Old Testament Theology

Encyclopaedias, Dictionaries & Other References

• Encyclopaedia Biblica: A Critical Dictionary of the Literary, Political and Religious History, the Archaeology, Geography, and Natural History of the Bible (New York: Macmillan; London: Adam and Charles Black, 1899-1903), by T. K. Cheyne and J. Sutherland Black
  • Volume I (A-D)
  • Volume II (E-K)
  • Volume III (L-P)
  • Volume IV (Q-Z)
• The Jewish Encyclopedia (1906 edition)
• The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, ed. Philip Schaff.
• World Wide Encyclopedia of Christianity at CCEL
• Jerusalem Virtual Library: The Academic Database on Historic Jerusalem.
• The Kretzmann Projetct - This is the Popular Commentary of the Bible, by Paul E. Kretzmann, which as volumes was completed in 1924. It is from a confessional Lutheran perspective.

Religion of Ancient Israel

• Budde, Karl. The Religion of Israel to the Exile.
• Vatke, Wilhelm. Die Religion des alten Testamentes nach den kanonischen Büchern entwickelt.
• Cheyne, Thomas Kelly. The Two Religions of Israel: With Re-examination of the Prophetic Narratives and Utterances.
• Kuenen, Abraham. The Religion of Israel to the Fall of the Jewish State (vol. 1) (vol. 2) (vol. 3)
• Kuenen, Abraham. National Religions and Universal Religions.
• Peters, John Punnett. The Religion of the Hebrews.
• Smith, W. Robertson. Lectures on the Religion of the Semites: First Series. The Fundamental Institutions.
• Toy, Crawford H. The History of the Religion of Israel: An Old Testament Primer.
• Baethgen, Friedrich. Beiträge zur semitischen Religionsgeschichte: Der Gott Israel's und die Götter der Heiden.
• Montefiore, Claude Joseph Goldsmid. Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by the Religion of the Ancient Hebrews.

  Bibliography:

General Works on Old Testament Theology:

• Davidson, A. B. The Theologhy of the Old Testament. Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1904.
• Duff, Archibald, Old Testament Theology: or, the History of the Hebrew Religion from the year 800 B.C. Volume 1 London: A. & C. Black, 1891-1900.
• Duff, Archibald, Old Testament Theology: or, the History of the Hebrew Religion from the year 800 B.C. Volume 2 London: A. & C. Black, 1891-1900.
• Kohler, Kaufmann, Jewish Theology: Systematically and Historically Considered. New York: Macmillan, 1918.
• Robinson, H. Wheeler, The Religoius Ideas of the Old Testament. New York: Scribner, 1921.
• Schultz, Hermann. Old Testament: The Religion of Revelation in its pre-Christian stage of development. Volume 1 Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1898.
• Schultz, Hermann. Old Testament: The Religion of Revelation in its pre-Christian stage of development. Volume 2 Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1898.
• Cadbury, Henry Joel. National Ideals in the Old Testament.
• Smith, J. M. Powis. The Day of Yahweh.

  Bibliography:

  • A Working Bibliography - Old Testament Theology - Hymes.

History of Old Testament Theology:

• William Robertson Smith.

Bibliography:

• A Working Bibliography - History of OT Theology - Hymes.

Methodologies for Old Testament Theology:

• Clements, Ronald E. "The Problem of Old Testament Theology," Symposium: The Old Testament in the Church Today, The London Quarterly & Holborn Review (January, 1965), 11-17.
• Martens, Elmer A. "Tackling Old Testament Theology." JETS 20, no. 2 (1977): 123-132.
• Smick, Elmer B. "Old Testament Theology: The Historico-Genetic Method." JETS 26, 2 (1983): 145-156.
• Scobie, Charles H. H., "New directions in Biblical Theology," Themelios 17, no. 2 (1992): 4-8.
• Scobie, Charles H. H. "The Challenge of Biblical Theology." Tyndale Bulletin 42, no. 1 (1991): 31-61.
• Brevard Childs:
  • Brueggemann, Walter, "Against the Steam: Brevard Chidls's Biblical Theology," Theology Today.
  • D. R. Driver - Complete Hyperinked bibliography for Brevard Childs.

