Dr. Gordon Johnston Office: Todd 219 Phone: 214-­‐887-­‐5314 Email: gjohnston@dts.edu OT104-­‐b Hebrew Exegesis II Spring Session 2016 (3 hours) Dallas Theological Seminary Classroom: Todd 218 Course Syllabus: OT104-­‐b Hebrew Exegesis II Dr. Gordon Johnston, Professor of Old Testament Tuesday/Thursday 2:25—3:40 PM COURSE DESCRIPTION An application of the methods introduced in OT103 to selected passages from prophetic, hymnic, and wisdom literature. The course includes an introduction to hermeneutical principles and critical methods pertaining to these genres, as well as Hebrew poetry in general. Attention is given to theological correlation and homiletical application of passages studied, as well as to relevant elements of Old Testament history and backgrounds. COURSE OBJECTIVES Cognitive Objectives. Two hours of this course applies the exegetical method introduced in OT103 to various non-­‐
narrative literary genres in the Old Testament with a view toward careful exposition of the biblical text. One hour of this course equips the student to engage in dialogue with contemporary scholarship on questions of historicity, religion, and canonicity of the Old Testament. By the end of the course the student will be able to: (1) exegete a variety of literary genres in the Hebrew Scriptures with the goal of competent exposition of the biblical message to a contemporary audience; (2) engage some of the contemporary challenges to the reliability of the Old Testament raised by critical scholars regarding historicity and canonicity; Affective Objectives. As a result of taking this course it is hoped that the student will (1) gain a greater appreciation for the importance of doing exegesis in the original text of Scripture; (2) gain confidence in your ability to work in the text and to think through interpretive and critical issues; and (3) grow in grace by encountering the Living Word through the written word. VALUE OF THE COURSE Contribution to ThM Curriculum. The purpose of the ThM program is, in part, to develop competent Bible expositors. This course, which seeks to develop your exegetical skills in the Old Testament, is central to this program goal because biblical interpretation in the original text is foundational to Bible study, theology, preaching and other practical dimensions of ministry. A working knowledge of the grammar and syntax of biblical Hebrew, which is the focus of this course, is foundational for reading and understanding the Hebrew Bible. This course seeks ultimately to contribute to the goal of accurately interpreting and effectively communicating the message of the biblical text. Contribution to Future Ministry. Biblical expositors, who assume the responsibility of teaching and preaching the Scriptures must—if at all possible—be able to work effectively and competently in the original languages, to provide credibility to one's exposition of Scripture. Since all Christian ministry, properly understood, involves application of the truth of Scripture to the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of the human condition, an accurate grasp of biblical teaching is essential for sound exposition. This is best accomplished through careful exegesis of Scripture in its original languages. 1
COURSE TEXTBOOK LIST Required Textbooks: Hebrew Exegesis of the Psalms o Chisholm, Robert B., Jr. From Exegesis to Exposition: A Practical Guide to Using Biblical Hebrew. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1998. ISBN 0801021715, 978-­‐0801021718 o Elliger, Karl and Walter Rudolph. Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1983. ISBN 978-­‐3438052193 o Mark D. Futato, Interpreting the Psalms: An Exegetical Handbook. Handbooks for Old Testament Exegesis. Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2007. ISBN 0825427657, 978-­‐0825427657 o Koehler, Ludwig and Walther Baumgartner, eds. Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament. Translated and edited by M. Richardson. 2 vols. Leiden: Brill, 2001. ISBN 9004124454, 978-­‐9004124455 Suggested Textbooks: Exegesis and Exposition of the Psalms o Allen P. Ross, A Commentary on the Psalms, 3 volumes. Kregel Exegetical Library. Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2012-­‐
2015. Volume 1 (Psalms 1-­‐41): ISBN 082542562X, 978-­‐0825425622; Volume 2 (Psalms 42-­‐89) ISBN 0825425638, 978-­‐
