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Last updated: June 21, 2008
Pentateuch in General Genesis (on separate page) Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy
PowerPoint Lectures on the Pentateuch by Ralph W. Klein
Pentateuch in
General
Last updated June 21, 2008
Berossus and Genesis, Manetho
and Exodus: Hellenistic Histories and the Date of the Pentateuch. By Russell
E. Gmirkin. Review by Joyce Rilett Wood in
Journal of Hebrew Scriptures
The Bible with Sources
Revealed: A New View into the Five Books of Moses. By Richard
Elliott Friedman. Review by Christoph
Levin in Review of Biblical Literature.
The Brick Testament.
Brendan Powell Smith illustrates biblical stories using Lego bricks. Hm.
Colorful
Logos for the Book of Genesis. Days of creation; Jacob's 12 sons.
Commentary
on the Weekly Torah Portions. Jewish comments on their
lectionary. Thanks to Elmer Hanneberg for this site.
A Critique of the Primary History,
Genesis-Kings being a Hellenistic Creation of the Hasmoneans. By Walter
Reinhold Warttig Mattfield y de la Torre.
The Divine Symphony:
The Bible's Many Voices. By Israel Knohl. Review by
Richard S. Briggs in Review of Biblical
Literature.
Ethnicity In,
With, or Under the Pentateuch. By F. V. Greifenhagen. Journal
of Religion and Society 3 (2001).
A Farewell to the
Yahwist? The Composition of the Pentateuch in Recent European
Interpretation. Edited by Thomas B. Dozeman and Konrad Schmid.
Review by J. Harold Ellens in Review of
Biblical Literature.
Historical
Issues in the Pentateuch. By John McDermott. Published by
Bible and Interpretation website.
ITanakh: Resources for Study. Much on
the Pentateuch, but also great links for the rest of the Old Testament and many
features of the Ancient Near East.
JEDP:
Sources in the Pentateuch. By Dennis Bratcher.
Legends
of the Jews. By Louis Ginzberg 4 volumes.
"The
Message of P." By Ralph W. Klein. From Festschrift for Hans
Walter Wolff
Linguistic Evidence for the
Pre-Exilic Date of the Yahwist Source. By Richard M. Wright.
2005. Review by Christoph Levin in
Review of Biblical Literature.
Making Wise the Simple:
The Torah in Christian Faith and Practice. By Johanna W. H. van
Wijk-Bos. Review by Albert Hogeterp in
Review of Biblical Literature.
Models for the Composition of the Pentateuch. By Ralph W. Klein.
Reviews developments over the last forty years.
The
Pentateuch in the Twentieth Century by Ernest Nicholson. Reviews by
Benjamin Sommer and James W. Watts
in Review of Biblical Literature
The Place of the Law in the
Religion of Ancient Israel. By Moshe Weinfeld. Review by
Eckart Otto in Review of Biblical
Literature. Weinfeld argues that P antedates D. See also review
by Patrick D. Miller in JBL 125, 3, 570-573.
Primary
History (Genesis--2 Kings), An Exilic Composition of 562-561 BCE? By
Walter Mattfeld.
Primary
History (Genesis--2 Kings), The Case for a Single Author. By Walter
Mattfeld
Reading
Genesis: A Jewish Approach by David Blumenthal.
Reading
the Old Testament: An Introduction to the Hebrew Bible. By Barry
L. Bandstra of Hope College
"Regulating 'Sons' and 'Daughters in the Torah and in Proverbs: some
Preliminary Insights." By Athalya Brenner. Journal of Hebrew
Scriptures 5. Rejoinder by Francis Landy.
Rethinking the Pentateuch:
Prolegomena to the Theology of Ancient Israel, By Antony F. Campbell
and Mark A. O'Brien. Reviews by Thomas
Dozeman and Thomas Römer in Review of
Biblical Literature and by Lissa M. Wray Beal
in Journal of Hebrew Scriptures.
Rhetorical
Strategy in the Composition of the Pentateuch. By James W. Watts.
JSOT 68 (1995) 3-22.
Source Criticism. By Ronald A. Simkins
Sources in the Pentateuch. Copyright 2005 by Christian Resource
Institute and written by Dennis Bratcher
Tanach
Study Center. Designed to provide students of the Torah with a
structured learning program for self-study of Torah.