• Bibliography:

God in the Old Testament:

• Sasson, Jack M. THE SEARCH FOR THE HEBREW GOD Fourth Annual E. Maynard Adams Lecture in the Humanities and Human Values, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, September 23, 2001.
• Patterson, Richard D. "Parental Love As a Metaphor for Divine-Human Love." JETS 46, No. 2 (2003): 205-216.
• Lewis, Arthur H. "Jehovah's International Love." JETS 15, no. 2 (1972): 87-92.
• Youngblood, Ronald. "A New Occurrence of the Divine Name "I Am". JETS 15, no. 3 (1972): 144-152.

  RWH Yahweh/God

  • Block, Daniel I. "The Prophet of the Spirit: The Use of rwh in the Book of Ezekiel." JETS 32, No. 1 (1989): 27-50.

  Creations

  • Ideas of Origins and Creation in Ancient Mesopotamia, Part 1 - Tyler Williams
  • Old Babylonian Creation Texts (Creation in Ancient Mesopotamia, Part 2) - Tyler Williams
  • Neo-Babylonian Creation Texts (Creation in Ancient Mesopotamia, Part 3) - Tyler Williams
  • Theogony, Cosmogony, and Anthropology in ANE Creation Accounts (Creation in Ancient Mesopotamia, Part 4) - Tyler Williams

  Theodicy

  • Hubbard, Robert L. "Is the "Tatshare" Always a Sphere?" JETS 25, No. 3 (1982): 257-262.

Bibliography:

People in the Old Testament:

Anthropology:

• Moule, C. F. D. Man and Nature in the Old Testament: Some Reflections on Biblical Ecology. The Ethel M. Wood Lecture delivered before the Univeristy of London on 9 March 1964. London: The Athlone Press, 1964.
• Sheriffs, Deryck, "Personhood in the Old Testament," Evangelical Quarterly 77, no. 1 (2005), 13-34.
• Sprinkle, Joe M. "Old Testament Perspectives on Divorce and Remarriage," JETS 40, No. 4 (1997): 529-550.

  Sin:

  • Wenham, Gordon, "Original Sin in Genesis 1-11," Churchman 104 (1990), 309-21.
  • Haas, Guenther, "Patriarchy as an Evil that God Tolerated: Analysis and Implications for the Authority of Scripture," JETS 38, no. 3 (1995): 321-336.

  Salvation:

  • Feinberg, John S., "Salvation in the Old Testament," in Tradition and Testament: Essays in Honor of Charles Lee Feinberg (Chicago: Moody Press, 1981), 39-77. [n.b. dispensational perspective]

  Judgement:

  • Jelinek, John A. "'Books of Judgment' and the 'Book of Life' in Biblical Theology." Journal of Ministry & Theology 1, No. 2 (1997).

Israel:

• Schnabel, Eckhard J. "Israel, the People of God, and the Nations." JETS 45, No. 1 (2002): 35-58.
• Wright, Chris, "A Christian Approach to Old Testament Prophecy Concerning Israel," in Jerusalem: Past and Present in the Purpose of God, ed. Peter W. L. Walker (Cambridge: Tyndale House, 1992), 1-19.
• Wright, Christopher J. H., "The People of God and the State in the Old Testament," Themelios 16, no. 1 (1990): 4-10.
• Block, Daniel I. "Israel's House: Reflections on the Use of Byt Ysr'l in the Old Testament in the Light of Its Ancient Near Eastern Environment." JETS 28, No. 3 (1985): 257-276.

Land:

• Weinfeld, Moshe. The Promise of the Land: The Inheritance of the Land of Canaan by the Israelites. Berkely: University of California Press, 1993.

Nations:

• Schnabel, Eckhard J. "Israel, the People of God, and the Nations." JETS 45, No. 1 (2002): 35-58.

Leadership: [Kings, Priests, Prophets, Elders and More]

