Forms of the Old Testament Literature is a series of biblical commentaries published by Eerdmans. The first volume was Wisdom Literature:Job, Proverbs, Ruth, Canticles, Ecclesiastes, and Esther by Roland E. Murphy (1981). They were initially edited by Rolf Knierim and Gene M. Tucker; Marvin A. Sweeney took over from Tucker in 1997. The series focuses on a form-critical approach to the text. Each volume examines the genre, structure, setting, and intention associated with biblical texts. Henry T. C. Sun calls it "the only serious and sustained discussion of Old Testament form criticism available in English."
Titles
Year | Title | Vol. | Author | ISBN | OCLC |
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1981 | Wisdom Literature:Job, Proverbs, Ruth, Canticles, Ecclesiastes, and Esther | XIII | Murphy, Roland E. | 978-0-8028-1877-5 | 1056586342 |
1983 | Genesis: with an Introduction to Narrative Literature | I | Coats, George W. | 978-0-8028-1954-3 | 976893731 |
1984 | 1 Kings: with an Introduction to Historical Literature | IX | Long, Burke O. | 978-0-8028-1920-8 | 612745122 |
1984 | Daniel: with an Introduction to Apocalyptic Literature | XX | Collins, John J. | 978-0-8028-0020-6 | 11043368 |
1988 | Psalms, Part 1: with an Introduction to Cultic Poetry | XIV | Gerstenberger, Erhard S. | 978-0-8028-0255-2 | 16901173 |
1989 | 1 and 2 Chronicles | XI | De Vries, Simon J. | 978-0-8028-0236-1 | 17917323 |
1989 | Ezekiel | XIX | Hals, Ronald M. | 978-0-8028-0340-5 | 19127833 |
1991 | 2 Kings | X | Long, Burke O. | 978-0-8028-0535-5 | 24502934 |
1996 | Isaiah 1-39: with an Introduction to Prophetic Literature | XVI | Sweeney, Marvin A. | 978-0-8028-4100-1 | 851047060 |
1998 | Exodus 1-18 | IIA | Coats, George W. | 978-0-8028-0592-8 | 246136013 |
2000 | Micah | XXIB | Ben Zvi, Ehud | 978-0-8028-4599-3 | 838086787 |
2000 | Psalms, Part 2, and Lamentations | XV | Gerstenberger, Erhard S. | 978-0-8028-0488-4 | 313780761 |
2003 | 1 Samuel | VII | Campbell, Antony F. | 978-0-8028-6079-8 | 971430885 |
2005 | Numbers | IV | Knierim, Rolf P. & Coats, George W. | 978-0-8028-2231-4 | 892706375 |
2005 | 2 Samuel | VIII | Campbell, Antony F. | 978-0-8028-2813-2 | 845836340 |
2005 | Hosea | XXIA/1 | Ben Zvi, Ehud | 978-0-8028-0795-3 | 494042584 |
2013 | Judges | VIB | Frolov, Serge | 978-0-8028-2967-2 | 955551299 |
2016 | Isaiah 40-66 | XVII | Sweeney, Marvin A. | 978-0-8028-6607-3 | 1020473960 |
References
- Longman III, Tremper (1995). Old Testament Commentary Survey. Baker Academic. p. 51.
- Taylor, R. A. (2020). "Form criticism". Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch. Inter-Varsity Press. p. 477. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
- Ho, Peter C. W. (2019). The Design of the Psalter: A Macrostructural Analysis. Wipf and Stock. p. 8. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
- Sun, Henry T. C. (1997). "Preface". Problems in Biblical Theology: Essays in Honor of Rolf Knierim. Eerdmans. p. ix. Retrieved 28 October 2023.