & Works on Individual Biblical Books/Issues

 

Joshua

 

Albright, William F., "The Israelite Conquest of Canaan in the Light of Archaeology." Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 74 (1939), 11-23.

 

Boling, Robert G.  Joshua: A New Translation with Notes and Commentary. Introduction by G. Ernest Wright.  Anchor Bible, vol. 6.  Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1982. A great deal of archaeological information, but needs to be updated. Rice Library BS192.2 .A1 1964 .G3 v.6. Houston Public Library 222.2 B582.

 

Bright, John. "Joshua, Introduction and Exegesis." The Interpreter's Bible. Vol. 2. Nashville:  Abingdon, 1953. Rice Library BS491 .I65. HGST R 220.77 Int V.2.

 

Butler, T. Joshua. Word Biblical Commentary. Dallas: Word, 1983. Emphasis on literary critical aspects of the text as a Deuteronomistic work.

 

Gray, John. Joshua, Judges, and Ruth. New Century Bible. London: Oliphants, 1977.

 

Hess, R. S. Joshua: An Introduction and Commentary. Tyndale Old Testament Commentary. Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press, 1996. Integrates recent archaeological discoveries and literary analysis. Evangelical. Rice Library BS1295.3 .H47 1996.

 

Howard, David M., Jr. Joshua. The New American Commentary. Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 1998.

 

Keil, Carl Friedrich, and Franz Delitzsch. Joshua, Judges, Ruth. Vol. 2, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament.  (Engl. trans., 1950). HGST R 221.7 Kei V.2.

 

Nelson, Richard D. Joshua. Old Testament Library. Philadelphia: Westminster/John Knox, 1997. Joshua as the product of Deuteronomistic redaction. Rice Library BS1295.3 .N45 1997.

 

Rast, Walter E.  Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings.  Proclamation Commentaries. Philadelphia:  Fortress Press, 1978. Rice Library BS1286.5 .R37.

 

Soggin, J. Alberto.  Joshua. Trans. by R. A. Wilson. The Old Testament Library. Philadelphia:  Westminster Press, 1972. Rice Library BS1295.3 .S613.

 

Woudstra, M. H. The Book of Joshua. The New International Commentary on the Old Testament.  Grand Rapids, MI:  William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1981. Evangelical, regards the narrative as historical. Rice Library BS1295.3 .W68.

 

 

Judges

 

Ackerman, Susan. Warrior, Dancer, Seductress, Queen: Women in Judges and Biblical Israel. New York: Doubleday, 1998. HGST  222 .3206 Ack.

 

Boling, Robert G. Judges: A New Translation with Notes and Commentary. Anchor Bible, vol. 6A. Garden City, N.Y.:  Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1975. Emphasizes the traditions behind the text and places many of them in the pre-Monarchy period. Rice Library BS192.2 .A1 1964 .G3 v.6A.

 

Burney, Charles F. The Book of Judges. Second ed. London:  Rivingtons, 1930; reprinted with Prolegomenon by W. F. Albright, New York:  KTAV, 1970. Rice Library BS1305.3 .B5 1970.

 

Cundall, Arthur E. and Leon Morris. Judges & Ruth: An Introduction and Commentary. Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries, vol. 7.  Downers Grove, IL:  Inter-Varsity Press, 1968. Rice Library BS1305.3 .C8.  Houston Public Library 222.3 C972.

 

Lindars, Barnabas. Judges 1-5. The International Critical Commentary. Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1995. The beginnings of a new ICC stopped by the author's untimely death, this work surveys a breadth of modern scholarship and closely studies the text criticism of the book.

 

Martin, James D. The Book of Judges: A Commentary. The Cambridge Bible Commentary: New English Bible. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1975. Rice Lib. BS1305.3 .M37 1975. HGST R 221.7 Cam V.7.

 

McKenzie, John L.  The World of the Judges. Backgrounds to the Bible Series. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.:  Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1966. Rice Library BS1295.2 .M3. Houston Public Library 222.3 M157.

 

Moore, George Foote.  Judges.  International Critical Commentary.  Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1895. Rice Library BS1305 .M8 1895. HGST 222.32 0520 9 Moo.

 

Schneider, Tammi J. Judges. Berit Olam: Studies in Hebrew Narrative & Poetry. Michael Glazier, 2000.

 

Soggin, J. Alberto. Judges; A Commentary.  Trans. John Bowden. Old Testament Library; Philadelphia:  The Westminster Press, 1981, 1987. Rice Library BS1305.3 .S6313 1987. Houston Public Library 222.32 S682.

 

 

Ruth

 

Bush, Frederic. Ruth, Esther. Word Biblical Commentary. Dallas: Word, 1996. An Evangelical scholar of the Bible and Ancient Near East brings his knowledge to these two books.

 

Campbell, Edward F., Jr.  Ruth. Anchor Bible, vol. 7. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1975. Rice Library BS192.2 .A1.

 

Enns, Paul P.  Ruth.  Bible Study Commentary.  Grand Rapids, MI:  Zondervan Publishing House, 1982.

