On this page you will find full bibliographic data for works which we reference in our posts, as well as commonly used abbreviations.

Abbreviations
GKC – Gesenius’ Hebrew Grammar (by Gesenius, Kautzsch and Cowley)
GBHS – A Guide to Biblical Hebrew Syntax (by Arnold and Choi)
JM – A Grammar of Biblical Hebrew (by Joüon and Muraoka)
Williams – Williams’ Hebrew Syntax (by Williams)

Bibliography

Albrektson, Bertil. Studies in the Text and Theology of the Book of Lamentations: with a Critical Edition of the Peshitta Text. Lund: CWK Gleerup, 1963.

Andersen, Francis I. Job. Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries. Downers Grove, Ill: IVP Academic, 2008.

Arnold, Bill T. and John H. Choi. A Guide to Biblical Hebrew Syntax. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003.

Balentine, Samuel. Job. Smyth & Helwys Bible Commentary. Macon, GA: Smyth & Helwys, 2006.

Berlin, Adele. Lamentations. The Old Testament Library. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2004.

Bergant, Dianne. Israel’s Wisdom Literature: A Liberation-Critical Reading. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1997.

Berquist, Jon L. Judaism in Persia’s Shadow: A Social and Historical Approach. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2003.

Blenkinsopp, Joseph. Sage, Priest, Prophet. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 1995.

Brueggemann, Walter. The Psalms and the Life of Faith. Edited by Patrick D. Miller; Minneapolis: Fortress, 1995.

—–, Walter. Reverberations of Faith. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2002.

Ceresko, Anthony R. Job 29-31 in Light of Northwest Semitic. Rome: Biblical Institute Press, 1980.

Choi, John H. “Resheph and YHWH sĕbâ’ôt.” Vetus Testamentum LI, 1 (2004): 17-28.

Clines, David J.A. Job 1-20, Word Biblical Commentary. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1989.

Crenshaw, James L. Old Testament Wisdom. Atlanta: John Knox Press, 1981.

Crowell, Bradley L. “A Reevaluation of the Edomite Wisdom Hypothesis.” Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 120 (2008): 404-416.

Dell, Katharine ‘Get Wisdom, Get Insight’. Macon, GA: Smyth & Helwys, 2000.

—–, The Book of Job as Sceptical Literature. New York: De Gruyter, 1991.

Dobbs-Allsopp, F.W. “Tragedy, Tradition, and Theology in the Book of Lamentations.” Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 74 (1997) 29-60.

—–, F.W. Lamentations. Interpretation. Louisville: John Knox, 2002.

—–, F.W. Weep, O Daughter of Zion: A Study of the City-Lament Genre in the Hebrew Bible. Rome: Editrice Pontificio Istituto Biblico, 1993.

Dhorme, Eduard. A Commentary on the Book of Job. Translated by Harold Knight; Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1984.

Driver, S.R. and G.B. Gray. The Book of Job. International Critical Commentary. New York: Schribner’s, 1921.

Fisher, Loren. The Rebel Job. Rev. Ed.; Charleston, SC: BookSurge Publishings, 2009.

Fleming, Daniel E. “Job: The Tale of Patient Faith and the Book of God’s Dilemma.” Vetus Testamentum XLIV, 4 (1994): 468-482.

Fohrer, Georg. History of Israelite Religion. Translated by David E. Green. New York: Abingdon, 1972.

Freedman, David Noel. “Acrostics and Metrics in Hebrew Poetry.” Harvard Theological Review 65 (1972) 367-392.

—–, David N. “Orthographic Peculiarities in the Book of Job.” in Divine Commitment and Human Obligation: Ancient Israelite History and Religion. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1997: 44-60.

Fullerton, Kemper. “Double Entendre in the First Speech of Eliphaz.” Journal of Biblical Literature 49, 4 (1930): 320-374.

Gammie, John G. “The Angelology and Demonology in the Septuagint of the Book of Job.” Hebrew Union College Annual 56 (1985): 1-19.

Garrett, Duane A. Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs. The New American Commentary. Nashville: Broadman and Holman, 1993.

—–, Duane and Paul R. House. Song of Songs, Lamentations. Word Biblical Commentary. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2004.

Gesenius, Wilhelm. Gesenius’ Hebrew Grammar. Edited by E. Kautzsch. Translated by A.E. Cowley. Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, 2006.

Gordis, Robert. The Book of God and Man. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1965.

—–, The Book of Job. New York: JTS Press, 1978.

Gottwald, Norman K. Studies in the Book of Lamentations. Studies in Biblical Theology. London: SCM Press, 1962.

