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Last updated: June 5, 2008
101
Questions and Answers on the Prophets of Israel. By Victor H. Matthews.
Review by Hemchand Gossai in Review of
Biblical Literature.
A Forerunner of Biblical Prophecy (Mari
Prophets) Abraham Malamat
Biblical
Prophecy By Robert Wilson of Yale Divinity School. Encyclopedia of
Religion, 1987
Bibliography on the Book of the Twelve Prophets: Compiled by Aaron Schart
of University of Duisburg-Essen
Covenant in the 8th Century Prophets--An analysis of this prophetic silence
by Ralph W. Klein
The
Form and Significance of the Call Narratives By Norman Habel. ZAW
77 (1965):297-323.
He-Prophets:
Masculinity as a Problem for Hebrew Prophets and their Interpreters By
David Clines 2000
Introduction to the Former and Latter Prophets. Notes for Powerpoint
presentation by Ralph W. Klein
Introduction to the Prophets.
Powerpoint presentation by Ralph W. Klein. Spring 2007
Israelite Religion in the Early Postexilic
Period By Paul D. Hanson. 1987
Opening the Sealed Book:
Interpretations of the Book of Isaiah in Late Antiquity. By Joseph
Blenkinsopp. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2006. Reviews by
Riemer Roukema in Review of Biblical Literature
and Judith H. Newman
in Journal of Hebrew Scriptures.
Priestly Rites and Prophetic
Rage: Post-exilic Prophetic Critique of the Priesthood. By Lena-Sofia
Tiemeyer. Review in German by Reinhard
Achenbach in Review of Biblical Literature and by
T. M. Lemos in Journal of Hebrew
Scriptures.
Prophecy.
An Overview By Gerald T. Sheppard and William E. Herbrechtsmeier. 1987
Prophecy and Divination
Thomas W. Overholt. 1989
Prophecy and Hermeneutics:
Toward a New Introduction to the Prophets. By Christopher R. Seitz. Review
by Michael B. Shepherd in Review of
Biblical Literature.
The Prophetic Literature.
By Marvin A. Sweeney. Reviews by Joseph Cathey
and Jacques Vermeylen (French) in Review of
Biblical Literature and by Joyce Rilett Wood
in Journal of Hebrew Scriptures.
Prophets and Prophecy in the
Ancient Near East. By Martti Nissinen, et al. 2003. Reviewed by
Richard S.
Hess of Denver Seminary and by Marvin A. Sweeney
in Review of Biblical Literature.
Prophets
Bibliography by Victor Matthews. Professor at Southwest Missouri State
University.
Reading the Latter Prophets: Towards a New Canonical Criticism.
2003. By Edgar Conrad. Review by Mark J. Boda in
Review of Biblical Literature.
Rereading Oracles of God: Twenty Years after
John Barton, Oracles of God: Perceptions of Prophecy in Israel after
the Exile. Edited by Ehud ben Zvi in Journal of Hebrew
Scriptures.
A
Smooth Stone: Biblical Prophecy in Historical Perspective. A
Book by David Arthur. 2001. A Smooth Stone is a historical survey of the
Hebrew prophets, focusing on the development of a radical theological
iconoclasm. Review by Reed Lessing in Journal of Hebrew Scriptures
The
Sociology of Apocalyptic Groups By Stephen L. Cook. Chapter 2 in
Prophecy and Apocalypticism. 1995.
Last updated: June 21, 2008
General Isaiah Powerpoint presentation.
By Ralph W. Klein
Isaiah
I. Powerpoint presentation by Ralph W. Klein
Isaiah
II. Powerpoint presentation by Ralph W. Klein
Isaiah
and the Assyrian Crisis--Lecture Notes by Ralph W. Klein. PDF
file--Adobe Acrobat Reader required.
4QPesher
Isaiah (4Q162) A commentary from the Dead Sea Scrolls on Isaiah 5.
West Semitic Research Project
Bible Tutor Resource on Isaiah.