 

Hals, Ronald M.  The Theology of the Book of Ruth.  Facet Books. Philadelphia:  Fortress Press, 1966.

 

Hubbard, Robert L., Jr. The Book of Ruth. New International Commentary on the Old Testament. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1988. A balanced and thorough study with an appreciation of literary criticism from an Evangelical perspective.

 

Nielsen, Kirsten. Ruth. Old Testament Library. Philadelphia: Westminster/John Knox, 1997. The only major English language commentary on Ruth written by a woman with a special interest in intertextuality. Rice Library BS1315.3 .N54 1997.

 

Sasson, Jack M. Ruth: A New Translation with a Philological Commentary and a Formalist-Folklorist Interpretation. 2d ed. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1989. An ancient Near Eastern specialist examines this book. Rice Library BS1313 1979.

 

 

1 & 2 Samuel

 

Ackroyd, Peter Runham.  The First Book of Samuel.  Cambridge Bible Commentary on the New English Bible.  London: Cambridge University Press, 1971. Rice Library BS1325.3 .A33 1977.

 

Anderson, A.A. 2 Samuel. Word Biblical Commentary. Dallas: Word, 1989. Considers the historical context as one in which David and Solomon are presented as rightful occupants of the throne in Jerusalem.

 

Arnold, Bill T. 1 & 2 Samuel. NIV Application Commentary. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2003. Fine exposition of biblical text with helpful applications. Evangelical.

 

Bergen, R. D. 1 and 2 Samuel. New American Commentary. Nashville: Broadman and Holman, 1996. Evangelical reflecting a knowledge of the Hebrew and modern linguistics.

 

Blaikie, William Garden. The First and Second Books of Samuel.  The Expositor's Bible.  New York:  Armstrong, 1888.

 

Campbell, Anthony F. 1 Samuel and 2 Samuel. Forms of Old Testament Literature. Vols. 7 and 8. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2003 and 2005. Form-critical analysis that attempts to identify the genre, setting, and literary features of the narratives.

 

Driver, Samuel Rolles.  Notes on the Hebrew Text and Typography of the Books of Samuel.  Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1913.

 

 Evans, Mary. 1 and 2 Samuel. New International Biblical Commentary. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2000. Comments on sections and paragraphs, followed by more detailed endnotes. Evangelical.

 

Fokkelman, J. P. Narrative Art and Poetry in the Books of Samuel: A Full Interpretation Based on Stylistic and Structural Analyses. 4 vols. Van Gorcum, 1981-1993. More than two thousand pages of careful literary analysis of the books of Samuel. Rice Library BS1325.2 .F65 1981.

 

Gordon, R. P. 1 and 2 Samuel. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1986. Evangelical historical and grammatical study of the book.

 

Halpern, Baruch. David's Secret Demons. Messiah, Murderer, Traitor, King. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2001. A biblical historian takes a critical look at the text and its chief human character.

 

Hertzberg, Hans Wilhelm.  I & II Samuel: A Commentary.  Trans. John  Bowden. Old Testament Library. Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1964.  Houston Public Library 222.4 H576.

 

Klein, R.W. 1 Samuel. Word Biblical Commentary. Dallas: Word, 1983. A commentary concerned with the final form of the text.

 

Mauchline, John. 1 & 2 Samuel. New Century Bible. London: Oliphants, 1971. Rice Library BS1325.3 .M38.

 

McCarter, P. Kyle, Jr.  I Samuel; A New Translation with Notes and Commentary. , vol. 8.  Garden City, NY:  Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1980. Rice Library BS192.2 .A1. Houston Public Library 222.43 B582.

 

------.  II Samuel: A New Translation with Notes and Commentary. Anchor Bible, vol. 9.  Garden City, N.Y.:  Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1984. Rice Library BS192.2 .A1. Houston Public Library 222.44 B582.

 

McKane, William. I and II Samuel.  Torch Bible Commentaries.  London:  SCM Press, Ltd., 1963. Rice Library BS1325.3 .M32.

 

Tsumura, David T. The First Book of Samuel. New International Commentary on the OT. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2007. Takes seriously the Hebrew text with strong grammatical, literary, and cultural insights. Evangelical.

 

 

I & II Kings

 

Brueggemann, Walter. 1 & 2 Kings. Smith & Helwys Commentary. Smith & Helwys, 2000. Mid-level commentary with helpful sidebars and accompanying CD-Rom. “Connections” section designed to stimulate theological reflection.

 

Cogan, Mordechai. I Kings. Anchor Bible. New York: Doubleday, 2000. Thorough discussion of the textual, critical, and archaeological problems and data.

 

Cogan, M., and H. Tadmor. II Kings. Anchor Bible. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1988. Essential discussion of the Assyrian context of Judah during the latter period of the Monarchy and especially the time of Hezekiah. Rice library BS192.2 .A1.

 

DeVries, Simon J. 1 Kings. Word Biblical Commentary. Dallas: Word, 1985. Useful Evangelical commentary written without apology for the difficulties in the book.