0825425639; Volume 3 (Psalms 90-­‐150) ISBN 0825426669, 978-­‐0825426667 Required Textbooks: Old Testament in Public Square—Choose Three of the Following Options o Darrell Bock, James Hoffmeier and Dennis Magary, eds., Do Historical Matters Matter to Faith? Grand Rapids: Crossway, 2012. ISBN 978-­‐1433525711 o Walter L. Bradley and R. Charles B. Thaxton, The Mystery of Life's Origin: Reassessing Current Theories. New York: Philosophical Library, 1984. ISBN—10: 0802224474, ISBN—13: 978-­‐0802224477 o Ardel B. Caneday and Matthew Barrett, eds., Four Views on the Historical Adam. Counterpoints: Bible and Theology. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2013 ISBN 0310499275, 978-­‐0310499275 o Paul Copan, Is God A Moral Monster? Making Sense of the Old Testament God. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 2011 ISBN 0801072751, 978-­‐0801072758 o Charles Halton, ed., Genesis [1-­‐11]: History, Fiction, or Neither? Three Views on the Bible's Earliest Chapters. Counterpoints: Bible and Theology. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2015. ISBN 0310514940, 978-­‐0310514947 o Johnny V. Miller and John M. Soden, In the Beginning … We Misunderstood: Interpreting Genesis 1 in its Original Context. Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2012 ISBN 0825439272, 978-­‐0825439278 o Ronald E. Osborn, Death Before the Fall: Biblical Literalism and the Problem of Animal Suffering. Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2014. ISBN 083084046X, 978-­‐0830840465 o John Mark Reynolds, ed., Three Views on Creation and Evolution. Counterpoints: Bible and Theology. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1999. ISBN 0310220173, 978-­‐0310220176 o Sandy, D. Brent. Plowshares and Pruning Hooks: Rethinking the Language of Biblical Prophecy and Apocalyptic. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2002. ISBN 083082653X, 978-­‐0830826537 o John H. Walton, Ancient Near Eastern Thought and the Old Testament: Introducing the Conceptual World of the Hebrew Bible. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 2006. ISBN 0801027500, 978-­‐0801027505 o John H. Walton with N.T. Wright, The Lost World of Adam and Eve: Genesis 2-­‐3 and the Human Origins Debate. Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2015. ISBN 0830824618, 978-­‐0830824618 o Davis A. Young and Ralph F. Stearley, The Bible, Rocks and Time: Geological Evidence for the Age of the Earth. Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2008. ISBN 0830828761, 978-­‐0830828760 2
COURSE REQUIREMENTS This course consists of two hours of Hebrew Exegesis in prophetic, hymnic and wisdom literature (through guided assignments in selected passages) and one hour of Old Testament in the Public Square. The course requirements and proportion of course grade reflects this two-­‐thirds and one-­‐third. In order to be eligible to pass the course, the student must earn passing grades both in the two hours of the Hebrew Exegesis portion of the course, as well as in the one hour of Old Testament in the Public Square portion of the course. Course Requirements: Hebrew Exegesis (65%) 1. Hebrew Translation/Parsing Quizzes (10%) Each student will take twelve (12) of fifteen (15) scheduled translation /parsing quizzes according to the course schedule. Each quiz will cover one (1) of the two (2) verses listed in the course schedule. The student will be asked to translate the verse, parse selected verbs, and answer syntax questions. The quiz will begin promptly at the beginning of the class period and students will be given a maximum of five (5) minutes to complete the quiz. Any student who arrives late will not be given extra time to take the quiz—make sure to arrive on time. The two (2) lowest grades (including quizzes missed due to absence) will be dropped. The average of the ten (10) highest grades will for a total of 10% of the final course grade. 2. Exegetical Assignments (20%) Each student must complete four (4) short exegetical assignments on Psalm 11 in preparation for the semester paper on Psalm 11 (see below). Each assignment is designed to help the student develop exegetical skills in terms of the following areas: (1) syntactical analysis, (2) lexical analysis: word studies, (3) text-­‐critical analysis, and (4) literary analysis. Each of these assignments must be typed, double-­‐spaced, using 12-­‐point fonts (English, Hebrew, Greek), and no more than 5-­‐6 pages in length. The professor will provide the instruction sheet for each of the four assignments through Canvas. Each of the four assignments will count 5% each for a total of 20% of the final course grade. Please see the course schedule for the due dates for each of these four exegetical assignments. 3. Semester Paper: Exegetical-­‐Theological-­‐Exposition of Psalm 11 (35%) Each student must write a paper that presents an exegetical-­‐theological-­‐exposition of Psalm 11. This paper is designed to showcase the major skills that the curriculum develops. This paper that should be presented in research paper style, conforming to the Seminary guidelines for matters of form and format (i.e., the seventh edition of Turabian’s manual and the Dallas Seminary supplement to Turabian). This paper should be double-­‐