Guillaume, Philippe. “Dismantling the Deconstruction of Job.” Journal of Biblical Literature 127, 3 (2008): 491-499.

Habel, Norman. The Book of Job. Old Testament Library. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1985.

Halpern, Baruch. “‘Brisker Pipes Than Poetry’: The Development of Israelite Monotheism.” in Judaic Perspectives on Ancient Israel, edited by Jacob Neusner, Baruch A. Levine, and Ernest S. Frerichs. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1987: 77-115.

Harris, R. Laird, Gleason L. Archer, Bruce K. Waltke. Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament. 2 Vols.; Chicago: Moody Press, 1980.

Harrison, R.K. Jeremiah & Lamentations. Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1973.

Hillers, Delbert L. Lamentations. Anchor Bible. Garden City: Doubleday, 1972.

House, Paul R. Old Testament Theology. Downers Grove, Ill: IVP Academic, 1998.

Huey, Jr., F. B. Jeremiah, Lamentations. The New American Commentary. Nashville: Broadman, 1993.

Hurvitz, Avi.”The Date of the Prose-Tale of Job Linguistically Reconsidered.” Harvard Theological Review 67 (1974): 17-34.

Jastrow, Morris. The Book of Job. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1920.

Jenni, Ernst and Claus Westermann. Theological Lexicon of the Old Testament. 3 Vols.; Translated by Mark E. Biddle; Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1997.

Jouon, Paul. A Grammar of Biblical Hebrew. Translated and Revised by T. Muraoka. 2 vols.; Rome: Editrice Pontificio Istituto Biblico, 2003.

Konkel, August. “Job” in Cornerstone Biblical Commentary volume 6, edited by Philip W. Comfort. Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale, 2006.

Lambert, W.G. Babylonian Wisdom Literature. Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns, 1996.

Longman III, Tremper. Jeremiah, Lamentations. New International Biblical Commentary. Peabody: Hendrickson, 2008.

Mandolfo, Carleen R. Daughter Zion Talks Back to the Prophets: A Dialogic Theology of the Book of Lamentations. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2007.

Matthews, Victor H. Old Testament Turning Points: The Narratives That Shaped a Nation. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2005.

Miller, Patrick D. The Religion of Ancient Israel. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2000.

Murphy, Roland E. Wisdom Literature. Forms of Old Testament Literature. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1981.

—–, The Tree of Life. 3rd Edition; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2002.

Newsom, Carol. “The Book of Job as Polyphonic Text.” Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 97 (2002): 87-108.

Patrick, James E. “The Fourfold Structure of Job: Variations on a Theme.” Vetus Testamentum LV, 2 (2005): 185-206.

Perdue, Leo. The Sword and the Stylus. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2008.

Pfeiffer, Robert H. “The Dual Origin of Hebrew Monotheism.” Journal of Biblical Literature 46 (1927): 193-206.

Pope, Marvin H. Job. The Anchor Bible. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1965.

Provan, Iain. Lamentations. The New Century Bible Commentary. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1991.

Roberts, J.J.M. “Job and the Israelite Religious Tradition.” Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft (1977): 107-114.

Sarna, Nahum. “Epic Substratum in the Prose of Job.” Journal of Biblical Literature 76 (1957): 13-25.

Schlobin, Roger C. “Prototypic Horror: The Genre of the Book of Job.” Semeia 60 (1992): 23-38.

Tsevat, Matityahu. The Meaning of the Book of Job and Other Biblical Studies. New York: Ktav Publishing House, 1980.

Van der Merwe, Christo, Jackie Naudé, and Jan Kroeze. A Biblical Hebrew Reference Grammar. electronic ed. Oak Harbor: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 1997.

von Rad, Gerhard. Wisdom in Israel. Translated by James D. Martin; Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press International, 1972.

Watson, Wilfred G. E. Classical Hebrew Poetry: A Guide to its Techniques. New York: T&T Clark International, 2005.

Westermann, Claus. Lamentations: Issues and Interpretation. Translated by Charles Muenchow; Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1994.

—–, Claus. The Psalms: Structure, Content, & Message. Translated by Ralph D. Gehrke; Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1980.

Williams, Ronald J. Williams’ Hebrew Syntax. 3d ed. Revised and expanded by John C. Beckman. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007.

Wolfers, David. Deep Things Out of Darkness. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1995.

Zevit, Ziony. The Religions of Ancient Israel. New York: Continuum, 2001.

Zuckerman, Bruce. Job the Silent: A Study in Historical Counterpoint. New York: Oxford University Press, 1991.