Biblical Bibliographies
Charles Conroy [www.cjconroy.net]



Exegetical Methodology



[see also:  Two Documents from the Pontifical Biblical Commission]



The bibliography is divided into two sections as follows:

I.    Major changes in exegetical methodology from around 1970 onwards

1.   The "linguistic turn" in human sciences in the 20th cent.

i)   Ferdinand de Saussure (1857-1913)

Saussure, F. de, Cours de linguistique générale. Publié par Charles Bally et Albert Sechehaye avec la collaboration de Albert Riedlinger (Lausanne: Payot, 11916 ; Paris: Payot, 31931). New edition: Saussure, F., Cours de linguistique générale. Publié par Charles Bally et Albert Sechehaye avec la collaboration de Albert Riedlinger. Edité par Tullio de Mauro (Paris: Payot, 1973); = Corso di linguistica generale. A cura di Tullio de Mauro (Roma – Bari: Laterza, 61979); = [First English Translation] Course in General Linguistics. Translated by Wade Baskin (New York: The Philosophical Library Inc., 1959; London: Peter Owen, 1960: and subsequent reprints); = [Second English Translation] Course in General Linguistics. Edited by Charles Bally and Albert Sechehaye, with the collaboration of Albert Riedlinger.Translated and annotated by Roy Harris (London: Duckworth, 1983; La Salle, IL: Open Court, 1986).

ii)   Other influential scholars

Barthes, R., Le degré zéro de l'écriture, suivi des Éléments de sémiologie (Bibliothèque méditations; Paris: Gonthier, 1953); = Writing Degree Zero (London: Cape, 1967).

Barthes, R., et al., Introduction à l'analyse structurale des récits (Communications, n. 8; Paris: Seuil, 1966); = L'analisi del racconto (Milano: Bompiani, 1969).

Barthes, R., S/Z (Paris: Seuil, 1970); = S/Z (London: Cape, 1975).

Derrida, J., De la grammatologie (Paris: Minuit, 1967); = Della grammatologia (Milano: Jaca Book, 1969); = Of Grammatology (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1977).

Derrida, J., L'Écriture et la différence (Paris: Seuil, 1967); = Writing and Difference (London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1978).

Eco, U., Trattato di semiotica generale (Milano: Bompiani, 1975); = A Theory of Semiotics (Bloomington – London: Indiana University Press, 1976).

Greimas, A. J., Sémantique structurale. Recherche de méthode (Paris: Larousse, 1966); = Semantica strutturale: ricerche (Milano: Rizzoli, 1969); = Structural Semantics. An Attempt at a Method. Introduction by R. Schleifer (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1983).

Greimas, A. J. (ed.), Essais de sémiotique poétique (Paris: Larousse, 1972).

Greimas, A. J. – Joseph Courtés, Sémiotique. Dictionnaire raisonné de la théorie du langage. 2 vol. (Paris: Classiques Hachette, 1979-1986); = Semiotics and Language. An Analytical Dictionary (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1982); = Semiotica. Dizionario ragionato della teoria del linguaggio. A cura di P. Febbri (Firenze: Usher, 1986).

Jakobson, R., Selected Writings. Vol. 1: Phonological Studies. Vol. II: Word and Language. Vol. III: Poetry of Grammar and Grammar of Poetry. Vol. IV: Slavic Epic Studies. Vol. V: On Verse, Its Masters and Explorers (The Hague – Paris: Mouton, 1962 / 1971 / 1981 / 1966 / 1979).

Jakobson, R., Essais de linguistique générale (Paris: Minuit, 1963); = Saggi di linguistica generale (Milano: Feltrinelli, 1966).

Jakobson, R., Questions de poétique (Poétique; Paris: Seuil, 1973).

Lacan, J., Écrits (Paris: Seuil, 1966); = Écrits: A Selection (London: Tavistock, 1977).

Lacan, J., The Language of the Self: The Function of Language in Psychoanalysis. Translated with notes and commentary by Anthony Wilden (Baltimore – London: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1968).

Lacan, J., Autres écrits (Le champ freudien; Paris: Seuil, 2001).

Lévi-Strauss, C., Anthropologie structurale (Paris: Plon, 1958); = Antropologia strutturale (Milano: Mondadori, 1966); = Structural Anthropology (London: Allen Lane, 1968).