spaced, using 12-­‐point fonts (English, Hebrew, Greek). The paper must be approximately 15—20 pages in length (plus works cited bibliography). An instruction sheet and sample paper will be provided. This project will be completed in four stages: (1) orientation: (a) evaluation of the text-­‐critical aparatus of the BHS text of Psalm 11, (b) preliminary translation of Psalm 11 that reflects your text-­‐critical decisions; (2) analysis: (a) poetic analysis of Psalm 11, (b) careful discussion of the major exegetical issues in Psalm 11; (3) synthesis: (a) synthesis of the basic message of Psalm 11, (b) set of three outlines: exegetical outline, biblical theological outline, and homiletical/expositional outline, (c) discussion of three biblical theological themes in the psalm that will be relevant to contemporary exposition of Psalm 11; and (4) final paper: submission of a corrected and revised version of the three preliminary stages in the form of a final, polished product. Each of the first three stages will count 5% each for a total of 15% and the final paper (fourth stage) will count 20%. As a result, the entire project will count 35% of the final course grade. See course schedule for the due dates for each of the four stages. Note: Graduating students must submit the final paper no later than Thursday, March 3. 3
Course Requirements: Old Testament Introduction (35%) 1. Textbook Reading Assignments (10%) Each student must complete his/her choice of three (3) books in the list of required course textbooks for the Old Testament in Public Square portion of the course. (Note: Any students who completed Paul Copan, Is God A Moral Monster? during the fall semester in OT103 may substitute it for one of the books for OT104). Reading assignments will count 10% of the course grade. The student must submit a reading report to the professor by email: gjohnston@dts.edu. Graduating students must submit this reading report no later than Thursday, April 21. Non-­‐graduating students must submit this reading report no later than Thursday, April 28. 2. Old Testament in Public Square Project (25%) Each student will research and write a research paper that tackle a selected issue related to the Old Testament in the Public Square. Each essay should be 10-­‐15 pages in length, doubled-­‐spaced (12-­‐point fonts), following Turabian style, plus works cited bibliography. The essay should be written with two audiences in mind. The first is the Christian college student whose faith in the reliability of the Old Testament is being challenged by skepticism of the secular academy. This is the audience that should be addressed in the body of the paper that is presented in a flowing literary style suitable for distribution to college students. The paper should be accurate, succinct, well written and easy to grasp. The second audience is a more sophisticated academic audience that wants to see the bibliographic documentation and interaction with scholarly literature that provides the foundation for the content presented in the body of the paper. Think of yourself as speaking to an informed undergraduate college students in the body of the paper, but to graduate students or college professors in the footnotes. This paper will count 25% of the final course grade. Graduating students must submit this paper no later than Thursday, April 14. Non-­‐graduating students must submit this paper no later than Tuesday, April 26. Choose your paper from one of the following thirty-­‐seven individual options below: 1. Literary Critical Challenges o the authorship and date of composition of the Book of Genesis o the authorship and date of composition of the Book of Deuteronomy o the authorship and date of composition of the Book of Isaiah o the authorship and date of composition of the Book of Daniel 2. Historical/Archaeological Challenges o the lack of direct historical/literary evidence related to the patriarchs o the lack of direct historical/literary evidence of the Hebrew sojourn in Egypt o the lack of direct historical/literary evidence of the Hebrew exodus from Egypt o the "impossibly" large number of the Hebrews in the exodus o the challenge of archaeological support related to Israelite conquest of Canaan o the archaeology related to the early settlement of the Israelites in the central hill country o the debate about the historicity of the united monarchy in the light of archaeology o the debate about the extent of the biblical flood—local or universal? 3. Moral Ethical Challenges o ethical questions related to Israelite conquest/genocide of Canaanites o ethical questions related to capital punishment o ethical questions related to treatment of homosexuals and/or the sexually unfaithful o ethical questions related to the imprecatory psalms/prayers o ethical questions related to the institution of slavery in ancient Israel o ethical questions related to the treatment of women in ancient Israel o ethical questions related to the use of corporeal discipline of children in ancient Israel 4