The Pentateuch. By Dr. M. D. Magee.
The Torah:
A Modern Commentary. Notes on the revised standard Jewish Translation
by David Stein.
Torah
Study Opportunities on the Net. Also opportunities for studying
the Talmud.
Wellhausen
Goes to Yale. A review by Christopher Seitz of the Book of J, written
by Harold Bloom.
"What Happened to the 'Yahwist'?
Reflections after Thirty Years. By Rolf
Rendtorff in 2006; Response to Rolf Rendtorff's "What Happened to the 'Yahwist'?
Reflections after Thirty Years. By David J.
A. Clines. From SBL Forum, 2006. Response to Clines by
Allan Rosengren.
When
Memory is Hope Theology of the Priestly Document by Ralph W. Klein
from Israel in Exile
Last updated: June 21, 2008
Ambiguous Relations:
Priests, Sisters, and Strange Women in the Moses Narrative. By Claudia
Camp. SBL Annual Meeting 2001.
An Argument of the Book of
Exodus. By David Malick. Narrative summary/outline of the book.
Archaeology and the Exodus.
By Rabbi Ken Spiro. Argues
against another rabbi who denied the historicity of the Exodus.
"Back
to the Future: The Tabernacle in the Book of Exodus." By
Ralph W. Klein
Chronicles and Exodus: An
Analogy and its Application. By William Johnstone. Review from
RBL by Mark Boda.
Code of Hammurabi.
Translated by L. W. King 1915.
Another copy
of King translation plus commentary by Charles Horne in 1915.
Still another copy of
King translation.
The Commentators' Bible: The JPS Miqra'ot: Exodus.
Edited by Michael Carasik. Review by Adele
Berlin in Review of Biblical Literature.
Covenant. By Robert I. Bradshaw
Dancing and
Shining at Sinai: Playing the Man in Exodus 32-34. By David J.
A. Clines.
Date
of the Exodus. Study of two contrasting views by Dennis R. Bratcher.
The
Dating of the Exodus. By Steve Parry
The
Decalogue in Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5: A Synopsis by Ralph W. Klein
Early Jewish and Christian
Memories of Moses' Wives: Exogamist Marriage and Ethnic Identity. By Karen
Strand Winslow. Review by Amelia Devin Freedman
in Review of Biblical Literature.
Etched in Stone: The
Emergence of the Decalogue. By David H. Aaron Review by
Reinhard Achenbach in Review of Biblical
Literature and by
T. R. Hobbs
in Journal of Hebrew Scriptures.
Ethnicity, Exogamy, and Zipporah. By Karen Strand Winslow. SBL
Annual Meeting 2001.
Exodus 14:
Parting the Red Sea. Critical Methods and Exodus 14. By Tiffany
Aperwhite, Korena Griffin, Precious McGregor, and Natalie Turner.
Exodus
20:20-33 and the "War of Yahweh." By Hans Ausloos. Biblica
80 (1999):555-563.
Exodus:
Deliverance and Covenant
From Reading the Old Testament by Barry L.
Bandstra.
The Exodus from Egypt: Reality or Illusion (Exodus 1-15). By
Pnina Galpaz-Feller. Reviewed by Pamela
Barmash in Review of Biblical Literature
Exodus Memories of Southern Sinai. By Walter
Mattfeld.
Exodus on the Light Side Satirical;
mildly humorous
"The Failure of the Hero: Moses as a Model for Ministry." By George W.
Coats.
The Feminine Touch in the Legend of Moses. By Charles David Isbell
Fifth
Commandment Explained. A sermon by Martin Luther in 1523. Sixth
Sunday after Trinity. Matt 5:20-26.
Hammurabi's
Law Code L. W. King translation
How
Reliable is Exodus? By Alan R. Millard
"Hzq, Kbd,
Qšh Lēb, The Hardening of
Pharaoh's Heart in Exodus 4-15:21: Seen Negatively in the Bible but
Favorably in Egyptian Sources." By Nili Shupak.
Is Mount Horeb (Mt. Sinai) Jebel Arribeh by
St. Catherine's or Mount Timna`? By Walter Mattfeld
Jacob's
Family Goes to Egypt. A Text-critical study of Exod 1:1-5 by Andrew E.