"As Those Who are Taught":
The Interpretation of Isaiah from the LXX to the SBL. Edited by
Matthews McGinnis and Patricia K. Lull. Review by
Michael Tilly in Review of Biblical
Literature
Book
of Isaiah from Wikipedia
The Book of Isaiah--Theses and Hypotheses--Critical Essay. By J.
Clinton McCann, Jr. from Biblical Theology Bulletin 2003
"God will Swallow up Death Forever!" A sermon by Ralph W. Klein on
Isaiah 25:1-9
The
Great Isaiah Scroll from Qumran (takes several minutes to download on a fast
connection, but well worth it)
Great Isaiah Scroll from Qumran
Website
Intertextuality in Isaiah
24-27: The Reuse and Evocation of Earlier Texts and Traditions. By
J. Todd Hibbard. Review by Jeffery M.
Leonard in Review of Biblical Literature.
Introduction
to Isaiah by Barry Bandstra Useful introduction to book and its key terms by a
professor at Hope College
Isaiah: Interpreted by Early
Christian and Medieval Commentators. By Robert Louis Wilken. Review by
J. David Cassel in Review of Biblical
Literature.
Isaiah 1-39. By
Joseph Blenkinsopp. Anchor Bible 2000. Reviews by
Donald C. Polaski and
Francis Landy in Review of Biblical
Literature.
Isaiah 28-39. By Hans
Wildberger. Translated by Thomas Trapp in 2002. Review by
John Engle in Review of Biblical Literature
Isaiah: A Commentary.
By Brevard S. Childs. 2001. Reviews by A. Joseph
Everson and Marvin A. Sweeney from Review of Biblical
Literature
Isaiah
Bibliography by Victor Matthews. Professor at Southwest Missouri State
University.
Isaiah for Advent.
A treatment of four Isaiah texts from the Revised Common Lectionary by Ralph W.
Klein. Currents in Theology and Mission 28 (December, 2001) 560-566.
(Adobe Acrobat Reader needed).
Linkage
between Isaiah 7:14 and 9:6 Harold Holmyard. Journal of
Biblical Studies
Martyrdom
of Isaiah: A Pseudepigraphical work. "A Website Dedicated to
Ancient Times"
Messianism within the Book of Isaiah as a Whole. By Randall Heskett.
Ph. D. Thesis, 2001, at St. Michael's College, University of Toronto. Review by
Philip J. Long in Journal of Hebrew
Scriptures.
Outline of Isaiah by Robert Dunston
Rhetoric and Social Justice in
Isaiah. By Mark Gray. Review by
Hilary Marlow in Review of Biblical Literature and by
Michael Duggan in Journal of Hebrew
Scriptures.
Resources
for Isaiah Resources from The Text This Week Homiletical Site
The
Struggle to Understand Isaiah as Christian Scripture. By Brevard S.
Childs. Reviews by Roy Melugin and
H. G. M. Williamson in Review of
Biblical Literature and by Ralph W. Klein
in Currents in Theology and Mission
"Tiglath-pileser III's Campaigns in 734-732 B.C.:
Historical Background of Isa 7; 2 Kgs 15-16 and 2 Chr 27-28." By
Peter Dubovsky. Bib
87 (2006): 153-170.
Unbound by Time: Isaiah
Still Speaks. By William Holladay. Cowley, 2002.
Review by Hallvard Hagelia in Review of
Biblical Literature.
Variations on a Theme:
King, Messiah and Servant in the Book of Isaiah.
By H. G. M. Williamson. Reviews by David W.
Baker and Marvin A. Sweeney in Review
of Biblical Literature
Yahweh is
Exalted in Justice: Solidarity and Conflict in Isaiah. By Thomas
L. Leclerc. Reviews by Ulrich Berges
(in German) and Hun Chul Paul Kim from Review
of Biblical Literature.
Second Isaiah Last updated: June 21, 2008
Second Isaiah.