4. Comparative Literature Challenges o comparison/contrast of the Mosaic law code compared to ANE law codes o comparison/contrast of the Levitical sacrificial system to ANE sacrificial systems o comparison/contrast of the Mosaic covenant to ANE suzerain-­‐vassal treaties o comparison/contrast of the Israelite wisdom literature to ANE wisdom literature o comparison/contrast of the biblical flood account to ANE flood legends 5. Historicity and Hermeneutics Related to Genesis 1-­‐11 o the historicity and hermeneutics of the Table of Nations in Genesis 10-­‐11 o the historicity and hermeneutics of the Tower of Babel account in Genesis 11:1-­‐9 o the historicity and hermeneutics of the biblical flood account in Genesis 6-­‐9 o the historicity and hermeneutics of the long-­‐lived promigenors in Genesis 5 o the historicity and hermeneutics of the cultural history of mankind in Genesis 4 o the historicity and hermeneutics of the Garden of Eden narrative in Genesis 2-­‐3 6. Scientific Challenges Related to Genesis 1-­‐3 o the historical Adam in light of the human/chimpanzee/neanderthal genome projects o the historical Adam debate—survey of various evangelical options o the biblical creation debate—survey of various evangelical options o the continuity/discontinuity between the two creation narratives in Genesis 1 and 2 o the scientific challenges related to the biblical creation account in Genesis 1:1-­‐2:3 o the literary genre and nature of the biblical creation account in Genesis 1:1-­‐2:3 o continuity/discontinuity of the biblical creation account compared to ANE creation myths GRADE SCALE AND PERCENTAGE OF REQUIREMENTS A. Grade Scale and Percentage of Requirements A+ 99-­‐100 A 96-­‐98 A-­‐ 94-­‐95 B+ B B-­‐ 91-­‐93 88-­‐90 86-­‐87 C+ C C-­‐ 83-­‐85 80-­‐82 78-­‐79 D+ D D-­‐ B. Weighing of Course Requirements for Grading Hebrew Portion of the Course (65%) 1. Hebrew Translation/Parsing Quizzes 2. Hebrew Exegetical Assignments: 4 x 5% 3. Exegetical Exposition Paper Old Testament Introduction Portion of Course (35%) 1. Course Textbook Reading 2. Old Testament in Public Square Project 10% 20% 35% 10% 25% 5
75-­‐77 72-­‐74 70-­‐71 F below 70 ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR STAGE ONE DOCTORAL STUDENTS Any student in the Stage 1 Ph.D. program must complete additional requirements: (1) read 100 additional verses from Hebrew Psalter; and (2) read additional 500 pages of OTI-­‐related material. Consult with the professor during the first week of class. The student must rcomplete these requirements by the end of the semester . SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION Dallas Theological Seminary does not discriminate on the basis of disability in the operation of any of its programs and activities. To avoid discrimination the student is responsible for informing the Coordinator of Services for Students with Disabilities and the course professor/instructor of any disabling condition that will require modifications. COURSE POLICIES Class Attendance Attendance at all class periods is expected. According to the student handbook, each student is allowed excused absences from a total of four (4) class periods. If you are absent, you are responsible to find out what was covered in class. Absences should be taken only for legitimate, important and necessary reasons. Students should not cut class to work on assignments for other courses. Each unexcused absence in excess of the prescribed limit will receive a reduction of 3% off the final grade. Tardiness The class period will begin promptly on schedule. Students are expected to arrive before the period begins, and to be seated when the class commences. According to the handbook, three (3) tardies are equal to one (1) absence. Please see class attendance policy above. If the student accumulates four (4) excused absences, but three (3) tardies—which would be equivalent to one absence—the student will have exceeded the acceptable class absences and receive a reduction of 3% off the final grade. Policies Regarding Plagiarism The student is expected to be familiar with the seminary’s