Biblical Bibliographies
Charles Conroy [www.cjconroy.net]



The Prophetic Books (in general)
Final Form and Process of Formation


The bibliography is divided into three sections as follows:

I.    General presentations in introductory works

Kaiser, O., Grundriß der Einleitung in die kanonischen und deuterokanonischen Schriften des Alten Testaments. Bd. 2: Die prophetischen Werke (Gütersloh: Gütersloher Verlagshaus, 1994) §20.

Rendtorff, R., Das Alte Testament. Eine Einführung (Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag, 62001 [11983]) II.6. [English, French, and Italian translations]

Rofé, A., Introduzione alla letteratura profetica (StBib 111; Brescia: Paideia, 1995), capp. 1-3. [English translation]

Schmid, K., "La formation des Prophètes postérieurs (histoire de la rédaction)", in T. Römer – J.-D. Macchi – C. Nihan (eds.), Introduction à l'Ancien Testament. Seconde édition entièrement révisée et substantiellement augmentée (Le Monde de la Bible, 49; Genève: Labor et Fides, 2009) 400-409. For translations (Italian and Spanish) of the first French edition of 2004 see here.

Sicre, J. L., Profetismo en Israel. El Profeta. Los Profetas. El Mensaje (Estella [Navarra]: Verbo Divino, 1992), cap. 8.1-2. [Italian and Portuguese translations]

Zenger, E. – C. Frevel (eds.), Einleitung in das Alte Testament. 8., vollständig überarbeitete Auflage, herausgegeben von Christian Frevel (Kohlhammer Studienbücher Theologie, 1,1; Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 2012), Kap. F I 1.25. [Italian translation from the 5th German edition of 2004]

II.    Studies on the making of the prophetic books in general

Becker, U., "Die Wiederentdeckung des Prophetenbuches. Tendenzen und Aufgaben der gegenwärtigen Prophetenforschung", BTZ 21 (2004) 30-60.

Becker, U., "Die Entstehung der Schriftprophetie", in R. Lux – E.-J. Waschke (eds.), Die unwiderstehliche Wahrheit. Studien zur alttestamentlichen Prophetie. Festschrift für Arndt Meinhold (Arbeiten zur Bibel und ihrer Geschichte, 23; Leipzig: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, 2006) 3-20.

Ben Zvi, E. – M. H. Floyd (eds.), Writings and Speech in Israelite and Ancient Near Eastern Prophecy (SBLSymS 10; Atlanta, GA: Society of Biblical Literature, 2000).

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.

Ben Zvi, E., "The Concept of Prophetic Books and its Historical Setting", in D. V. Edelman – E. Ben Zvi (eds.), The Production of Prophecy: Constructing Prophecy and Prophets in Yehud (BibleWorld; London: Equinox, 2009) 73-95.

Ben Zvi, E., "The Production of Prophecy: Constructing Prophecy and Prophets in Yehud. An Introduction and an Invitation", in D. V. Edelman – E. Ben Zvi (eds.), The Production of Prophecy: Constructing Prophecy and Prophets in Yehud (BibleWorld; London: Equinox, 2009) 1-14.

Ben Zvi, E., "Towards an Integrative Study of the Production of Authoritative Books in Ancient Israel", in D. V. Edelman – E. Ben Zvi (eds.), The Production of Prophecy: Constructing Prophecy and Prophets in Yehud (BibleWorld; London: Equinox, 2009) 15-28.

Bogaert, P.-M., "L'organisation des grands recueils prophétiques", in J. Vermeylen (ed.), The Book of Isaiah. Le Livre d'Isaïe. Les oracles et leurs relectures; unité et complexité de l'ouvrage (BETL 81; Leuven: Leuven University Press, 1989) 147-153.

Clements, R. E., "Patterns in the Prophetic Canon", in G. W. Coats – B. O. Long (eds.), Canon and Authority. Essays in Old Testament Religion and Theology (Philadelphia: Fortress, 1977) 42-55; = [same title], in R. E. Clements, Old Testament Prophecy: From Oracles to Canon (Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 1996) 191-202.

Clements, R. E., "The Prophet and His Editors", in D. J. A. Clines – S. E. Fowl – S. E. Porter (eds.), The Bible in Three Dimensions. Essays in Celebration of Forty Years of Biblical Studies in the University of Sheffield (JSOTSup 87; Sheffield: JSOT, 1990) 203-220; = [same title], in R. E. Clements, Old Testament Prophecy: From Oracles to Canon (Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 1996) 217-229.

Collins, T., The Mantle of Elijah. The Redaction Criticism of the Prophetical Books (The Biblical Seminar, 20; Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1993).

Collins, T., "Deuteronomist Influence on the Prophetic Books", in A. H. W. Curtis – T. Römer (eds.), The Book of Jeremiah and its Reception. Le livre de Jérémie et sa réception (BETL 128; Leuven: Leuven University Press, 1997) 15-26.