Lévi-Strauss, C., Mythologiques, I: Le cru et le cuit (Paris: Plon, 1964); = The Raw and the Cooked (London: Cape, 1970).

Lotman, J. M., La struttura del testo poetico. A cura di Eridano Bazzarelli (Grande Universale Mursia, nuova serie, 158; Milano: Mursia, 1972). [dall'originale russo del 1970]; = Die Struktur literarischer Texte (UTB 103; München: Fink, 1972, 31989).

Wellek, R. – A. Warren, Theory of Literature (New York: Harcourt, Brace and World; London: Cape, 11949. New York: Harcourt, Brace and World, 21956. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 31963); = La théorie littéraire (Paris: Seuil, 1971); = Teoria della letteratura (Bologna: Il Mulino, 1973). [Also trans. in Spanish, German, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Hebrew, Gujarati]

iii)   Useful secondary literature

Fokkema, D. W. – E. Kunne-Ibsch, Theories of Literature in the Twentieth Century: Structuralism, Marxism, Aesthetics of Reception, Semiotics (London: Hurst, 1977); = Teorie della letteratura del XX secolo. Strutturalismo, marxismo, estetica della ricezione, semiotica (Biblioteca Universale Laterza, 5; Roma – Bari: Laterza, 1981).

Sanders, C. (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Saussure (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004).

2.   The beginnings of dialogue between biblical scholars and specialists in linguistic and literary studies

Barthes, R., "L'analyse structurale du récit. À propos d'Actes X-XI", in X. Léon-Dufour (ed.), Exégèse et herméneutique (Parole de Dieu, 6; Paris: Seuil, 1971) 181-204; = X. Léon-Dufour (ed.), Exegese im Methodenkonflikt. Zwischen Geschichte und Struktur (München: Kösel, 1973); = X. Léon-Dufour (ed.), Exegesi y Hermeneutica (Collección Biblia y lenguaje, 1; Madrid: Ediciones Cristiandad, 1976). An English translation is also available in the collection of essays: R. Barthes, The Semiotic Challenge (New York: Hill and Wang, 1988) 217-245.

Barthes, R., "La lutte avec l'ange. Analyse textuelle de Genèse 32,23-33", in F. Bovon (ed.), Analyse structurale et exégèse biblique. Essais d'interprétation (Bibliothèque théologique; Neuchâtel: Delachaux et Niestlé, 1971) 27-39; = Analisi strutturale ed esegesi biblica (Universo Cristiano; Torino: Società Editrice Internazionale, 1973); = Structural Analysis and Biblical Exegesis: Interpretational Essays (Pittsburgh Theological Monograph Series, 3: Pittsburgh: Pickwick Press, 1974) 21-33. An English translation is also available in the collection of essays: R. Barthes, The Semiotic Challenge (New York: Hill and Wang, 1988) 246-260.

Beauchamp, P., "L'analyse structurale et l'exégèse biblique", in Congress Volume. Uppsala 1971 (VTSup 22; Leiden: Brill, 1972) 113-128; = P. Beauchamp, Pages exégètiques (LD 202; Paris: Cerf, 2005) 37-54.

Groupe d'Entrevernes, Signes et paraboles. Sémiotique et texte évangélique. Avec une étude de Jacques Geninasca et une postface de Algirdas Julien Greimas (Paris: Seuil, 1977); = The Entrevernes Group, Signs and Parables: Semiotics and Gospel texts. With a study by Jacques Geninasca and a postface by A.J. Greimas (Pittsburgh Theological Monograph Series, 23; Pittsburgh: The Pickwick Press, 1978); = J. Delorme (ed.), Zeichen und Gleichnisse: Evangelientext und semiotische Forschung. Mit einer Studie von J. Geninasca und einem Nachwort von A.J. Greimas. Für die Gruppe von Entrevernes herausgegeben von Jean Delorme (Patmos Paperback; Düsseldorf: Patmos, 1979); = Grupo de Entrevernes, Signos y Parabolas: semiotica y texto evangelico. Con un estudio de Jacques Geninasca y epílogo de Algirdas Julien Greimas (Collección Biblia y lenguaje, 6; Madrid: Ediciones Cristiandad, 1979).