Steinmann. TC 2 (1997)
A Law Book for the Diaspora: Revision in
the Study of the Covenant Code. By John Van Seters. Reviewed
by Eckart Otto in Review of Biblical Literature.
Laws
dealing with Sex and Sexual Crimes in Assyria. These particular laws
show extreme gender bias and insensitivity.
Legend
of Sargon of Akkad Offers a parallel to
the story of the birth of Moses.
Sargon
Legend: Another Translation
Lex Talionis in Exod 21:22-25: Its Origin
and Context. By Yung Suk Kim. Journal of Hebrew Scriptures
Liberated
by Law: Reflections on the Revised Common Lectionary Series A. By
Penny Yoder.
The Living
Commandments. By John Shelby Spong. New York: Seabury
Press,
1977
Law, Love, and Redemption:
Legal Connotations in the Language of Exodus 6:6-8. By Isaac B. Gottlieb.
JANES 1998.
Making a Case for a Technological
Interpretation of the Parting of the Sea in Exodus. By Morris Silver.
Metamorphosis of a Ferocious Pharaoh.
By Ph. Guillaume. Article in Biblica
Miriam--From Prophet to Leper. By Ita Shers and Anne K. Blau
Moses,
Aaron, and Miriam--A Jewish Understanding.
Moses and God in
Dialogue: Exodus 32-34 in Postbiblical Literature. By Karla R.
Suomala. Review by Thomas B. Dozeman
in Review of Biblical Literature
Moses and the
Reel Exodus. Andrew Tooze. Journal of Religion and Film.
Reviews four films.
Moses and
the Ten Commandments. By Gary Greenberg. A comparison of the
Decalogue and the Ritual Decalogue from the book 101 Myths of the Bible.
Moses as Abandoned Hero. By Nahum Sarna. Reprinted from the JPS
Torah Commentary: Exodus
Moses Gets the Nod, Then Exits. A poem by David Steele.
Theology Today 41.3 (1984).
Moses
Mystery: The African Origins of the Jewish People. First chapter
of a new book by Gary Greenberg
The Moses
Myth, Beyond Biblical History. By Brian Britt. Bible and
Interpretation website.
The Non-Egyptian Origins of Israel's Golden
Calf Worship. By Walter Mattfeld.
Origin and Transformation of the Ancient Israelite Festival Calendar. (Exod
23:14-19; 34:18-26; Deut 16:1-17). By Jan A. Wagenaar. Review by
Thomas Hieke in Review of Biblical
Literature.
Outline
of Exodus. By Robert Dunston
"Preaching Old Testament Law to New Testament Christians." Daniel I.
Block. JHiphil.
Rewriting Moses: The
Narrative Eclipse of the Text. By Brian Britt. Reviews by
Mark Mcentire and
George Savran in Review of Biblical Literature.
The Route of the Exodus as
Envisaged by the 562 BCE Exilic Narrator. By Walter Reinhold Warttig
Mattfeld y de la Torre.
Sabbath
Observance in the Worship Lives of Christian Communities. A short
essay by Ralph W. Klein
The Song of the Sea: The Date of
Composition and the Influence of Exodus 15:1-21. Review by
Shawn W. Flynn in Journal of Hebrew
Scriptures
Sources
JEDP in Exodus. A table by Ralph W. Klein showing how verses are assigned to the
sources.
Tabernacle
Home Page The purpose of the following pages is to describe the
layout, structure and furnishings of the Tabernacle and to relate these pictures
from the book of Exodus (the second book of the Bible) to the Lord Jesus Christ
in the New Testament.
Tabernacle Model
From Bible Places.com
Tar Baby and
Womanist Theology.
By Karen Baker-Fletcher of Christian
Theological Seminary
The Ten
Commandments: The Reciprocity of Faithfulness. Ed. By William P.
Brown. Review by Bob Becking,
Ralph K. Hawkins, and
William Johnstone in RBL.
Translating
Exodus William H. C. Propp, the author of the Anchor Bible commentary
on Exodus shares his views on translating this book. Bible and
Interpretation Website.
Walking Through the Bible--Exodus.
Aimed at a (conservative) congregation; will help with outline and basic
content.
Xodus
Musings: Reflections on Womanist Tar Baby Theology. By Garth
Baker-Fletcher.
