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Turabian (An Adaptation for
Biblical essays from the University of
Toronto Writing Manual)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1) INTRODUCTORY BACKGROUND MATERIAL
ADAM, A.K.M.
ed. Postmodern Interpretations of the Bible: A Reader. St.
Louis,
Missouri: Chalice, 2001.
ADAM, A.K.M. ed
Handbook of Postmodern Biblical Interpretation. St. Louis,
Missouri:
Chalice, 2000.
ALTER, R. and
F. KERMADE, eds. The Literary Guide to the Bible, Cambridge,
Massachusetts: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1987.
(Reference
Shelf BS 535 L54)
BACH, A. ed. Women
in the Hebrew Bible: A Reader. New York: Routledge, 1999.
BARR, J. The
Concept of Biblical Theology: An Old Testament Perspective.
Minneapolis:
Fortress, 1999.
BRUEGGEMANN, W. Theology of the Old Testament:
Testimony, Dispute, Advocacy.
Minneapolis:
Fortress Press, 1997.
CHILDS, B.S. Biblical
Theology of the Old and New Testaments. Minneapolis: Fortress,
1993.
CHILDS, B.S. Introduction
to the Old Testament as Scripture. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1979.
EISSFELDT, O. The
Old Testament: An Introduction. Translated by Peter R. Ackroyd.
London: Blackwell,1974.
FRYE, N. The
Great Code: the Bible and Literature. Toronto: Academic, 1982.
GOTTWALD, N.K. The
Hebrew Bible: A Social-Literary Introduction.
Philadelphia :
Fortress Press, 1985.
GOTTWALD, N.K. The
Tribes of Yahweh. Maryknoll, N.Y. : Orbis Books, 1979.
KIM, Wonil and
others, eds., Reading the Hebrew Bible for a New Millennium: Form,
Concept,
and Theological Perspective, Studies in Antiquity &
Christianity.
Vol 1: Theological and Hermeneutical Studies, Vol 2: Exegetical and
Theological
Studies, Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press Internation, 2000.
LOHFINK, N. Theology
of the Pentateuch: Themes of the Priestly Narrative and Deuteronomy. Translated
L.M. Maloney, Minneapolis: Fortress, 1994.
PILCH, J. Introducing
the Cultural Context of the Old Testament. Vol. 1. New York:
Paulist, 1991.
PRITCHARD, J.B. Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating
to the Old Testament. ANET
3rd
edition with supplement. Princeton: Princeton University,
1963. (Reference)
von RAD, G. Old Testament Theology.
Vol. I, II. Translated
D.M.G.
London: Stalker, 1975.
RENDTORFF, R. The
Old Testament: An Introduction. Philadelphia, Fortress, 1986.
RICOEUR, P.
"Philosophy and Religious Language.” JR 54 (1974) 71-85.
RICOEUR, P.
"Philosophical Hermeneutics and Theological Hermeneutics.” Studies
in
Religion/Sciences Religieuses 5 (1975) 14-33.
RICOEUR, P.
"Creativity in Language.” Philosophy Today 17 (1973) 97-111.
RICOEUR, P.
"Biblical Hermeneutics.” Semeia 4 (1975) 29-145.
2) GENERAL INTRODUCTIONS TO
"COVENANT"
AZELLES, H.
"Covenant.” [Sacramentum Mundi, New York: 1975].
HILLERS, D.R. Covenant:
The History of a Biblical Idea. Baltimore: 1969.
McCARTHY, D.J. Old
Testament Covenant: A Survey of Current Opinions. Oxford:
Blackwell, 1972.
McKENZIE, J.L.
"Aspects of Old Testment Thought.” [The New Jerome Biblical
Commentary.
eds., BROWN, FITZMYER, MURPHY, Prentice Hall, New Jersey: 1990,
1284-1315].
MENDENHALL,
G.E. "Covenant.” [IDB. (Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible)
vol.