Powerpoint presentation by Ralph W. Klein 5-01-2007
Servant
in Second Isaiah. Powerpoint presentation by Ralph W. Klein 5-29-2002
Deutero-Isaiah:
A Commentary on Isaiah 40-55. By Klaus Baltzer. Review by
Benjamin D. Sommer in Review of Biblical
Literature. Baltzer claims that Second Isaiah is a drama,
written in late 5th century, in Jerusalem, Moses is the servant. Other
reviews by Aaron W. Park in Journal of Hebrew
Scriptures Reinhard
Kratz in Review of Biblical Literature, and
Richard S.
Hess of Denver Seminary. Response to reviews by Kratz and Sommer by
Klaus Baltzer in Review of Biblical
Literature.
The
Fourth Servant Song (Isa 52:13-53:12). Translation by Ralph W. Klein.
"Going
Home--A Theology of Second Isaiah." By Ralph W. Klein. CurTM
5 (1978):198-210.
Isaiah 40-55. By
Joseph Blenkinsopp. Anchor Bible 19a. Reviews by
Francis Landy and
Thomas L. Leclerc from Review of Biblical
Literature.
Isaiah 40-55: A Critical and
Exegetical Commentary.
By John Goldingay and David Payne. Reviews by
Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer and by
Chris Franke in Review of Biblical
Literature.
Mixing Metaphors: God as
Mother and Father in Deutero-Isaiah. Review by
Mary Louise
Mitchell in Journal of Hebrew Scriptures
and by Marjo C. A. Korpel in Review of
Biblical Literature.
The Performative Nature and
Function of Isaiah 40-55. By Jim W. Adams. Review by
Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer in Review of Biblical
Literature.
A
Preacher's Conversation with Second Isaiah. By Frederick J. Gaiser.
Word and World 1994.
Speech
forms in Second Isaiah from Reading the Old Testament
The Suffering Servant: Isaiah 53 in Jewish and Christian Sources.
Edited by Bernd Janowski and Peter Stuhlmacher. Reviews by
Roger Nam and William
Barker in Review of Biblical Literature
Yahweh Willing and Able
Chapter 5 from Israel in Exile by Ralph W. Klein
Powerpoint Presentation on Third Isaiah by
Ralph W. Klein
Isaiah
56-66. By Joseph Blenkinsopp. Anchor Bible 19B. Reviews by
Charles Carter and Brooks Schramm
(Review of Biblical Literature)
Jeremiah Last updated: April 9,
2008
4QJer b A Hebrew copy of Jeremiah 9-10 that supports the shorter readings in
the Septuagint
Between Fear and Freedom. Essays on the Interpretation of Jeremiah 30-31.
Ed. Bob Becking. Review by Kathleen M. O'Connor in Journal of Hebrew
Scriptures.
Bible Tutor Resource on Jeremiah
The Book of Jeremiah.
Epworth Commentaries. By Henry McKeating. Review by
Lisbeth Fried in Review of Biblical
Literature.
Circumscribing the Prostitute: The Rhetorics of Intertextuality,
Metaphor and Gender in Jeremiah 3.1-4.4. By Mary E. Shields.
Reviews by Mark E. Biddle and
Louis Stulman in Review of
Biblical Literature
The Failed Prophecies Concerning Babylon made by
Isaiah and Jeremiah. By Walter R. Mattfeld.
Form, Occasion and Redaction in Jeremiah 20.
By David J. A. Clines and David M. Gunn
Friend or
foe: The Figure of Babylon in the Book of Jeremiah MT. By John
Hill. Review by Alice Ogden Bellis in
Review of Biblical Literature.
Gender in
the Book of Jeremiah: A Feminist Literary Reading. By Angela
Bauer. Review by Carolyn J. Sharp in
Review of Biblical Literature
A
Handbook on Jeremiah. By Jan De Waard, 2003. Review by
Richard D. Weiss in Review of Biblical
Literature
Introduction
to Jeremiah I: Power Point presentation by Ralph W. Klein
Introduction
to Jeremiah II: Power Point presentation by Ralph W. Klein
Jeremiah. By Louis
Stulman. Reviews by Carolyn Sharp and
Else Holt in Review of Biblical
Literature
Jeremiah 21-36.