Kieffer, R., "Die Bedeutung der modernen Linguistik für die Auslegung biblischer Texte", TZ 30 (1974) 223-233.

Lapointe, R., "Structuralisme et exégèse", ScEs 24 (1972) 135-153.

Lapointe, R., "The New Status of Language", CBQ 36 (1974) 233-236.

Lys, D., "Analyse structurale et approche littéraire", ETR 52 (1977) 231-253.

Patte, D., What is Structural Exegesis? (Guides to Biblical Scholarship, NT Series; Philadelphia: Fortress, 1976).

Patte, D. et A., Pour une exégèse structurale (Paris: Seuil, 1978).

Piñero Sáenz, A., "Estructuralismo y NuevoTestamento. Ensayo de introducción", Miscelánea Comillas 34 (1976) 197-236.

Poythress, Vern S., "Analysing a Biblical Text: Some Important Linguistic Distinctions", SJT 32 (1979) 113-137.

Richter, W., Exegese als Literaturwissenschaft. Entwurf einer alttestamentlichen Literaturtheorie und Methodologie (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1971). See the important review-article by L. Alonso Schökel, "Sobre el estudio literario del Antiguo Testamento", Bib 53 (1972) 544-556.

White, H. C., "French Structuralism and OT Narrative Analysis: Roland Barthes", Semeia 3 (1975) 99-127.

II.    A selection of books and articles of various tendencies since 1985

Alonso Schökel, L., "Of Methods and Models", in J. A. Emerton (ed.), Congress Volume, Salamanca 1983 (VTSup 36; Leiden: Brill, 1985) 3-13.

Arens, E. F. – M. Díaz Mateos, El escándalo de la Palabra: ¿Interpretación de la Biblia en crisis? (Lima: Centro de Espiritualidad Ignaciana, 1997).

Artus, O., "Dei Verbum. L'exégèse catholique entre critique historique et renouveau des sciences bibliques", Greg 86 (2005) 76-91.

Barton, J., Reading the Old Testament. Method in Biblical Study. New Edition (London: Darton Longman and Todd, 21996) [11984].

Barton, J., The Nature of Biblical Criticism (Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 2007).

Barton, J., The Old Testament: Canon, Literature and Theology. Collected Essays of John Barton (Society for Old Testament Study Monographs; Aldershot: Ashgate, 2007).

Barton, J., "Reading Texts Holistically: The Foundation of Biblical Criticism", in A. Lemaire (ed.), Congress Volume Ljubljana 2007 (VTSup 133; Leiden: Brill, 2010) 367-380.

Bazyliński, S., Guida alla ricerca biblica (Subsidia biblica, 35; Roma: Gregorian & Biblical Press; Cinisello Balsamo [Milano]: San Paolo, 2009) [1st ed. 2004]; = A Guide to Biblical Research (Subsidia biblica, 36; Roma: Gregorian & Biblical Press, 2009).

Beal, T., "Reception History and Beyond: Toward the Cultural History of Scriptures", BibInt 19 (2011) 357-372.

Becker, U., Exegese des Alten Testaments. Ein Methoden- und Arbeitsbuch. 2., überarbeitete Auflage (UTB Kleine Reihe 2664; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2008) [12005].

Ben Zvi, E., "The Prophetic Book: A Key Form of Prophetic Literature", in M. A. Sweeney – E. Ben-Zvi (eds.), The Changing Face of Form Criticism for the Twenty-First Century (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2003) 276-297.

Brenner, A. – C. Fontaine (eds.), A Feminist Companion to Reading the Bible: Approaches, Methods and Strategies (The Feminist Companion to the Bible, 11; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1997).

Carr, D. M., "Moving beyond Unity: Synchronic and Diachronic Perspectives on Prophetic Literature", in I. Fischer – K. Schmid – H. G. M. Williamson (eds.), Prophetie in Israel. Beiträge des Symposiums "Das Alte Testament und die Kultur der Moderne" anlässlich des 100. Geburtstags Gerhard von Rads (1901-1971) Heidelberg, 18.-21. Oktober 2001 (Altes Testament und Moderne, 11; Münster: LIT, 2003) 59-93.

