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The Bible and Its Interpreters: Bibliography General Resources: Scholarly "gateways" on the Net: Voice of the Shuttle index on Biblical Studies: http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2730 Aichele, Geroge, Fred W. Burnett, Elizabeth A. Castelli [eds]. The Postmodern Bible : The Bible and Culture Collective Paperback - 416 pages (February 1997) Yale Univ Pr; ISBN: 0300068182 Introduces, illustrates, and critiques seven prominent strategies of reading: rhetorical criticism, narratology, reader-response criticism, feminist criticism, ideological criticism, poststructuralism, and psychoanalytic criticism. Coggins, R.J. [ed.] A Dictionary of Biblical Interpretation. Philadelphia: Trinity Press International, 1990.
Eleven essays by African American biblical scholars consider biblical authority, African American sources for enhancing biblical interpretation, and the issue of race in the Bible. They also offer reinterpretation of specific biblical texts.
See Volume 1 for General Articles on reading the Bible through cultural lenses.
McKim, Donald K. [ed.]. Historical Handbook of Major Biblical Interpreters Hardcover - 600 pages (November 1998) Intervarsity Press; ISBN: 0830814523 Metzger, Bruce M. The Canon of the New
Testament : Its Origin, Development, and Significance Minkoff, Harvey [ed]. Approaches to the Bible : The Best of Bible Review : Composition, Transmission and Language Paperback Vol 001 (October 1994) Biblical Archaeology Society; ISBN: 1880317168 A highly readable set of essays on the composition and transmission history of the Hebrew Bible. Tiffany, Frederick C. and Sharon H. Ringe. Biblical Interpretation : A Roadmap.Paperback - 239 pages (April 1996) Abingdon Press; ISBN: 0687016088
Evaluating resources on the Web: http://gateway.lib.ohio-state.edu/tutor/ and 30 minute tutorial: http://gateway.lib.ohio-state.edu/tutor/les1/ Biblical Text, Concordance, Parallels:
Gospel Parallels: http://faculty.smu.edu/dbinder/bible.html Bible Study Tools in one site: http://bible.crosswalk.com/index.cgi Significant Dates in Biblical History(OT/NT/canonization): http://www.aarweb.org/syllabus/syllabi/r/rennie/rel151/dates.htm
Contents of the Jewish Scriptures (article): http://www.aarweb.org/syllabus/syllabi/r/rennie/rel151/jewscrip.htm
Early Extant Manuscripts of the Bible (article): http://www.aarweb.org/syllabus/syllabi/r/rennie/rel151/mss.htm
A MUST: The Noncanonical Homepage, including Pseudepigrapha, Ante-Nicene Fathers,: http://wesley.nnu.edu/noncanon/ with rationale for use in bib interpretation Also: http://www.ntgateway.com/noncanon.htm (Non-Canonical Christian texts) Article: Who Wrote the Torah? http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_tora.htm On Genesis alone: Anderson, Gary A. The Genesis of Perfection : Adam and Eve in Jewish and Christian Imagination Hardcover - 257 pages (September 2001)Westminster John Knox Pr; ISBN: 0664224032 Fewell, Danna Nolan and David M. Gunn.