1].
MENDENHALL, G.E
and G.A. HERION. "Covenant.” The Anchor Bible Dictionary, I
1179-1202.
WEINFELD, M.
"berith.” TDOT (Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament)
Volume
2. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans, 1977.
3) GENERAL
BIBLIOGRAPHY ON THE COVENANT
ADEYEMI, F. The
New Covenant Torah in Jeremiah and the Law of Christ in Paul. New
York:
Peter Lang, 2006.
BALTZER, K.
The Covenant Formulary in the Old Testament. Translated
D.E.
Green. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1971.
BRIGHT, J. Covenant
and Promise: the prophetic understanding of the future in pre-exilic
Israel.
Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1976.
BRUEGGEMANN, W. The Land: Place as Gift, Promise, and
Challenge in the Biblical
Faith.
New York: Fortress,1977.
BRUEGGEMANN, W. David's Truth in Israel's Imagination
and Memory. New York:
Fortress,
1985. |bs 580 d3 b78
CLEMENTS, R.E. Prophecy
and Covenant. SBT 43, London: SCM Press, 1965.
CLEMENTS, R.E. Abraham
and David, Genesis 15 and its Meaning for Israelite Tradition. SBT
2:5, London: SCM Press, 1967.
CLEMENTS, R.E. God's
Chosen People: A Theological Interpretation of the Book of Deuteronomy.
London: SCM Press, 1968.
CLIFFORD, R. Deuteronomy,
with Excursus on Covenant and Law. Old Testament Message 5.
Wilmington: Michael
Glazier, 1982.
CRENSHAW, J.L. Story
and Faith, a Guide to the Old Testament. New York: Macmillan, 1986.
CROSS, F.M. Canaanite
Myth and Hebrew Epic. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University, 1973.
(See
especially "The Ideologies of Kingship in the Era of the Empire:
Conditional Covenant and Eternal Decree.” 219-273).
Dumbrell, William J. Covenant and Creation : a theology of
Old Testament
covenants. Nashville : T. Nelson, 1984.
GUTHRIE, H. Israel's
Sacred Songs: a study of dominant themes. New York: Seabury,
1966.
HAHN, Scott W. Kinship by Covenant: A Canonical Approach to the
Fulfillment
of God's Saving Promises. The Anchor Yale Bible Reference Library.
New
Haven: Yale University, 2009.
KALLUVEETTIL,
P. Declaration and Covenant, A Comprehensive Review of
Covenant
Formulae from the Old Testament and the Ancient Near East. Analecta
Biblica 88. Rome: Pontifical Biblical Institute, 1982.
McCARTHY,
D.J. Treaty and Covenant: A Study in Form in the
Ancient
Oriental Documents and in the Old Testament. Analecta Biblica 21a.
Rome:
Pontifical Biblical Institute, 1978.
McCARTHY, D.J. Institution
and Narrative: Collected Essays. Analecta Biblica 108. Rome:
Pontifical
Biblical Institute, 1985.
McCOMISKEY,
T.E. The Covenants of Promise: a theology of Old Testament Covenants.
Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1985.
McEVENUE, S.E. The
Narrative Style of the Priestly Writers. Analecta Biblica 50, Rome:
Pontifical
Biblical Institute, 1971.
MENDENHALL,
G.E. Law and Covenant in Israel and the Ancient Near East.
Pittsburg: Presbyterian
Board of Colportage of Western Pennsylvania, 1955.
MENDENHALL,
G.E. The Tenth Generation; the origins of the biblical tradition.
Baltimore: John Hopkins University, 1973.
NEWMAN, Murray
Lee. The People of the Covenant. New York: Abingdon, 1962.
NICHOLSON, Ernest
W. God and his people : covenant and theology in the Old Testament.
Oxford:
Clarendon; New York : Oxford University, 1986.
NICHOLSON,
Ernest W. Exodus and Sinai in History and Tradition. Oxford:
Clarendon, 1973.
