Pentateuch Criticism
EBooks about the Pentateuch
Barton, John, and John Muddiman. The Pentateuch. Oxford Bible Commentary.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010.
Ska, Jean Louis, and Pascale Dominique. Introduction to Reading the Pentateuch. Winona Lake,
Ind.: Eisenbrauns, 2006.
Studies in Hebrew Narrative and Poetry
Major Sets
The Anchor Bible. (also print: BS 192.2 .A1 v. 1-38 Reference Fl. 1)
A book-by-book translation and exegesis of the Hebrew Bible,
See especially:
Speiser, E. A. Genesis: Introduction, Translation, and Notes. New Haven & London:
The Anchor Yale Bible, 1974.
Propp, William H. C. Exodus 1–18: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary.
New Haven & London: The Anchor Yale Bible, 1999.
Propp, William H. C. Exodus 19–40: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary.
New York: The Anchor Yale Bible, 2006
Milgrom, Jacob. Leviticus 1–16: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary.
New York: The Anchor Yale Bible, 1991.
Milgrom, Jacob. Leviticus 17–22: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary.
New Haven & London: The Anchor Yale Bible, 2000.
Milgrom, Jacob. Leviticus 23–27: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary.
New Haven & London: The Anchor Yale Bible, 2001.
Levine, Baruch A. Numbers 1–20: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary.
New York: The Anchor Yale Bible, 1993.
Levine, Baruch A. Numbers 21–36: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary.
New York, New York: The Anchor Yale Bible, 2000
Weinfeld, Moshe. Deuteronomy 1–11: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary.
New Haven & London: The Anchor Yale Bible, 1974.
The New Interpreter’s Bible. BS 491.2 .N 484 1994 v. 1-12 Reference Fl. 1
Presents leading biblical scholarship through an in-depth commentary
on the complete Bible.
Search the Burke Library Online Catalog by Individual Book
Sample:
Brenner, Athalya. A Feminist Companion to Genesis. Sheffield Academic Press, 1999.
Brueggemann, Walter, Deuteronomy. Abingdon, 2001
Craigie, Peter. The Book of Deuteronomy. Eerdmans, 1976.
Douglas, Mary. Leviticus as Literature. Oxford, 1999.
Torah
The Torah : A Modern Commentary. New York: Union of American Hebrew Congregations, 1981.
BS 1225.3 .P55 1981 Reference, Fl. 1
Masoretic text (ATLA)
Samaritan Pentateuch (ATLA)
Pentateuch Criticism Jewish
EBooks about the Septuagint
Kabbalah
Kabbalistic interpretations of the Pentateuch
History of Pentateuch Criticism
Sample Journal Article Searches in ATLA
“Priestly” document (ATLA)
“Documentary” hypothesis (ATLA)
“Yahwist” (ATLA)
Sample Pentateuch Ebooks
Sample Journals
Skolnik, Fred, and Michael Berenbaum. Encyclopedia Judaica. Detroit: Macmillan Reference, 2007.
Use “Tools” to search within the text
Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament. Revised ed. Edited by G. Johannes Botterweck
and Helmer Ringgren. Eerdmans, 1977-. 12 vols. BS440 .B5713 1977 Reference, Fl. 1
Dictionary and semantic analysis of words and synonyms in Old Testament and Rabbinic
literature.
Pritchard, James B. Ancient Near Eastern Texts: Relating to the Old Testament. 3rd ed.
Princeton : Princeton University Press, 1969. BS1180 .P83 1992 Reference, Fl. 1
Brings together important historical, legal, mythological, liturgical, and secular texts of the
ancient Near East, to provide a contextual base for understanding the people, cultures, and
literature of the Old Testament.
Torah
Torah: The Five Books of Moses. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America, 1963.
BS 1223 1963, Fl 2.
Talmud
Neusner, Jacob. The Reader's Guide to the Talmud. Leiden: Brill, 2001.
Additional sources about the Talmud
Midrash, etc.
Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism. Leiden: Brill.
Hammer, Reuven. The Classic Midrash: Tannaitic Commentaries on the Bible.
New York: Paulist Press, 1995. BM 512 .C56 1995 Reference, Fl. 1
Additional sources about the Midrash
Brenner-Idan, Athalya. A Feminist Companion to Genesis. London: Bloomsbury, 1998.
Cook, Joan E. Genesis. New Collegeville Bible Commentary. Old Testament, vol. 2.
Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 2011.
Brenner-Idan, Athalya, ed. Exodus to Deuteronomy. The Feminist Companion to the Bible.
Sheffield, England: Sheffield Academic Press, 2000.
Topics
Kvam, Kristen E, Linda S Schearing, and Valarie H Ziegler. Eve and Adam : Jewish, Christian,
and Muslim Readings on Genesis and Gender. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1999.