Clines, D. J. A., "The Postmodern Adventure in Biblical Studies", in D. J. A. Clines – S. D. Moore (eds), Auguries: The Jubilee Volume of the Sheffield Department of Biblical Studies (JSOTSup 269; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1998) 276-291.

Cogan, M., "Literary-Critical Issues in the Hebrew Bible from an Assyriological Perspective: Additions and Omissions", in N. S. Fox – D. A. Glatt-Gilad – M. J. Williams (eds.), Mishneh Todah: Studies in Deuteronomy and Its Cultural Environment in Honor of Jeffrey H. Tigay (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2009) 401-413.

Cogan, M., "Literary-Critical Issues in the Hebrew Bible from an Assyriological Perspective: Literary-Ideological Alterations", in G. Galil – M. Geller – A. Millard (eds.), Homeland and Exile: Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies in Honour of Bustenay Oded (VTSup 130; Leiden: Brill, 2009) 13-27.

Collins, J. J., The Bible After Babel. Historical Criticism in a Postmodern Age (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2005).

Conroy, C., "Reflections on the Exegetical Task. Apropos of Recent Studies on 2 Kg 22-23", in C. Brekelmans – J. Lust (eds.), Pentateuchal and Deuteronomistic Studies. Papers read at the XIIIth IOSOT Congress Leuven 1989 (BETL 94; Leuven: Leuven University Press, 1990) 255-268.

Conroy, C., "Reflections on the Present State of Old Testament Studies", Greg 73 (1992) 597-609.

Deneken, M., "Un plaidoyer théologique pour la méthode historico-critique", RevScRel 80 (2006) 387-402.

Dias da Silva, C. M., Metodologia de exegese bíblica (Bíblia e História; São Paulo: Paulinas, 2000).

Dozeman, T. B. (ed.), Methods for Exodus (Methods in Biblical Interpretation; Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010).

Dumais, M., "Sens de l'Écriture: réexamen à la lumière de l'herméneutique philosophique et des approches littéraires récentes", New Testament Studies 45 (1999) 310-331.

Fabris, R., "Metodologia esegetica", in R. Fabris e coll., Introduzione generale alla Bibbia (Logos: Corso di Studi Biblici, 1; Leumann [TO]: ElleDiCi, 1994) 495-520.

Finsterbusch, K. – M. Tilly (eds.), Verstehen, was man liest. Zur Notwendigkeit historisch-kritischer Bibellektüre (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2010).

Firth, D. G. – J. A. Grant (eds.), Words and the Word: Explorations in Biblical Interpretation and Literary Theory (Downer's Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2008).

Fitzmyer, J. A., The Interpretation of Scripture: In Defense of the Historical-Critical Method(Mahwah, NJ: Paulist, 2008).

Floyd, M. H., "Basic Trends in the Form-Critical Study of Prophetic Texts", in M. A. Sweeney – E. Ben-Zvi (eds.), The Changing Face of Form Criticism for the Twenty-First Century (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2003) 298-311.

Gerstenberger, E. S., "Liberating Readings of the Bible: Contexts and Conditions", in F. R. Ames – C. W. Miller (eds.), Foster Biblical Scholarship: Essays in Honor of Kent Harold Richards (Biblical Scholarship in North America, 24; Atlanta, GA: Society of Biblical Literature; Leiden: Brill, 2011) 337-352.

Gillingham, S. E., The Image, the Depths and the Surface: Multivalent Approaches to Biblical Study (JSOTSup 354; London: Sheffield Academic Press, 2002).

Grilli, M., "Autore e lettore: il problema della comunicazione nell'ambito dell'esegesi biblica", Greg 74 (1993) 447-459.

Grilli, M., "Evento comunicativo e interpretazione di un testo biblico", Greg 83 (2002) 655-678.

Guillemette, P. – M. Brisebois, Introduction aux méthodes historico-critiques (Héritage et projet, 35; Montréal: Fides, 1987); = Introduzione ai metodi storico-critici (Studi e ricerche bibliche; Roma: Borla, 1990).

Haynes, S. R. – S. L. McKenzie (eds.), To Each Its Own Meaning: An Introduction to Biblical Criticisms and Their Application (Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 21999) [11993].