Gender, Power, and Promise: The Subject of the Bible's First Story Frishman, Judith and Lucas Van Rompay [eds]. The Book of Genesis in Jewish and Oriental Christian Interpretation: A Collection of Essays. Louvain: 1997. Kvam, Kristen, Linda Schearing and Valarie Ziegler [eds.] Eve and Adam: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Readings on Genesis and Gender. Indiana U Press: 1999. Morgenstern, Julian. The Book of Genesis: A Jewish Interpretation. Ohio: Union of American Hebrew Congregations, 1919. Stanton, Elizabeth Cady. The Woman’s Bible. Boston: Northeastern U Press, 1993. Reprint of the 1895 edition. Early Jewish interpretation: Fishbane, Michael. The Midrashic Imagination. SUNY Press:1993. Hammer, Reuven. The Classic Midrash : Tannaitic Commentaries on the Bible (The Classics of Western Spirituality) Paperback - 528 pages (March 1995) Paulist Press; ISBN: 0809135035 In this latest volume in the Classics of Western Spirituality series, Reuven Hammer brings a selection of these "God-intoxicated texts" of the early rabbinic masters, the Tannaim, to a wider public and accompanies them with explanations and commentary. Kugel, James L. The Bible As It
Was Kugel focuses on readings of the Torah (the first five books of the Hebrew Bible) from 200 BCE-200 CE, particularly the Jewish tradition of midrash--a practice of filling in the narrative gaps where biblical stories are ambiguous or unclear. He wants readers to consider the ways these early readings of the Bible affect today's popular understandings of scriptural texts (such as the sacrifice of Isaac or the creation in Genesis); and he provides a convincing description of the richness and complexity that informs what seem to many like simple, commonsense readings of scripture. A must. Neusner, Jacob. Invitation to Midrash
: The Workings of Rabbinic Bible Interpretation : A Teaching Book Glatzer, Nahum N. [ed.] Hammer on
the Rock : a Midrash Reader Torah.org is a user friendly site for students. Gives contemporary commentary on ancient rabbinic commentary and online classes on Jewish texts. http://torah.org/ Early Church Interpretation: Students can use the Library of Christian Classics series in print or simply go to these sites: http://www.hivolda.no/asf/kkf/rel-stud.html Resource pages for Biblical Studies focusing on early Christian writings and their social world. Includes links to Patristic literature and a home page for Philo of Alexandria. For the best online site students can use for primary RCC primary sources and early church writings, see www.newadvent.org/. Under Features, see links to Catholic Encyclopedia, Summa Theologica, and Church Fathers. Also for early church documents see the Internet Christian Library at http://iclnet.org. http://www.ccel.org/ Christian Classics Ethereal Library or "Cecil." CCEL includes a 37-volume survey of the early church fathers. http://www.aquinasonline.com/ Texts primarily in Latin but they are working on putting up translations.
For those interested in further reading a variety of primary texts are available free on the internet, among the available one of the best is provided by the Saint Pachomius library at: http://www.ocf.org/OrthodoxPage/reading/St.Pachomius/globalindex.html
Non-Canonical Readings: Mitchell G. Reddish, ed., Apocalyptic Literature: A Reader (Peabody: Hendrickson, 1990).
Reformation: Again, see http://www.ccel.org/ Christian Classics Ethereal Library or "Cecil" for primary sources in English for Martin Luther, John Calvin
John Wesley’s line by line commentary on the Bible can be found at http://wesley.nnu.edu/JohnWesley.htm
Twentieth Century and Beyond: Beal, Timothy K. and David M. Gunn [eds.]. Reading Bibles, Writing Bodies. New York: Routledge, 1997. This collection of sixteen essays is designed to bring postmodern perspectives to the reading of familiar biblical texts. Bloom, Harold. Exodus: Modern Critical Interpretations. NY: Chelsea House, 1987. Greenberg, Moshe. Studies in the
Bible and Jewish Thought (JPS Scholar of Distinction Series) Lewis, Jack P. A Study of the Interpretation of Noah and the Flood in Jewish and Christian Literature Reprint edition (August 1978) Perdue, Leo and Clark Gilpin [eds.]. Voice From the Whirlwind: Interpreting the Book of Job. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1992.
http://www.bibleinterp.com/index.htm Dedicated to delivering the latest news, features, editorials, commentary, archaeological interpretation and excavations relevant to the study of the Bible for the public and biblical scholars .Women and Religion: Web Resources: Black Theology of Liberation and hermeneutics: http://www.aarweb.org/syllabus/syllabi/m/matthews/rel166/twentyseven.htm
Art: A pastor’s homepage devoted to Images of Christ: http://landru.i-link-2.net/shnyves/The_Face_of_Christ.html Index of Images: http://cedar.evansville.edu/~ecoleweb/images.html And don’t forget www.textweek.com for images and films
Periodicals that are easily accessed by students: Biblical Theology Bulletin http://academic.shu.edu/btb/ Catholic Biblical Quarterly (Online via EBSCOhost) Christian Century Christian Century http://www.christiancentury.org/ Christianity Today http://www.christianitytoday.com/ Journal of Hebrew Scriptures http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/JHS/ Journal of Theological Studies http://www3.oup.co.uk/theolj/ Judaism Interpretation http://www.interpretation.org/
A list of journals of biblical interest that are either published fully on the Web or that have home pages: http://www.bsw.org/ejournals.php ext |