Theology

Updated July 17, 2002

Adams, Douglas. The Prostitute in the Family Tree: Discovering Humor and Irony in the Bible. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 1997.

Anderson, Bernhard W. Contours of Old Testament Theology. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1999.

Assmann, Jan. Moses the Egyptian: The Memory of Egypt in Western Monotheism. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1997.

Bach, Alice, ed. Women in the Hebrew Bible: A Reader. New York: Routledge, 1999.

Barr, James. The Concept of Biblical Theology: An Old Testament Perspective. Minneapolis/London: Fortress/SCM, 1999.

Baylis, Albert H. From Creation to the Cross: Understanding the First Half of the Bible. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1996.

Bellis, Alice Ogden. Helpmates, Harlots, and Heroes: Women's Stories in the Hebrew Bible. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 1994.

Bellis, Alice Ogden, and Joel S. Kaminsky, eds. Jews, Christians, and the Theology of the Hebrew Scriptures. SBL Symposium Series 8. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2000. 

Berquist, Jon L. Reclaiming Her Story: The Witness of Women in the Old Testament. St. Louis: Chalice, 19--.

Bronner, Leila Leah. From Eve to Esther: Rabbinic Reconstructions of Biblical Women. Gender and the Biblical Tradition. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 1994.

Brown, Michael L. Israel's Divine Healer. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1995.

Brown, Robert McAfee. The Bible Speaks to You. Rev. ed. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 1985.

Brueggemann, Walter. The Land. Overtures to Biblical Theology. Philadelphia: Augsburg/Fortress, 1977.

Brueggemann, Walter. Old Testament Theology: Essays in Structure, Theme, and Text. Edited by Patrick D. Miller. Philadelphia: Augsburg/Fortress, 19--.

Brueggemann, Walter. Theology of the Old Testament: Testimony, Dispute, Advocacy. Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 1997.

Childs, Brevard S. Old Testament Theology in a Canonical Context. Philadelphia: Augsburg/Fortress, 19--.

Clements, Ronald E. Old Testament Theology. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 19--.

Crenshaw, James L. A Whirlpool of Torment: Israelite Traditions of God as an Oppressive Presence. Overtures to Biblical Theology. Philadelphia: Augsburg/Fortress, 1984.

Dentan, Robert C. Preface to Old Testament Theology. Rev ed. New York: Seabury, 1963.

Dryness, William A. Themes in Old Testament Theology. InterVarsity, 19--.

Eichrodt, Walther. Theology of the Old Testament. Translated by J. A. Baker. 2 vols. Old Testament Library. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 1961, 1967.

Ellens, Deborah; Michael Floyd; Wonil Kim; and Marvin A. Sweeney. Reading the Hebrew Bible for A New Millennium: Form, Concept, and Theological Perspective. Volume 1 - Theological and Hermeneutical Studies. Studies in Antiquity and Christianity. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Trinity Press International, 1999.

Eskola, Timo and Eero Junkkaala, eds. From the Ancient Sites of Israel: Essays on Archaeology, History and Theology Memory of Aapeli Saarisalo (1896-1986). Iustitia Supplement Series. Helsinki: Theological Institute of Finland, 1998.

Gnuse, Robert Karl. No Other Gods: Emergent Monotheism in Israel. Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplements 241. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1997.

Gnuse, Robert K.  The Old Testament and Process Theology. St. Louis: Chalice, 2000. 

Gowan, Donald E. Eschatology in the Old Testament. 2nd ed. Herndon, Virginia: T. and T. Clark, 2000.

Gowan, Donald E. Theology of the Prophetic Books: The Death and Resurrection of Israel.
Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1998.

Gray, John. The Biblical Doctrine of the Reign of God. Herndon, Virginia: T. and T. Clark, 1998.

Halbertal, Moshe, and Avishai Margalit. Idolatry. Translated by Naomi Goldblum. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1994.

Hasel, Gerhard. Old Testament Theology: Basic Issues in the Current Debate. Rev. ed. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1972.

Hayes, John H., and Frederick Prussner. Old Testament Theology: Its History and Development. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 1985.

Hiebert, Theodore. The Yahwist's Landscape: Nature and Religion in Early Israel. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.

Hildebrandt, Wilf. An Old Testament Theology of the Spirit of God. Peabody: Hendrickson, 19--.

Hillers, Delbert R. Covenant: The History of a Biblical Idea. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1969.

Hinson, David. Theology of the Old Testament. SPCK International Study Guides. Herndon, Virginia: SPCK, 1970.

Hubbard, Jr., Robert L.; Robert K. Johnston; and Robert P. Meye. Studies in Old Testament Theology. Waco: Word, 19--.

Jacob, Edmond. Theology of the Old Testament. Translated by Arthur W. Heathcote and Philip J. Allcock. New York: Harper and Row, 1958.

Kaiser, Walter C. The Messiah in the Old Testament. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1995.

Kaiser, Jr., Walter C. Toward an Old Testament Theology. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1991.