Köhlmoos, M., "Kanon und Methode. Zu einer Zwischenbilanz der »kanonischen Auslegung«", TRu 74 (2009) 135-146.

Konkel, M., "Paradigmenwechsel in der Exegese? Zur Unhintergehbarkeit der historischen Fragestellung", TGl 101 (2011) 426-442.

LeMon, J. M. – K. H. Richards (eds.), Method Matters: Essays on the Interpretation of the Hebrew Bible in Honor of David L. Petersen (SBL Resources for Biblical Study, 56; Atlanta, GA: Society of Biblical Literature; Leiden: Brill, 2009).

Miller, G. D., "Intertextuality in Old Testament Research", CBR 9.3 (June 2011) 283-309.

Moor, J. C. de (ed.), Synchronic or Diachronic? A Debate on Method in Old Testament Exegesis (OTS 34; Leiden: Brill, 1995).

Mora Paz, C. – M. Grilli – R. Dillmann, Lectura pragmalingüística de la Biblia: Teoría y aplicación (Evangelio y Cultura, Monografías, 1; Estella [Navarra]: Verbo Divino, 1999).

Noble, P. R., "Synchronic and Diachronic Approaches to Biblical Interpretation", Journal of Literature and Theology 7 (1993) 131-148.

Parris, D. P., Reception Theory and Biblical Hermeneutics (Princeton Theological Monograph Series; Eugene, OR: Pickwick, 2009).

Pesce, M., "L'esegesi e i limiti dell'autonomia del testo", RivB 50 (2002) 205-208.

Porter, S. E. – D. L. Stamps (eds.), Rhetorical Criticism and the Bible (JSNTSup 195; London: Sheffield Academic Press, 2002).

Rico, C., "Synchronie et diachronie: enjeu d'une dichotomie. De la linguistique à l'interprétation de la Bible", RB 108 (2001) 228-265.

Rico, C., "Contexte, autorité et mode de signification. De la linguistique à l'interprétation de la Bible", RB 108 (2001) 598-613.

Röhser, G., "Von der Welt hinter dem Text zur Welt vor dem Text. Tendenzen der neueren Exegese", TZ 64 (2008) 271-293.

Schwienhorst-Schönberger, L., "Wiederentdeckung des geistigen Schriftverständnisses: zur Bedeutung der Kirchenväterhermeneutik", TGl 101 (2011) 402-425.

Simian-Yofre, H. (ed.), Metodologia dell'Antico Testamento (Studi biblici 25; Bologna: EDB, ©1994).

Simian-Yofre, H., "Possibilità e limiti dell'interpretazione 'canonica' della Bibbia ", RivB 56 (2008) 157-175.

Ska, J. L., "Les vertus de la méthode historico-critique", NRT 131 (2009) 705-727.

Soulen, R. N. – R. K. Soulen, Handbook of Biblical Criticism. Third Edition, Revised and Expanded. (Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 32001).

Stone, L. G., "Redaction Criticism: Whence, Whither, and Why? Or, Going beyond Source and Form Criticism without Leaving them Behind", in E. E. Carpenter (ed.), A Biblical Itinerary: In Search of Method, Form and Content. Essays in Honor of George W. Coats (JSOTSup 240; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1997) 77-90.

Stuart, D., Old Testament Exegesis: A Handbook for Students and Pastors. 3rd ed. (Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 32001).

Utzschneider, H. – S. A. Nitsche, Arbeitsbuch literaturwissenschaftlicher Bibelauslegung. Eine Methodenlehre zur Exegese des Alten Testaments (Gütersloh: Kaiser / Gütersloher Verlagshaus, 2001).

Van Seters, J., The Edited Bible: The Curious History of the "Editor" in Biblical Criticism (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2006).

Vermeylen, J., "Synchronic and Diachronic Perspectives on Prophetic Literature: A Response to David M. Carr", in I. Fischer – K. Schmid – H. G. M. Williamson (eds.), Prophetie in Israel. Beiträge des Symposiums "Das Alte Testament und die Kultur der Moderne" anlässlich des 100. Geburtstags Gerhard von Rads (1901-1971) Heidelberg, 18.-21. Oktober 2001 (Altes Testament und Moderne, 11; Münster: LIT, 2003) 95-104.



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