• Kings:
  • Sailhamer, John H. "The Messiah and the Hebrew Bible." JETS 44, No. 1 (2001): 5-24.
  • Cundall, C. Arthur. "Sacral Kingship--The Old Testament Background," Vox Evangelica 6 (1969): 31-41.
  • Riehm, Eduard. Messianic Prophecy : Its Origin, Historical Growth, and Relation to New Testament Fulfillment (1900; 1891 edition also available).
• Priests:
  • Cheung, Alex T. M. "The Priest As the Redeemed Man: A Biblical-Theological Study of the Priesthood." JETS 29, No. 3 (1986): 265-276.
  • Curtiss, Samuel Ives. The Levitical Priests: A Contribution to the Criticism of the Pentateuch.
• Prophets:
  • Smith, Gary V. "The Application of Principles from the Sociology of Knowledge for Understanding the Setting, Tradition and Theology of the Prophets." JETS 32, No. 2 (1989): 145-158.
  • Driver, Samuel Rolles. The Ideals of the Prophets: Sermons.
  • Eichhorn, Johann Gottfried. Die hebräischen Propheten.
    Kuenen, Abraham. The Prophets and Prophecy in Israel: An Historical and Critical Enquiry (trans. Adam Milroy).
  • Robertson Smith, W. The Prophets of Israel and Their Place in History to the Close of the Eighth Century, B. C.

Historiography:

• Coggins, Richard. What Future for the 'History of Israel? The Ethel M. Wood Lecture, given in London on 5 May 1994 (London: University of London, 1994).
• Wesselius, Jan Wim. "Towards a New History of Israel," Journal of Hebrew Scriptures.
• Barr, James, Biblical Chronology, Legend or Science? The Ethel M. Wood lecture 1987, delivered at the Senate House, University of London on 4 March 1987. London: University of London, 1987.
• Chavalas, Mark W. "Recent Trends in the Study of Israelite Historiography," JETS 38, no. 2 (1995): 161-170.
• Montgomery, John Warwick. "A Critique of Certain Uncritical Assumptions in Modern Historiography." JETS 40, No. 4 (1997): 653-662.

Life In and Before God:

Law:

• Wiseman, Donald J. "Law and Order in Old Testament Times," Vox Evangelica 8 (1973): 5-21.
• Kline, Meredith G. "Lex Talionis and the Human Fetus." JETS 20, no. 3 (1977): 193-202.
• Kennett, R. H. Ancient Hebrew Social Life and Custom As Indicated in Law, Narrative and Metaphor, (1933).
• Chirichigno, Greg. "A Theological Investigation of Motivation in Old Testament Law." JETS 24, No. 4 (1981): 303-314.
• Kaiser, Walter C., Jr. "God's Promise Plan and His Gracious law." JETS 33, No. 3 (1990): 289-302.

Cult:

• Merrill, Eugene H. "Remembering: A Central Theme in Biblical Worship," JETS 43, No. 1 (2000): 27-36.
• Ingalls, Allan D. "Headcoverings in the Old Testament." Journal of Ministry & Theology 4, No. 2 (2000).
• Baker, David L. "The Jubilee and the Millennium."
• Jordan, David John. An Offering of Wine: An Introductory exploration of the role of wine in the Hebrew Bible and ancient Judaism through the examination of the semantics of some keywords. Australian Digital Theses Program.
• Burgh, Theodore W. "Music and Musical Instruments in the Hebrew Bible and Ancient Israel/Palestine."
• Greenberg, Moshe. Biblical Prose Prayer, As a Window to the Popular Religion of Ancient Israel. Berkely: University of California Press, 1983.
• Curtis, Edward M. "The Theological Basis for the Prohibition of Images in the Old Testament." JETS 28, No. 3 (1985): 277-288.
• George, J. F. Leopold. Die älteren jüdischen Feste mit einer Kritik der Gesetzgebung des Pentateuch.
• Thackeray, Henry St. J. The Septuagint and Jewish Worship: A Study in Origins.

Ethics:

• Waltke, Bruce K. "Reflections from the Old Testament on Abortion." JETS 19, no. 1 (1976): 3-14.
• Pleins, J. David. "The Social Visions of the Hebrew Bible," The Bible and Interpretation.
• Karlberg, Mark W. "Reformation Politics: The Relevance of OT Ethics in Calvinist Political Theory." JETS 29, No. 2 (1986): 179-192.

Theological Trajectories:

Zion-Sabaoth Theology:

Kabod Theology:

Shem Theology:

Sinai-Covenant Theology:

• Rogers, Cleon L. "The Covenant with Moses and its Historical Setting." JETS 14, no. 3 (1971): 141-156.
• Kurtz, Johann Heinrich. History of the Old Covenant (trans. Alfred Edersheim).

Theology of the Individual Books & Clusters:

Ezekiel:

• Luc, Alex. "A Theology of Ezekiel: God's Name and Israel's History." JETS 26, No. 2 (1983): 137-144.