policy regarding plagiarism (see the latest edition of the Student Handbook). If you need further clarification on what constitutes plagiarism, please see me privately. Note carefully that plagiarism is not just quoting someone without giving credit; it can also take the form of stealing another’s ideas without giving them their due. You are encouraged to use commentaries and other exegetical tools you find helpful. However, you must properly and thoroughly document any and all use of such sources—failure to properly document your dependence on other sources is plagiarism. You may not plagiarize the work of others. Note that plagiarism is not just quoting or paraphrasing someone without giving credit; it can also take the form of stealing another person's ideas without giving them their due. Plagiarism occurs whenever a writer borrows material outside the pale of common knowledge from a source without indicating his/her indebtedness. The borrowing may have to do with substance (the use of ideas or information from other sources without providing the appropriate documentation), or it may have to do with verbal expression (the use of wording or phraseology of another author without providing the appropriate acknowledgment). In either instance plagiarism constitutes a serious academic and ethical impropriety. For this reason any paper submitted for this course that gives evidence of plagiarism, whether committed deliberately or naively, will receive a grade of F and the plagiarism reported to the Dean of Students. You may not consult completed papers or assignments from former OT104 students. Any paper that gives evidence of plagiarism will receive a grade of F. The student suspected of plagiarism will be reported to the Academic Dean and Dean of Students. 6
Interaction with Other Students in Completing Assignments Group work is not allowed in completing the exegetical assignments. Nevertheless, students may help one another in the introductory stage of orienting oneself to the exegetical assignments. To be specific, students may help one another understand the exegetical questions and identify the appropriate exegetical tools to be used in answering each question. However, once the actual process of doing the research necessary to answer each question begins, students may not help one another. On the other hand, you may discuss your answers with other students after you have already completed your own work; however, you are not allowed to change any of your own answers after interacting with others. Completion of Course Work within Semester According to seminary policy, students are required to complete course work during the semester. Except for exceptional extenuating circumstances, a student may not receive an extension of course requirements. The Credits Committee governs this, and they only grant rare exceptions. Submission of Course Assignments All work is due at the beginning of the period for which it is scheduled. Work handed in after class has begun, at the end of the period or after the class without a legitimate excuse will be viewed as late work and penalized one full grade (e.g., B+ will be reduced to C+). If you arrive late, wait until the end of the class period to submit it. For late papers, no handwritten answers will be accepted. Except in the case of a legitimate excused absence (see attendance policy), any assignment turned in late will be penalized 6% (one full-­‐letter grade) per class period. No late assignment will be accepted more than one week after it is due. If your assignment is completed on time but you know in advance that you must miss class, give your assignment to a classmate to turn in for you. If an emergency on the day an assignment is due prevents you from submitting the assignment at the beginning of the class period, you may submit it to the professor before 5:00 PM of that day along with a note explaining the nature of the emergency. The professor will then determine what penalty, if any, is appropriate. If an emergency the day an assignment is due prevents you from coming to campus and submitting the assignment to the professor, you must send the assignment to the professor by regular mail or as an attachment via email. If you send it by regular mail, it must be postmarked on the date the assignment is due and a note explaining the nature of the emergency must accompany it. The professor will then determine what penalty, if any, is appropriate. If you do not follow this policy, no late assignment will be accepted after the end of the class period. If you are not able to complete an assignment before the beginning of any particular class period, you may not under any