Conrad, E. W., "Semiotics, Scribes and Prophetic Books", in R. Boer – E. W. Conrad (eds.), Redirected Travel: Alternative Journeys and Places in Biblical Studies (JSOTSup 382; London: T & T Clark International, 2003) 41-49.

Edelman, D. V., "From Prophets to Prophetic Books: The Fixing of the Divine Word", in D. V. Edelman – E. Ben Zvi (eds.), The Production of Prophecy: Constructing Prophecy and Prophets in Yehud (BibleWorld; London: Equinox, 2009) 29-54.

Gerstenberger, E. S., "'Gemeindebildung' in Prophetenbüchern? Beobachtungen und Überlegungen zum Traditions- und Redaktionsprozeß prophetischer Schriften", in V. Fritz – K.-F. Pohlmann – H.-C. Schmitt (eds.), Prophet und Prophetenbuch. Festschrift für Otto Kaiser zum 65. Geburtstag (BZAW 185; Berlin: de Gruyter, 1989) 44-58.

Gerstenberger, E. S., "Persian-Empire Spirituality and the Genesis of Prophetic Books", in D. V. Edelman – E. Ben Zvi (eds.), The Production of Prophecy: Constructing Prophecy and Prophets in Yehud (BibleWorld; London: Equinox, 2009) 111-130.

Hardmeier, C., "Schriftgebrauch und Literaturbildung im Milieu der Jerusalemer Führungseliten in spätvorexilischer Zeit (Jeremia 36)", in I. Kottsieper – R. Schmitt – J. Wöhrle (eds.), Berührungspunkte: Studien zur Sozial- und Religionsgeschichte Israels und seiner Umwelt. Festschrift für Rainer Albertz zu seinem 65. Geburtstag. Unter Mitarbeit von Ruth Ebach (AOAT 350; Münster: Ugarit-Verlag, 2008) 267-290.

Herrmann, W., "Die Entstehung der Schriftprophetie als Problem", in R. Lux – E.-J. Waschke (eds.), Die unwiderstehliche Wahrheit. Studien zur alttestamentlichen Prophetie. Festschrift für Arndt Meinhold (Arbeiten zur Bibel und ihrer Geschichte, 23; Leipzig: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, 2006) 21-36.

Jeremias, J., "Prophetenwort und Prophetenbuch. Zur Rekonstruktion mündlicher Verkündigung der Propheten", JBT 14 (1999) 19-35.

Koch, K., "Profetenbuchüberschriften. Ihre Bedeutung für das hebräische Verständnis von Profetie", in A. Graupner – H. Delkurt – A. B. Ernst (eds.), Verbindungslinien. Festschrift für Werner H. Schmidt zum 65. Geburtstag (Neukirchen-Vluyn, Neukirchener Verlag, 2000) 165-186.

Kratz, R. G., "Die Redaktion der Prophetenbücher", in R. G. Kratz – T. Krüger (eds.), Rezeption und Auslegung im Alten Testament und in seinem Umfeld. Ein Symposion aus Anlass des 60. Geburtstags von Odil Hannes Steck (OBO 153; Freiburg/Schweiz: Universitätsverlag; ; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1997) 9-27.

Laato, A., History and Ideology in the Old Testament Prophetic Literature: A Semiotic Approach to the Reconstruction of the Proclamation of the Historical Prophets (CBOT 41; Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell, 1996).

Lange, A., "Oracle Collection and Canon: A Comparison between Judah and Greece in Persian Times", in C. A. Evans – H. D. Zacharias (eds.), Jewish and Christian Scripture as Artifact and Canon (Studies in Scripture in Early Judaism and Christianity, 13 / Library of Second Temple Studies, 70; London & New York: T & T Clark, 2009) 9-47.

Melugin, R. F., "Prophetic Books and the Problem of Historical Reconstruction", in S. B. Reid (ed.), Prophets and Paradigms. Essays in Honor of Gene M. Tucker (JSOTSup 229; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1996) 63-78.

Nissinen, M., "Spoken, Written, Quoted, and Invented: Orality and Writtenness in Ancient Near Eastern Prophecy", in E. Ben Zvi – M. H. Floyd (eds.), Writings and Speech in Israelite and Ancient Near Eastern Prophecy (SBLSymS 10; Atlanta, GA: Society of Biblical Literature, 2000) 235-271.

Nissinen, M., "How Prophecy Became Literature", SJOT 19 (2005) 153-172.

Petersen, David L., "Rethinking the Nature of Prophetic Literature", in Y. Gitay (ed.), Prophecy and Prophets. The Diversity of Contemporary Issues in Scholarship (Society of Biblical Literature. Semeia studies; Atlanta, GA: Scholars Press, 1997) 23-40.

