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The readings are updated annually. The list published in September is valid for one year. Items from a recent reading list may be substituted, in consultation with the Graduate Adviser. Most of the readings and texts other than complete books are available in a reading packet. Copies are available in the Grad Reading Room and on reserve in H. C. White Library. A master copy, which can be photocopied, can be borrowed from the departmental office. Readings done as part of course work should be reviewed.
I.) Biblical texts
R. P. Beckwith, "Formation of the Hebrew Bible," in Mikra: Text, Translation, Reading and Interpretation of the Hebrew Bible in Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity, edited by M. J. Mulder (Assen/Maastricht: Van Gorcum and Minneapolis: Fortress, 1990), 39-87.
M. Goshen-Gottstein, "Editions of the Hebrew Bible - Past and
Future." Pp. 221-42 in Sha'arei
Talmon, ed. by M. Fishbane and E. Tov. (Winona Lake, IN:
Eisenbrauns, 1992).
M. J. Mulder, "The Transmission of the Biblical Text," in Mikra: Text, Translation, Reading and Interpretation of the Hebrew Bible in Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity, edited by M. J. Mulder (Assen/Maastricht: Van Gorcum and Minneapolis: Fortress, 1990), 87-135.
E. Tov, Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible (2d ed.; Minneapolis: Fortress, 2001).
I. Yeivin, Introduction to the Tiberian Masorah, translated and edited by E. J. Revell (Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1980).
The entire Bible, in English if not in Hebrew.
II.) Hebrew language
C. Brovender, et al., "Hebrew Language," Encyclopedia Judaica 16:1560-1607.
P. Joüon -T. Muraoka, A Grammar of Biblical Hebrew (Rome: Pontifical Biblical Institute, 1991), vol. 1.
III.) Literature
R. Alter, The Art of Biblical Narrative (New York: Basic Books, 1981).
R. Alter, The Art of Biblical Poetry (New York: Basic Books, 1985).
J. Barton, Reading the Old Testament: Method in Biblical Study (Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 1996 [not the 1984 edition]).*
A. Berlin, Poetics and Interpretation of Biblical Narrative (Reprinted; Winona Lake, Ind.: Eisenbrauns, 1995).
J. Blenkinsopp, The Pentateuch: An Introduction to the First Five Books of the Bible (New York: Doubleday, 1992).
S. L. McKenzie and S. R. Haynes, eds., To Each Its Own Meaning:
An
Introduction to Biblical Criticisms and Their Application (Louisville:
Westminster/John Knox, 1999). [use this edition only]*
van der Toorn, Karel, Scribal
Culture and the Making of the Hebrew Bible (Cambridge, Mass.:
Harvard University Press, 2007).
IV.) Other
William Dever, What did the Biblical Writers Know and When did they Know it? (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2001).
B. Holtz, ed., Back to the Sources: Reading the Classic Jewish Texts (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1984), 31-260.*
Philip J. King and Lawrence E. Stager, Life in Biblical Israel
(Louisville: Westminster/John Knox Press, 2002).
S. Niditch, Ancient Israelite Religion (New York: Oxford University Press, 1997).
J. C. VanderKam, The Dead Sea Scrolls Today (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1994).
V.) Hebrew Texts
1. Texts studied in courses, both as 513-514 and as Advanced Text Courses.
2. Texts prepared independently: Gen 12-36; Exod 1-12; Deut 1-12; Lev 1-10; Josh 1-11; 2 Kgs 1-10; Zech 1-14; Mic 1-7.
3. Sight passages.