circumstance attend class when we discuss the assignment, then complete the questions afterwards and hand in the assignment. Instead, you may complete the alternate questions provided with every assignment. However, you still will be penalized one full grade increment (e.g., B+ to C+) for each day that the assignment is late. Surfing the Internet during Class is Discouraged To ensure the integrity of the classroom, the student is discouraged from surfing the internet during the class period. Please understand that surfing the internet during the class period will only distract you from being able to pay full attention in class. Please understand it is an irresponsible waste of my time and the time of other people if I have to repeat answers to questions that have already been asked or repeat instructions that I have already given if you were distracted by this kind of activity. 7
Departmentally Provided Tutorial Assistance In order to assist students to achieve the goals of the course, the Old Testament department provides free access to our Hebrew tutors who are departmentally approved/trained. For the names and contact information of the Hebrew tutors, contact Jane Corey (the Old Testament Department Administrative Assistant) at jcorey@dts.edu. Professor’s Office Hours Please feel free to seek help during office hours. To ensure that I will be available to meet with you during office hours, you should make an appointment through the department secretary: Jane Corey (214-­‐841-­‐3765). My office is Todd-­‐219, my office phone is 214-­‐887-­‐5314, and my email address is gjohnston@dts.edu. Please feel free to schedule an appointment to meet with me during my office hours. My office hours this semester are: Tuesdays 1:00—2:00 pm Wednesdays 3:45—4:45 pm Thursdays 4:00—5:00 pm 8
SUPPLEMENT BIBLIOGRAPHY Suggested Texts: Hebrew Exegesis o A.E. Cowley, ed. Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar. Edited and Enlarged by E. Kautzsch. 2nd English edition. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1910. o Willem VanGemeren, ed. New International Dictionary of Old Testament Theology and Exegesis (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1997) o J. de Waard, P. B. Dirksen et al., eds., General Introduction and Megilloth, fascicle 18 of Biblia Hebraica Quinta (Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 2004) o Bruce K. Waltke and M. O’Connor. An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax (Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 1990). o Ronald J. Williams, Hebrew Syntax: An Outline (reprint edition; Toronto: University of Toronto: 1967). ISBN 0802014518, 9780802014511 Hebrew Tools for the Pastor’s Exegetical Library o Abegg, Martin and Peter Flint and Eugene Ulrich. The Dead Sea Scrolls Bible. T&T Clark, 2004. ISBN-­‐10: 0567089592; ISBN-­‐13: 978-­‐0567089595 o Armstrong, Terry A. and Douglas L. Busby, and Cyril F. Carr. A Reader's Hebrew-­‐English Lexicon of the Old Testament. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1989. o Baker, David; Elaine Heath and Morven Baker. More Light on the Path: Daily Scripture Readings in Hebrew and Greek. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1998. ISBN-­‐13: 978-­‐0801021657 o Brown, Francis, S. R. Driver, Charles A. Briggs. New Brown-­‐Driver-­‐Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament. Peabody: Hendricksen, 1996. o Landes, George M. Building Your Biblical Hebrew Vocabulary. SBL Resources for Biblical Study, 41. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2001. o Mitchell, Larry A. A Student's Vocabulary for Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1984. o Owens, John Joseph. Analytical Key to the Old Testament. 4 Volumes. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1989. o VanGemeren, Willem, ed. et al. New International Dictionary of Old Testament Theology & Exegesis. 5 volumes. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1997. o Waltke, Bruce K. and M. O'Connor. Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax. Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 1990. o Williams, Ronald J. Hebrew Syntax: An Outline. Reprint edition. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2003. Suggested Texts: Exegetical Method o Broyles, Craig, ed. Interpreting the Old Testament: A Guide for Exegesis. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 2001. o Stuart, Douglas. Old Testament Exegesis: A Handbook for Students and Pastors. Third edition. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2001. 9