 

Ellul, Jacques. The Politics of God and the Politics of Man. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1972. HGST 222 .5407 Ell

 

Farrar, Frederic William. The First and Second Books of Kings.  The Expositor's Bible.  Two volumes. New York: Armstrong, 1892-3. HGST 222.53 06 Far/ 222.54 06 Far

 

Fretheim, Terence. First and Second Kings. Westminster Bible Companion. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 1999. Rice Library BS1335.3 .F74 1999.

 

Gray, John. I & II Kings. Old Testament Library. 2d ed. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1970.

 

Hobbs, T. R. 2 Kings. Word Biblical Commentary. Dallas: Word, 1985. Evangelical literary and theological interepretation of 2 Kings.

 

House, P. R. 1 and 2 Kings. New American Commentary. Nashville: Broadman and Holman, 1995. Evangelical theological and literary synthesis of recent approaches.

 

Jones, G. H. 1 and 2 Kings. 2 Volumes. New Century Bible. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1984. Historical and textual criticism dominate the concerns of these volumes.

 

Long, Burke O. 1 Kings. Forms of Old Testament Literature. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1984. A study of the genres and literary forms used in the book.

 

------. 2 Kings. Forms of Old Testament Literature. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1991.

 

Montgomery, James Alan.  A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Books of Kings.  International Critical Commentary.  Edinburgh:  T. & T. Clark, 1951. Rice Library BS1335.3 .M6.

 

Nelson, R. First and Second Kings. Interpretation. Philadelphia: Westminster/John Knox, 1987.

 

Provan, Iain W. 1 and 2 Kings. New International Biblical Commentary. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1995. Evangelical literary reading of the text.

 

Welch, Adam Cleghorn. Kings and Prophets of Israel. London:  Lutterworth Press, 1952. Rice Library BS1171 .W46 1952.

 

Wiseman, Donald. 1 & 2 Kings. Tyndale Old Testament Commentary. Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press, 1993.

 

 

I & II Chronicles

 

Ackroyd, Peter Runham. I and II Chronicles. Torch Bible Commentaries. London: SCM Press, Ltd., 1973. HGST R 220.7 Tor V.7.

 

Braun, R. 1 Chronicles. Word Biblical Commentary. Dallas: Word, 1986. An Evangelical contribution with appreciation of the historical worth of the text.

 

Dillard, R.B. II Chronicles. Word Biblical Commentary. Dallas: Word, 1987. Similar to Braun for 1 Chronicles, with appreciation of Williamson's work in several cases.

 

Graham, M. Patrick, and Steven L. McKenzie, ed. The Chronicler as Author: Studies in Text and Texture. JSOT Supplement Series 263, ed. David J. A. Clines, et al. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1999.

 

Graham, M. Patrick, K. G. Hoglund, and Steven L. McKenzie, ed. The Chronicler as Historian. JSOT Supplement Series 238, ed. David J. A. Clines, et al. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1997.

 

Hill, Andrew E. 1 & 2 Chronicles. NIV Application Commentary. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2003. Comprehensive engagement with oft-neglected books with a careful eye to contemporary relevance. Evangelical.

 

Japhet, Sara. I & II Chronicles. Old Testament Library. Philadelphia: Westminster/John Knox, 1993. A detailed theological commentary that is sensitive to Chronicles as history. Rice Library BS1345.3 .J374 1993.

 

Keil, Carl Friedrich. Biblical Commentary on the Books of the Chronicles. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1872. HGST R 221.7 Kei V.

 

Myers, Jacob M. I Chronicles: Introduction, Translation, and Notes. Anchor Bible, vol. 12.  Garden City, NY:  Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1965; Second ed. Rice Library BS192.2 .A1. Houston Public Library 222.63 B582 2ed. HGST R 220.66 Anc.

 

------. II Chronicles; Translation, and Notes. Anchor Bible, vol. 13. Garden City, NY:  Doubleday & Company, Inc., c. 1965. Rice Library BS192.2 .A1.  Houston Public Library 222.6 B582 v. 13.  HGST R 220.66 Anc.

 

Selman, Martin J. 1 Chronicles. 2 Chronicles. 2 vols. Tyndale Old Testament Commentary. Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 1994. Evangelical study with special emphasis upon the theological significance and application.

 

Thompson, John A. 1 and 2 Chronicles. New American Commentary. Nashville: Broadman and Holman, 1995. Evangelical appreciation of the books as historically reliable.

 

Williamson, H.G.M. Israel in the Book of Chronicles. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1977.

 

------. 1 and 2 Chronicles. New Century Bible. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1982. Presents the books as basically historical with creative development for theological purposes.


[1] Most of the annotations are from M. Daniel Carroll R., Hélène Dallaire, and Richard S. Hess, “Annotated Old Testament Bibliography,” Denver Journal 2 (1999). Internet site http://www.denverseminary.edu /dj/articles2007/0100/0101.

[2] Note the call numbers for libraries. The * before an entry denotes that this book is available for library use only on Reserve. (It belongs to the professor.)