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Subject Guide: Torah / Pentateuch
Torah
The first five books of the Bible are referred to as the Pentateuch (Five Books) or the Torah (the Teaching/Instruction). This includes Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. It starts with the earliest history of humanity and ends with the formation of the nation of Israel as they are about to enter the promised land. These books are traditionally attributed to the authorship of Moses.
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Torah / Pentateuch Resources
Marvin A. Sweeney
ProQuest Ebook Central
It combines a purely literary approach to reading the final form of the Pentateuch with a historical reading of the text.
David J. A. Clines
ProQuest Ebook Central
Though the method of the book is holistic, the origin and growth of the theme is also explored using the methods of traditional source analysis.
More Torah
- (ProQuest) Sweeney, Marvin A. The Pentateuch
- (ProQuest) Clines, David J. A. The Theme of the Pentateuch
- (ProQuest) Watts, James W. Understanding the Pentateuch as a Scripture
- (Library) Friedman, Richard Elliott. Commentary on the Torah
- (Library) Hamilton, Victor P. Handbook on the Pentateuch
- (Library)(Library) Alexander, T. Desmond. From Paradise to the Promised Land
- (ProQuest) Lee, Bernon P. Between Law and Narrative
Genesis Commentaries
Iain Provan
ProQuest Ebook Central
Up-to-date and student-friendly introduction to the book of Genesis, focusing on its structure, content, theological concerns, key interpretive debates, and historical reception.
More Genesis
- (Online) Kline, Meredith. “Genesis” in The New Bible Commentary, 3rd rev. ed., ed. by D. Guthrie. Downers Grove, IL: Inter-Varsity Press, 1970, pp. 79-114.
- (Online Article) Kline, Meredith. Genesis 1-2. “Space and Time in the Genesis Cosmogony” Perspectives on Science and the Christian Faith 48: 1 (Mar. 1996): 2-15.
- (Online Article) Kline, Meredith. Genesis 1-2. “Creation in the Image of the Glory-Spirit” WTJ 39 (1976/77): 250-272.
- (Online Article) Kline, Meredith. Genesis 1-2. “Because It Had Not Rained” WTJ 20 (1957/58): 146-157.
- (ProQuest) Provan, Iain W. Discovering Genesis: Content, Interpretation, Reception
- (ProQuest) Harper, G. Geoffrey. “I Will Walk Among You”: The Rhetorical Function of Allusion to Genesis 1-3 in the Book of Leviticus
- (Online) Walton, John H. The Lost World of Genesis 1 (Chapter 1)
- (Online) Brueggemann, Walter. Genesis (Commentary)
- (Online) Coats, George W. Genesis, with an Introduction to Narrative Literature
- (ProQuest) Held, Shai. The Heart of Torah: Essays on the Weekly Torah Portion by Rabbi Shai Held
- (Library) Shuchat, Wilfred. Abraham and the challenge of faith according to the Midrash Rabbah
- (Library) Collins, C. John. Genesis 1-4 : a linguistic, literary, and theological commentary
- (Library) Kessler, Martin. A Commentary on Genesis
Exodus Commentaries
Scott M. Langston
ProQuest Ebook Central
This bible commentary looks at how Exodus has influenced and has been influenced by history, religion, politics, the arts and other forms of culture over the ages.
More Exodus
- (ProQuest) Brenner, Martin L. The Song of the Sea: Ex 15:1 – 21. Berlin/Boston: Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 1991.
- (ProQuest) Johnstone, William. Chronicles and Exodus: An Analogy and Its Application
- (Online) Durham, John I., Metzger, Bruce M., Hubbard, David Allen. Exodus 1-20: Word Biblical Commentary
- (Online) Dunnam, Maxie D. Communicator’s Bible Commentary: Exodus, 1987.
Leviticus Commentaries
Jay Skylar
ProQuest Ebook Central
(2014) Context and title — Authorship and date — The Hebrew text of Leviticus — The theology of Leviticus
The Book of Leviticus: Composition and Reception
Rolf Rendtorff and Robert Kugler
ProQuest Ebook Central
Leviticus : its literary history and location in Biblical literature
More Leviticus
- (ProQuest) Douglas, Mary. Leviticus as Literature
- (ProQuest) Sklar, Jay. Leviticus: an Introduction and Commentary
- (ProQuest) Sawyer, John E. A. Reading Leviticus: a Conversation with Mary Douglas
- (ProQuest) Rendtorff, Rolf, Kugler, Robert A. The Book of Leviticus: Composition and Reception
- (ProQuest) Hieke, Thomas. The Day of Atonement: Its Interpretations in Early Jewish and Christian Traditions
- (ProQuest) Harper, G. Geoffrey. “I Will Walk Among You”: The Rhetorical Function of Allusion to Genesis 1-3 in the Book of Leviticus
- (ProQuest) Carmichael, Calum M. Illuminating Leviticus: A Study of its Laws and Institutions in the Light of Biblical Narratives
- (ProQuest) Gorman, Frank H., Jr. Ideology of Ritual: Space, Time and Status in the Priestly Theology
Numbers Commentaries
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Deuteronomy Commentaries
Richard D. Nelson
ProQuest Ebook Central
This provides fresh and authoritative treatments of important aspects of Old Testament study through commentaries and general surveys.
Deanna A. Thompson
ProQuest Ebook Central
Recounting God’s foundational relationship with Israel, Deuteronomy is set in the form of Moses’ speeches to Israel just before entry into the promised land.
More Deuteronomy
- (ProQuest) Thompson, Deanna A. Deuteronomy: A Theological Commentary on the Bible. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2014.
- (Library) Hatcher, David and Tremper Longman. Deuteronomy thru Ruth
- (Online) Kline, Meredith. Deuteronomy and Job (PDF) in Wycliffe Bible Commentary, ed. by C.F. Pfeiffer and E.F. Harrison. Chicago: Moody Press, 1962, pp. 155-204, 459-490.
- (Online) Kline, Meredith. Deuteronomy and Job in The Zondervan Pictorial Bible Dictionary, ed. by M.C. Tenney. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1963, pp. 214-215, 443-444.