ORLINSKI, H.M. The
So-Called "Servant of the Lord" and Suffering Servant in 2nd Isaiah.
VTSup 14 (1967). [Note the appendix, "A Light of Nations, A
Covenant People,” 97-119].
Person, Raymond F. The Deuteronomic School : history,
social setting, and
literature. Atlanta, GA : Society of Biblical Literature, 2002.
PLASTARAS, J. Creation
and Covenant. Milwaukee: Bruce, 1968.
POLZIN, R. Moses
and the Deuteronomist. New York: Seabury, 1980.
SCHMIDT,
W.H. The Faith of the Old Testament. London:
Basil Blackwell, 1983.
W. VOGELS, La
Promesse Royale de Yahweh Préparatoire à L'Alliance. Ottawa:
Editions de l'Université
Saint-Paul, 1970.
M.
WEINFELD, Deuteronomy and the
Deuteronomic School, Oxford: Clarendon, 1972.
WHYBRAY, R.N. The
Succession Narrative: A Study of 2 Samuel 9-29, 1 Kings 1 and 2.
London:
SCM Press, 1968.
WRIGHT, C.J.H. God's
People in God's Land, Family, Land and Property in the Old Testament.
Grand
Rapids: Eerdmans, 1990.
4) ARTICLES ON
COVENANT
BRUEGGEMANN, W.
"Amos 4:4-13 and Israel's Covenant Worship.” VT 15 (1965).
BUSS, M.J.
"Covenant, Theme in Historical Perspective.” VT 16 (1966).
CAMBELL, A.I.
"An Historical Prologue in a Seventh Century Treaty.” Bib 50
(1969).
EICHRODT, W.
"Covenant and Law.” Interpretation 20 (1966).
FENSHAM, F.C.
"Father and Son Terminology for Treaty and Covenant.” [Near Eastern
Studies in Honor of W.F. Albright, ed. H. Goedicke, Baltimore:
1971].
FENSHAM, F.C.
"Common Trends in Curses of the Near-Eastern Treaties and
Kudurru-Inscriptions Compared with Maledictions of Amos and Isaiah.” ZAW
75 (1963).
FENSHAM, F.C.
"Covenant, Promise and Expectation in the Bible.” TZ 23 (1967).
FENSHAM, F.C.
"Malediction and Benediction in Ancient Near-Eastern Vassal Treaties
and
the Old Testament.” ZAW 74 (1962).
FITZMYER, J.A.
"The Aramaic Treaty from Sefire in the Museum of Beirut.” CBQ
20 (1958).
FREEDMAN, D.N.
"Divine Commitment and Human Obligation.” Interpretation
18
(1964).
GERSTENBERGER,
E. "Covenant and Commandment.” JBL 84 (1965).
HELD, M.
"Philological Notes on the Mari Covenant Rituals.” BASOR
200
(1970).
HEPPENSTALL, E.
"The Law and the Covenant of Sinai.” AndrewsUnivSeminarySt
2
(1964).
HILLERS, D.R.
"berit 'am, Emancipation of the People.” JBL 97 (1978).
JOTHANN, C.D.
"The Covenant and Covenant Making in the Pentateuch." BangaloreTheologicalForum
3 (1969).
KLINE, M.G.
"Law Covenant.” WestminThJ 27 (1964).
KLINE, M.G.
"Dynastic Covenant.” WestminThJ 27 (1964).
LEVENSON, J.D.
"The Davidic Covenant and its Modern Interpreters.” CBQ 41 (1979).
MARTIN-ACHARD,
R. "La nouvelle alliance selon Jérémie.” RThPh 3:12
(1962); also in [Questions disputées... see
D.J. McCarthy]
MARTIN-ACHARD,
R. "La signification de l'alliance dans l'Ancien Testament
d'après
quelques travaux récents.” RThPh 3:18
(1969).
MAYES, A.D.H.