Kohler, Ludwig. Old Testament Theology. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 19--.

Kvanvig, Helge S. Historisk Bibel og bibelsk historie: Det gamel testamentes teologi som historie og fortelling.
Kritiansand, Høyskoleforlaget AS: Norwegian Academic Press, 1999.

Linafelt, Tod, and Timothy K. Beal, eds. God in the Fray: A Tribute to Walter Brueggemann. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1998.

Longman III, Tremper, and Daniel G. Reid. God Is a Warrior. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1995.

Lowery, Richard H. Sabbath and Jubilee. Understanding Biblical Themes. St. Louis, MO: Chalice Press, 2000. 

Ludemann, Gerd. The Unholy in Holy Scripture: The Dark Side of the Bible. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 1997.

Mason, Rex. Propaganda and Subversion in the Old Testament. Herndon, Virginia: SPCK, 1998.

McConville, J. Gordon. Grace in the End: A Study in Deuteronomic Theology. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 19--.

Mills, Mary E. Images of God in the Old Testament. Collegeville, Minnesota: The Liturgical Press, 1998.

Nelson, Richard D. Raising Up a Faithful Priest:Community and Priesthood in Biblical Theology. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 1993.

Niehaus, Jeffrey J. God at Sinai: Covenant and Theophany in the Bible and Ancient Near East. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1995.

Oden, Robert A., Jr. The Bible Without Theology: The Theological Tradition and Alternatives to It.
First Illinois Paperback Edition. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2000.

Ollenburger, Ben C.; Elmer A. Martens; and Gerhard T. Hasel. The Flowering of Old Testament Theology. Vol. 1. Eisenbrauns, 19--.

Patrick, Dale. The Rendering of God in the Old Testament. Overtures to Biblical Theology. Philadelphia: Augsburg/Fortress, 1981.

Penchansky, David and Paul L. Redditt, eds. Shall Not the Judge of All the Earth Do What is
Right? Studies on the Nature of God in Tribute to James L. Crenshaw
. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2000. 

Penchansky, David. What Rough Beast? Images of God in the Hebrew Bible. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 1999.

Perego, Giacomo. Interdisciplinary Atlas of the Bible: Scripture, History, Geography, Archaeology and Theology. Translated by Stewart Foster; London and Strathfield: St. Paul's Press, 1999.

Preuss, Horst Dietrich. Old Testament Theology. 2 vols. Old Testament Library. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 1995, 1996.

von Rad, Gerhard. Old Testament Theology. Translated by D. M. G. Stalker. 2 vols. New York: Harper and Row, 1962, 1965.

von Rad, Gerhard. Wisdom in Israel. Nashville: Abingdon, 1972.

Ralph, Margaret Nutting. Plain Words about Biblical Images: Growing in Faith Through the Scripture. Mahwah, New Jersey: Paulist, 19--.

Rendtorff, Rolf. The Covenant Formula: An Exegetical and Theological Investigation. Translated by Margaret Kohl. Herndon, Virginia: T. and T. Clark, 1998.

Reventlow, Henning Graf, ed. Eschatology in the Bible and in Jewish and Christian Tradition.
JSOTSup 243. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1997.

Rhodes, Arnold B. The Mighty Acts of God. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 1964.

Sailhamer, John H. Introduction to Old Testament Theology: A Canonical Approach. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1995.

Schmidt, Werner H. The Faith of the Old Testament: A History. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 1983.

Scott, James M., ed. Exile: Old Testament, Jewish, and Christian Conceptions
Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism 56. Leiden/New York/Cologne: Brill.

Shanks, Hershel, and Jack Meinhardt, eds. Aspects of Monotheism: How God is One. Washington, DC: Biblical Archaeology Society Press, 1997.

Smith, Ralph P. Old Testament Theology: Its History, Method, and Message. Nashville: Broadman and Holman, 19--.

Spriggs, D. G. Two Old Testament Theologies: A Comparative Evaluation of the Contributions of Eichrodt and von Rad to Our Understanding of the Nature of Old Testament Theology. Naperville, Illinois: Alec R. Allenson, 1974.

Sun, Henry T.C., Keith L. Eades, eds. with James M. Robinson, and Garth I. Moller. Problems in Biblical Theology: Essays in Honor of Rolf Knierim. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1997. 

Terrien, Samuel. The Elusive Presence: Toward a New Biblical Theology. San Francisco: Harper and Row, 1978.

Trible, Phyllis. God and the Rhetoric of Sexuality. Overtures to Biblical Theology. Philadelphia: Augsburg/Fortress, 1978.

VanGemeren, Willem A, ed. New International Dictionary of Old Testament Theology and Exegesis. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1998.

Vriezen, Th. C. An Outline of Old Testament Theology. 2nd ed. Branford, 19--.

Zimmerli, Walther. Old Testament Theology in Outline. Herndon, Virginia: T. and T. Clark, 19--.

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