Römer, T., "Von Maulwürfen und verhinderten Propheten. Einige Anmerkungen zum prophetischen Buch", Communio viatorum 51 (2009) 173-183.

Schellenberg, A., "A 'Lying Pen of the Scribes' (Jer 8:8)? Orality and Writing in the Formation of Prophetic Books", in A. Weissenrieder – R. B. Coote (eds.), The Interface of Orality and Writing: Speaking, Seeing, Writing in the Shaping of New Genres (WUNT I/260; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2010) 285-309.

Tucker, G. M., "Prophetic Superscriptions and the Growth of a Canon", in G. W. Coats – B. O. Long (eds.), Canon and Authority. Essays in Old Testament Religion and Theology (Philadelphia: Fortress, 1977) 56-70.

Wahl, H.-M., "Die Überschrift der Prophetenbücher. Anmerkungen zu Form, Redaktion und Bedeutung für die Datierung der Bücher", ETL 70 (1994) 91-104.

Zimmerli, W., "Vom Prophetenwort zum Prophetenbuch", TLZ 104 (1979) 481-496; = "From Prophetic Word to Prophetic Book", in R. P. Gordon (ed.), 'The Place is Too Small For Us'. The Israelite Prophets in Recent Scholarship (Sources for Biblical and Theological Study, 5; Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 1995) 419-442.

III.    On the production of written texts in ancient Israel in general

1.   On the emergence and social location of written works

Carr, D. M., Writing on the Tablet of the Heart: Origins of Scripture and Literature (Oxford – New York: Oxford University Press, 2005).

Schniedewind, W. M., How the Bible Became a Book. The Textualization of Ancient Israel (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004); = Come la Bibbia divenne un libro: la testualizzazione dell'antico Israele (Brescia: Queriniana, 2008).

Toorn, K. van der, Scribal Culture and the Making of the Hebrew Bible (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2007).

Young, I. M., "Israelite Literacy: Interpreting the Evidence (Part I & II)", VT 48 (1998) 239-253, 408-422.

2.   On the material aspects of book-production

Haran, M., "Book-Scrolls in Israel in Pre-Exilic Times", JJS 33 (1982) 161-173.

Haran, M., "Book-Scrolls at the Beginning of the Second Temple Period. The Transition from Papyrus to Skins", HUCA 54 (1983) 111-122.

Haran, M., "More Concerning Book-Scrolls in Pre-Exilic Times", JJS 35 (1984) 84-85.

Haran, M., "Book-Size and the Device of Catch-Lines in the Biblical Canon", JJS 36 (1985) 1-11.

Haran, M., "Book-Size and the Thematic Cycles in the Pentateuch", in E. Blum – C. Macholz – E. W. Stegemann (eds.), Die hebräische Bibel und ihre zweifache Nachgeschichte. Festschrift für Rolf Rendtorff zum 65. Geburtstag (Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag, 1990) 165-176.

Lemaire, A., "Writing and Writing Materials", ABD VI (1992) 999-1008.

Tov, E., Scribal Practices and Approaches Reflected in the Texts Found in the Judean Desert (Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah, 54; Leiden: Brill, 2004).

Tov, E., "The Writing of Biblical Texts with Special Attention to the Dead Sea Scrolls", in C. Cohen – A. Hurvitz – S. M. Paul (eds.), Sefer Moshe: The Moshe Weinfeld Jubilee Volume. Studies in the Bible and the Ancient Near East, Qumran, and Post-Biblical Judaism (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2004) 445-458.

Tov, E., "The Writing of Early Scrolls. Implications for the Literary Analysis of Hebrew Scriptures," in D. Böhler – I. Himbaza – P. Hugo (eds.), L'Ecrit et l'Esprit. Etudes d'histoire du texte et de théologie biblique en hommage à Adrian Schenker (OBO 214; Fribourg: Academic Press; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2005) 355-371; = "L'écriture des anciens manuscrits. Implications pour l'analyse littéraire des Écritures hébraïques", in R. David – M. Jinbachian (eds.), Traduire la Bible Hébraïque: de la Septante à la Nouvelle Bible Segond. Translating the Hebrew Bible: from the Septuagint to the Nouvelle Bible Segond (Sciences bibliques, 15; Montreal: Médiaspaul, 2005) 29-53. Reprint of the English version in E. Tov, Hebrew Bible, Greek Bible, and Qumran: Collected Essays (Texts and Studies in Ancient Judaism, 121; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2008) 206-220.

Zwickel, W., "Kommunikationsmöglichkeiten im alten Israel: Ein Beitrag zu den Rahmenbedingungen der Verschriftlichung biblischer Texte", in F. Hartenstein – J. Krispenz – A. Schart (eds.), Schriftprophetie. Festschrift für Jörg Jeremias zum 65. Geburtstag (Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag, 2004) 459-479.



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