Anchor Bible 21B. By Jack R. Lundbom. Review by
Carolyn J. Sharp from Review of Biblical
Literature
Jeremiah 37-52.
Anchor Bible 21C. By Jack R. Lundbom. Review by
John Engle in Review of Biblical Literature.
Jeremiah
Bibliography By Victor Matthews. Professor at Southwest Missouri State
University.
Jeremiah
Introduction by Barry Bandstra
Jeremiah: Preacher of
Grace, Poet of Truth. By Carol Dempsey.
Review by Mitchel Modine and by
Carolyn J. Sharp in Review of
Biblical Literature
Jeremiah, Zedekiah, and the
Fall of Jerusalem. By Mark Roncace. Reviews by
Lester L. Grabbe and
Bob Becking in Review of Biblical
Literature.
Jeremiah's and Ezekiel's Sign-Acts: Rhetorical and Nonverbal
Communication. By Kelvin J. Friebel. Review by
Julie Galambush in Review of Biblical
Literature
Jeremiah's
Little Book of Comfort A Poem by David Steele
Josiah's
Reform and Jeremiah's Scroll: Historical Calamity and P:rophetic Response. By Mark Leuchter.
Summary of the
Book on the Publisher's Website. Reviews by K. L. Noll
and Marvin A. Sweeney in Review of Biblical Literature.
On
Prophetic Propaganda and the Politics of 'Love': The Case of Jeremiah
Athalya Brenner. 1995
Outline
of Jeremiah. By Robert Dunston.
Prophecy and Ideology in
Jeremiah: Struggles for Authority in the Deutero-Jeremianic Prose.
By Carolyn J. Sharp. 2003. Review by
Kathleen Mary O'Connor in Review of Biblical Literature
Quiz
on the Book of Jeremiah. Give it a try!
Reading the Book of Jeremiah:
A Search for Coherence. Essays edited by Martin Kessler. Review
by David Glatt-Gilad and by
Else Holt in Review of Biblical
Literature and by Carolyn J. Sharp in
Journal of Hebrew Scriptures.
Resources
for Jeremiah Compiled by The Text This Week
Saying Yes to
Exile--and No! Reactions to the Exile in the Book of Jeremiah.
From Israel in Exile, by Ralph W. Klein
Text and Redaction in Jeremiah's
Oracles against the Nations By James W. Watts
The
Theology of the Book of Jeremiah. By Walter Brueggemann. Review by
Carolyn J. Sharp in Review of Biblical
Literature.
When was the First Temple
Destroyed according to the Bible. By Michael Avioz. Bib
84 (2003).
"You Tried to persuade me" and "Violence! Outrage!" in Jeremiah 20,7-8.
David J. A. Clines and David M. Gunn
Last updated: April 18, 2008
2005
Ezekiel Lecture by Ralph W. Klein
Between Heaven and Earth:
Divine Presence and Absence in the Book of Ezekiel. By John F. Kutsko.
Review by Benjamin Sommer in Review of
Biblical Literature and by
Margaret S.
Odell in Journal of Hebrew Scriptures.
Bible
Quiz #1 on Ezekiel
Bible
Quiz #2 on Ezekiel
Bible Tutor
The Book of Ezekiel:
Theological and Anthropological Perspectives. Edited by Margaret S. Odell
and John T. Strong. Review by James D.
Findlay in Review of Biblical Literature.
Conceptions
of Davidic Hope in Ezekiel, Zechariah, Haggai, and the Chronicles Greg
Harrick
Echoes of a Prophet: The
Use of Ezekiel in the Gospel of John and in Literature of the Second Temple
Period. By Gary T. Manning, Jr. Review by
David Miller in Review of Biblical
Literature.