The Yahwist Perspective in
Exodus. By Tim L. Smith
"'You
Shall not Abhor an Edomite, for He is your Brother': The Tradition of Esau
and the Edomite Genealogies from an Anthropological Perspective." By
Juan Manuel Tebes. Journal of Hebrew Scriptures.
"You Shall Not Kill" or
"You Shall not Murder"?: The Assault on a Biblical Text. By
Wilma Ann Bailey. Reviews by Kare Berge,
Joseph Cathey, and
Mark Mcentire in Review of Biblical
Literature.
Last updated: December 2, 2008
The
Abominations of Leviticus Mary Douglas. A leading theoretician
about what is clean and unclean.
By Ronald
Hendel and Saul M. Olyan. Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 8, 7 (2008).
Blood
and Purity in Leviticus and Revelation. By K. C. Hanson of Fortress
Press. Originally published in Listening: Journal of Religion and
Culture 28 (1993): 215-230.
Copy of Leviticus from Cave 11 Beyond Purity
and Danger: Mary Douglas and the Hebrew Bible.at
Qumran. Small portion of Leviticus 23.
"Deciphering a Definition:
The Syntagmatic Structural Analysis of Ritual in the Hebrew Bible." By David P.
Wright. Journal of Hebew Scriptures 8, 12 (2008).
From Priestly Torah to
Pentateuch: A Study in the Composition of the Book of Leviticus. By
Christoph Nihan. Review (in German) by Eckart
Otto and (in English) by Jeffrey Stackert in Review of Biblical Literature.
Homophobics
and Leviticus. A polemical blast at Oliver North, Jerry Falwell, etc.
Illuminating Leviticus: A Study of Its Laws and Institutions in the Light of
Biblical Narrative. By Calum Carmichael. Review (in German) by
Reinhard Achenbach and by
William Gilders in Journal of Hebrew
Scriptures
The Jubilee: A Post-Exilic Priestly Attempt to Reclaim
Lands? Biblica 84 (2003):225-246.
The Jubilee from Leviticus to
Qumran: A History of Interpretation. By
John Sietze Bergsma in Review of Biblical Literature
Leviticus 1,1-10,20.
By Rolf Rendtorff in Biblischer Kommentar. Review by
Erhard Gerstenberger in Review of Biblical
Literature.
Leviticus 17-22 and 23-27.
Anchor Bible 3A-B. Reviewed by Walter E. Brown. Another review of
23-27 by Mary Douglas.
Leviticus
and Numbers, Introduction to By Barry Bandstra
Leviticus,
Deconstruction and the Body Francis Landy. Journal of Hebrew
Scriptures 2 (1999)
"Mary
Douglas and Anthropological Modernism." By
Ronald Hendel. Journal of Hebrew Scriptures, 8, 8 (2008).
"Mary Douglas's
Holiness/Wholeness Paradigm: Its Potential for Insight and its Limitations."
By Saul M. Olyan. Journal of Hebrew Scritpures 8, 10 (2008).
"The Name of the LORD: A Sacred Trust.
Lev 24:10-23. By William D. Ramey
"On
Contagions: Leviticus and the Fascination of the Abomination."
Gerald Maier, Villa Julie College. Journal for Cultural and Religious
Theory 2.2 (April, 2001).
Outline
of Leviticus. By Robert Dunston.
"The Problem of Magic and
Monotheism in the Book of Leviticus." By Rüdiger
Schmitt. Journal of Hebrew Scriptures. 8, 11 (2008)
"The Rationale of the Laws of Clean and Unclean in the Old Testament." By
Joe M. Sprinkle. Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 43
(2000):637-657.
"The
Relationship between the Sacrificial Laws and the Other Laws in Leviticus 19."
By Alfred Marx. Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 8, 9 (2008).
Ritual
and Rhetoric in Leviticus: From Sacrifice to Scripture. By James W.
Watts. Reviews by Hanna Liss and
Mark McEntire in Review of Biblical
Literature and by Bernon P. Lee in
Journal of Hebrew Scriptures.
The Sacred and
the Mundane: The Message of Leviticus. By Peter J. Haas.
The Christian Century, October 8, 1997.
Text
of Leviticus arranged by topics. By Barry Bandstra. Sexual
relations, sacrifices, festivals, etc.