"The Covenant on Sinai and the Covenant with David.” Hermathena
110 (1970).
MAYES, A.D.H.
"King and Covenant, a study of 1K 22-23.” Hermathena 124
(1978).
McCARTHY, D.J.
"berit and Covenant in the Deuteronomistic History.” [Studies
in
the Religion and History of Ancient Israel. VT 23 (1972)].
McCARTHY, D.J.
"berit in Old Testament History and Theology.” Bib 53
(1972).
McCARTHY, D.J.
"2Sam 7 and the Structure of the Deuteronomistic History.” JBL 84 (1965).
McCARTHY,
D.J. "Covenant Relationships.” [Questions disputées d'Ancien Testament, BETL
33, ed. C.H.W. Brekelmans, Leuven-Gembloux: 1974].
McCARTHY, D.J.
"Prophets and Covenantal Community.” Jeevadhara 11
(1981).
McCARTHY, D.J. "Moses'
Dealings with Pharaoh.” CBQ
27 (1965).
McCARTHY, D.J.
"Notes on the Love of God in Deuteronomy and the Father-Son
Relationship between Yahweh and Israel.” CBQ 27 (1972) 144-147.
McKAY, J.W.
"Man's Love for God in Deuteronomy and the Father/Teacher --
Son/Pupil Relationship.” VT 22 (1972) 426-435.
McKENZIE, J.L.
"The Dynastic Oracle: 2 Sam 7.” ThSt 8 (1947) 187-218.
McKENZIE, S.L
and H.N. WALLACE. "Covenant Themes in Malachi.” CBQ 45:4
(1983).
MORAN, W.L.
"The Ancient Near Eastern Background of the Love of God in
Deuteronomy.” CBQ 24 (1963).
MOST, W. "A Biblical
Theology of Redemption in a
Covenantal Framework.” CBQ 29 (1959).
MUILENBURG, J.
"The Form and Structure of the Covenantal Formulations.” VT
9
(1959).
NICHOLSON, E.W.
"The Covenant Ritual in Ex 24:3-8.” VT 32 (1982).
NICHOLSON, E.W.
"The Tradition in Exodus 24:9-11.” VT 26 (1976).
NICHOLSON, E.W.
"The Interpretation of Exodus 24:9-11.” VT 24 (1974).
O'DOHERTY, E.
"The Organic Development of Messianic Revelation.” CBQ 19
(1957) 16-24.
PRUSSNER, F.C.
"The Covenant of David and the Problem of the Unity in Old
Testament
Theology.” [Transitions in Biblical Scholarship, ed. J.C.
Rylaarsdam,
Chicago: 1968].
QUELL, G.
"diatheke, The Old Testament term berit.” Theological
Dictionary
of the Bible.
RIEMANN, P.A.
"Covenant, Mosaic.” [IDB, suppl. vol, Nashville: 1976].
SWETNAM, J.
"Why was Jeremiah's new covenant new?.” [Studies on Prophecy,
VTSup 26 (1974)].
SWETNAM, J.
"Diatheke in the Septuagint account of Sinai: A Suggestion.” Bib
47 (1966).
TSEVAT, M.
"The House of David in Nathan's Prophecy.” Bib 46 (1965).
TSEVAT, M.
"The Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian Vassal Oaths and the Prophet
Ezekiel.” JBL 78 (1959).
WEINFELD, M.
"berith - Covenant vs Obligation.” Bib 56 (1975).
WEINFELD, M.
"Deuteronomy and the Present State of Inquiry.” JBL 86
(1967).
WEINFELD, M.
"Jeremiah and the Spiritual Metamorphis of Israel.” ZAW
88
(1976).
WHITLEY, C.F.
"Covenant and Commandment in Israel.” JNES 22 (1963).
WIJNGAARDS, J.
"Death and Resurrection in Covenantal Contexts (Hosea 6:2).” VT
17 (1967).