The Disarmament of God:
Ezekiel 38-39 in its Mythic Context. By Paul E. Fitzpatrick.
Review by Francoise Smyth in Review of Biblical Literature.
Ezekiel: Talking Lewd
Women. From And Adam Knew Eve: A Dictionary of Sex in the Bible.
Ezekiel and the Ethics of
Exile. By Andrew Mein. Reviews by
Volkmar Premstaller and
David G. Garber in Review of Biblical
Literature and by
Jacquiline Lapsley in Theology Today
Ezekiel and the Land: From Harsh
Judgment to Tentative Hope. By Keith William Carley
Ezekiel and the Oracles against
Tyre. By Dennis Bratcher. Christian Resource Institute
Ezekiel
at the Dawn of the Twenty-First Century. By Ralph W. Klein
(Introduction to The Book of Ezekiel. Theological and Anthropological
Perspectives)
Ezekiel
Introduction by Barry Bandstra
Ezekiel the Priest: A
Custodian of Tora. By T. J. Betts. Review by
Brandon Fredenburg in Review of Biblical
Literature
Ezekiel's Contribution
to a Biblical Theology of Mission. By Elmer A. Martens.
Direction, 1999.
Ezekiel's Hierarchical World:
Wrestling with a Tiered Reality. Edited by Stephen L. Cook and Corrine
L. Patton. Review by Michael Konkel in
Review of Biblical Literature.
Hebrew University Bible:
The Book of Ezekiel. Ed. by Moshe Goshen-Gottstein and Shemaryahu
Talmon. Review by James Sanders in
Review of Biblical Literature
Jeremiah's and Ezekiel's Sign-Acts: Rhetorical and Nonverbal
Communication. By Kelvin J. Friebel. Review by
Julie Galambush in Review of Biblical
Literature
The Land is Yours: Ezekiel's
Outrageous Land Claim. By Kalinda Rose Stevenson (You will need Adobe
Acrobat to read this file)
The
Nations in the Book of Ezekiel. A lecture at the Annual Meeting of the
Society of Biblical Literature by Ralph W. Klein
A New Heart and a New Soul: Ezekiel, the Exile and the Torah.
By Risa Levitt. Review by Dalit Rom-Shiloni
in Review of Biblical Literature
Prophet in the Camp: Ezekiel and
Refugee Studies. By Daniel L. Smith Christopher (You will need Adobe
Acrobat to read this file)
Resources
for Ezekiel Compiled by The Text This Week
The Rhetorical Function of the Book of Ezekiel. By Thomas Renz.
Review by Margaret S. Odell in Review of
Biblical Literature.
Spaceships
of the Prophet Ezekiel Just to show you the kind of stuff that is out
there!
The
Silence of the Lands: The Ecojustice Implication of Ezekiel's Judgment
Oracles. By Norman Habel. (You will need Adobe Acrobat to read
this file).
Theologie als Biographie im Ezechielbuch: Ein Beitrag zur Konzeption
alttestamentlicher Prophetie [Theology as Biography: a Contribution to the
Conception of Old Testament Prophecy]. By Karin Schöpflin.
English review by John Engle in RBL.
Truth-Telling
and Peace-Making: A Reflection on Ezekiel by Walter Brueggemann.
Word and Spirit in Ezekiel. By James Robson. Reviews by
H. F. Van Rooy and
Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer in Review of Biblical
Literature and by D. Nathan Phinney in
Journal of Hebrew Scriptures.
The
Vision of Transformation: The Territorial Rhetoric of Ezekiel 40-48.
By Kalinda Rose Stevenson. Reviewed by Ralph W. Klein in Review of
Biblical Literature
Yahweh Faithful and
Free--Ezekiel's Response to Exile. By Ralph W. Klein from Israel
in Exile, chap 4.
"I object to neither the accusations nor the condemnations of your prophecy. What offends me is the font."