Was the Goat
for Azazel Destined for the Wrath of God? by Jacqueline C. R. De Roo.
Bib 81 (2000):233-242.
Women in the Sex Texts of
Leviticus and Deuteronomy: A Comparative Conceptual Analysis. By Deborah L.
Ellens. Review by Naomi Steinberg in
Review of Biblical Literature.
Numbers
Last updated: December 2, 2008
Balaam
according to Flavius Josephus Translation of an excerpt from 1st c.
historian.
Deir 'Alla
Inscription: An Oracle of Balaam
Introduction,
Outline, and Selected Bibliography By David Malick
Numbers 34:2-12, The Boundaries of the Land of
Necho, and the Empire of Necho. By Yigal Levin. JANES
2006.
Memory and Tradition in the
Book of Numbers. By Adriane B. Leveen. Review by
Thomas B. Dozeman and by
James W. Watts in Review of Biblical
Literature.
Outline
of Numbers. By Robert Dunston
Translation
of the Balaam Text from Deir Alla M. Banyai, Stuttgart
Die Vollendung der Tora:
Studien zur Redaktionsgeschicte des Numeribuches im Kontext vom Hexateuch und
Pentateuch. By Reinhard Achenbach. Review by
Christophe L. Nihan in Review of Biblical
Literature
Deuteronomy
Last updated: July 8, 2007
The Baal and (the
Asherah?) in Seventh-Century Judah. By
Baruch Halpern.
The
Date of Deuteronomy: Linch-Pin of Old Testament Criticism. By
Gordon Wenham
Deuteronomic Language--A document by Ralph W. Klein based on Moshe Weinfeld
Deuteronomic Theology and the
Significance of the Torah: A Reappraisal. By Peter T. Vogt.
Review by William Morrow in Review of Biblical
Literature.
Deuteronomy by Robert I. Bradshaw.
Deuteronomy. A Commentary. By Richard D.
Nelson. Review by Kari Latvus, Journal of Hebrew Scriptures
Deuteronomy and the Meaning of
Monotheism.
By Nathan MacDonald. Review by Yairah Amit
in Review of Biblical Literature
and by William
S. Morrow in Journal of Hebrew Scriptures.
Deuteronomy
21:10-14: The Beautiful Captive Woman. By Pearl Elman, 1997.Women
in Judaism 1.1 (1997).
Deuteronomy 34 and the Case for a Persian Hexateuch.
By Thomas C. Römer and Marc Z. Brettler.
JBL 119 (2000):401-419. Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader
Deuteronomy
Bibliography: Searchable Database from the University of Innsbruck.
Deuteronomy: Issues and
Interpretation. By Alexander Rofe. Review by James E. West.
Review of Biblical Literature 4 (2004).
Das fünfte
Buch Mose (Deuteronomium): Kapitel 1,1-16,17. By Timo Veijola. Review
by Christoph Levin in Review of Biblical
Literature.
Introduction to Deuteronomy.
By Bob Dunston
Introduction
to Deuteronomy by Barry Bandstra. Well-organized site by a professor
at Hope College.
Introduction to Deuteronomy
with Parallels to Josiah's reform. Robert Bradshaw
Outline
of Deuteronomy. By Robert Dunston.
Outline of the Statutes
and Ordinances in Deuteronomy 12-26 From Nashotah House
Rewriting the Torah: Literary
Revision in Deuteronomy and the Holiness Legislation. By Jeffrey Stackert.
Review (in German) by Eckart Otto in
Review of Biblical Literature.
"Romancing the Widow: The Economic Distinctions between the 'almana, the 'issa-'almana
and the 'set-hammet. By Naomi Steinberg. SBL Annual Meeting 2001.
Shema`--Hear, O
Israel: The Creed of Israel Deut 6:4. Meaning in OT,
relationship to sayings of Jesus; pronounced in Hebrew and a musical
arrangement. Thanks to Steph Quick for this site.
The
Significance of the End of Deuteronomy. By Jeffrey H. Tigay.
University of Pennsylvania
Some
Archaeological Notes on Deuteronomy. By Jeffrey H. Tigay. University
of Pennsylvania.
Studien zu den Methoden der
Deuteronomiumsexegese. By Georg Braulik. Review by
Jack R. Lundbom in Review of Biblical
Literature.
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