Suggested Texts: Hebrew Poetry and Wisdom o Bullock, C. Hassell. Encountering the Book of Psalms: A Literary and Theological Introduction. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2001. o Kidner, Derek. The Wisdom of Proverbs, Job and Ecclesiastes: An Introduction to Wisdom Literature. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1985. o Petersen, David L. and Kent Harold Richards, Interpreting Hebrew Poetry, Guides to Biblical Scholarship: Old Testament Series. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1992. o Watson, Wilfred G.E. Hebrew Poetry: A Guide to its Techniques. JSOT Supplement Series. Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1985. Suggested Texts: The Psalms o Allen, Leslie. Psalms 101-­‐150. Word Biblical Commentary. Waco, TX: Word, 1992. o Anderson, A. A. Psalms, New Century Bible. 2 Vols. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1972. o Bratcher, R. G. & Reyburn,W. D. A Handbook on Psalms. New York:United Bible Society, 1991. o Craigie, Peter C. Psalms 1-­‐50. Word Biblical Commentary. Waco: Word Books,1983. o Gerstenberger, Erhard S. Psalms. Forms of Old Testament Literature. 2 vols. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1988, 2001. o Kirkpatrick, A.F. The Book of Psalms. 3 vols. The Cambridge Bible for Schools & Colleges. Cambridge: University Press, 1930. o Kraus, Hans-­‐Joachim. Psalms 1-­‐59, Psalms 60-­‐150. Minneapolis: Augsburg Publishing House, 1988-­‐89. o Longman, Tremper III. How to Read the Psalms. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1988. o Tate, Marvin A. Psalms 51-­‐100. Word Biblical Commentary. Waco, TX: Word, 1990. o VanGemeren, Willem A. “Psalms,” in The Expositor’s Bible Commentary, ed. by Frank E. Gaebelein, 5:3-­‐880. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1991. o Westermann, Claus. Praise and Lament in the Psalms. Atlanta: John Knox Press, 1981. Reprint, Louisville: Westminster/John Knox Press, 2002. Suggested Texts: Book of Proverbs o Alden, Robert L. Proverbs. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1983. o Böstrom, Lennart. The God of the Sages: The Portrayal of God in the Book of Proverbs. Coniectanea Biblica, OT Series 29. Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell International, 1990. o Fox, Michael V. Proverbs 1-­‐9. Anchor Bible Commentary 18A. New York: Doubleday, 2001. o Fox, Michael V. Proverbs 10-­‐31. Anchor Bible Commentary 18B. New York: Doubleday, 2008. o Garrett, Duane L. Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Songs. New American Commentary. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1993. 10
o Hubbard, David A. Proverbs. The Communicator's Commentary. Dallas:Word Books, 1989. o McKane, William. Proverbs. The Old Testament Library. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1970. o Murphy, Roland E. Wisdom Literature: Job, Proverbs, Ruth, Canticles, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Forms of Old Testament Literature, 13. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1981. o Ross, Allen P. "Proverbs," 5:883-­‐1134 in ed., Frank E. Gaebelein, The Expositor’s Bible Commentary. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1991. o Van Leeuwen, R. C. "The Book of Proverbs," in The New Interpreter’s Bible. 5:17-­‐264. Nashville: Abingdon, 1997. o Waltke, Bruce K. Proverbs. 2 vols. New International Commentary on the Old Testament. Grand Rapids: Eerdmands, 2005. o Whybray, R.N. Proverbs. The New Century Bible Commentary. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1994. Suggested Texts: Book of Isaiah o Clements, Roland. E. Isaiah 1-­‐39. New Century Bible Commentary. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1980. o Hayes, James. Isaiah, the Eighth-­‐Century Prophet. Nashville: Abingdon, 1987. o Kaiser, Otto. Isaiah 1-­‐12, A Commentary. Old Testament Library. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1983. o Moyter, J. Alec. The Prophecy of Isaiah: An Introduction and Commentary. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1993. o North, Christopher R. The Second Isaiah. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1964. o Oswalt, James. The Book of Isaiah. 2 vols. New International Commentary on the Old Testament. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1986, 1998. o Westermann, Claus. Isaiah 40-­‐66, A Commentary. Old Testament Library. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1969. o Westermann, Claus. Basic Forms of Prophetic Speech. Reprint Edition. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox Press, 2002. o Whybray, Roland. N. Isaiah 40-­‐66. New Century Bibe Commentary. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1975. o Wildberger, Hans. Isaiah 1-­‐12. A Commentary. Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 1991 11