Biblical Bibliographies
Charles Conroy [www.cjconroy.net]



Form Criticism and Prophetic Literature



[see also:  Form Criticism in OT Studies and Call Narratives]


The bibliography is divided into two sections as follows:

I.    Prophetic genres in general

Bretón, S., "La realidad de la obra", in L. Alonso Schökel – J. L. Sicre Diaz, Profetas. Introducciones y comentario (Madrid: Ediciones Cristiandad, 1980, 21987) 72-77; = I Profeti (Roma: Borla, 1984) 76-82; = Profetas (Grande comentário bíblico; São Paulo: Paulus, 1988 / 1991).

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.

Gunkel, H., "Einleitungen", in H. Schmidt, Die großen Propheten (Die Schriften des ATs [ed. H. Gunkel et al.] II/2; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1915 / 21923) xi-lxxii / ix-lxx. Several partial English translations are available: H. Gunkel, "The Secret Experiences of the Prophets", Expositor, Ninth Series, vol. 1 (1924) 356-366, 427-435; vol. 2 (1924) 23-32; H. Gunkel, "The Prophets as Writers and Poets", in D. L. Petersen (ed.), Prophecy in Israel: Search for an Identity (Philadelphia: Fortress, 1987) 22-73; H. Gunkel, "The Prophets: Oral and Written", in H. Gunkel, Water for a Thirsty Land: Israelite Literature and Religion. Edited by K. C. Hanson (Fortress Classics in Biblical Studies; Minneapolis: Fortress, 2001) 85-133.

Gunkel, H., Die Propheten (Religionsgeschichtliche Volksbücher für die deutsche christliche Gegenwart, II Reihe; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1917) 104-140 [= Kap. 4: "Schriftstellerei und Formensprache der Propheten"]; = I Profeti. A cura di Fausto Parente (Firenze: Sansoni, 1967) 245-291.

Gunkel, H., "Propheten, IIB: Propheten Israels seit Amos", RGG2 IV (1930) 1538-1554; = "The Israelite Prophecy from the Time of Amos", in J. Pelikan (ed.), Twentieth Century Theology in the Making (New York: Harper and Row, 1969) 48-75.

March, W. E., "Prophecy", in J. H. Hayes (ed.), Old Testament Form Criticism (San Antonio: Trinity University Press, 1974) 141-177.

Petersen, D. L., "The Basic Forms 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) 269-275.

Ramlot, L., "Prophétisme, III: Les moyens d'expression des Prophètes", DBSup 8 (1972) col. 943-973.

Rofé, A., Introduzione alla letteratura profetica (StBib 111; Brescia: Paideia, 1995), cap. 4; = Introduction to the Prophetic Literature (The Biblical Seminar, 21; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1997), chap. 4.

Sicre, J. L., Profetismo en Israel. El Profeta. Los Profetas. El Mensaje (Estella [Navarra]: Verbo Divino, 1992), cap. 6; = Profetismo in Israele. Il profeta – i profeti – il messaggio (Roma: Borla, 1995); = Profetismo em Israel. O Profeta, os Profetas, a Mensagem (Petrópolis, RJ: Vozes, 1996).

Utzschneider, H., Michas Reise in die Zeit: Studien zum Drama als Genre der prophetischen Literatur des Alten Testaments (SBS 180; Stuttgart: Katholisches Bibelwerk, 1999).

Vermeylen, J., "Les genres littéraires prophétiques", in T. Römer – J.-D. Macchi – C. Nihan (eds.), Introduction à l'Ancien Testament (Le Monde de la Bible, 49; Genève: Labor et Fides, 2004) 312-317; = "I generi letterari profetici", in T. Römer – J.-D. Macchi – C. Nihan (eds.), Guida di lettura dell'Antico Testamento (Bologna: Edizioni Dehoniane, 2007) 285-290.

Westermann, C., Grundformen prophetischer Rede. 2. erweiterte Auflage (BEvT 31; München: Kaiser, 21964 [11960]); = Basic Forms of Prophetic Speech (Philadelphia: Westminster; London: SCM, 1967).

II.    Some specific genres in the prophetic books

[with rare exceptions, studies on genres in particular books are not included here]


Amsler, S., "La parole visionnaire des prophètes", VT 31 (1981) 359-363.

Bach, R., Die Aufforderung zum Kampf und zur Flucht im alttestamentlichen Prophetenspruch (WMANT 9; Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag, 1962).

Boecker, H. J., Redeformen des Rechtslebens im Alten Testament (WMANT 14; Neukirchen Kreis Moers, Neukirchener Verlag, 1964, 21970).

Boecker, H. J., Recht und Gesetz im Alten Testament und im Alten Orient (Neukirchener Studienbücher, 10; Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag, 1976, 21984); = Law and the Administration of Justice in the Old Testament and Ancient East (Minneapolis: Augsburg Publishing House, 1980).

Bovati, P., Ristabilire la giustizia. Procedure, vocabolario, orientamenti (AnBib 110; Rome: Biblical Institute Press, 1986); = Re-Establishing Justice: Legal Terms, Concepts and Procedures in the Hebrew Bible (JSOTSup 105; Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1994).

Christensen, D. L., Transformations of the War Oracle in Old Testament Prophecy. Studies in the Oracles against the Nations (Harvard Dissertations in Religion, 3; Missoula, Mont.: Scholars, 1975).

Christensen, D. L., Prophecy and War in Ancient Israel. Studies in the Oracles against the Nations in Old Testament Prophecy. Revised edition (BIBAL Monograph Series, 3; Berkeley, CA: BIBAL, 1989). [revised edition of the preceding work of 1975]

Daniels, D. R., "Is There a 'Prophetic Lawsuit' Genre?", ZAW 99 (1987) 339-360.

De Roche, M. "Yahweh's rîb against Israel: A Reassessment of the So-called 'Prophetic Lawsuit' in the Preexilic Prophets", JBL 102 (1983) 563-574.

Dobbs-Allsopp, F. W., Weep, O Daughter of Zion: A Study of the City-Lament Genre in the Hebrew Bible (BibOr 44; Roma: Pontificio Istituto Biblico, 1993).

Fohrer, G., "Die Gattung der Berichte über symbolische Handlungen der Propheten", ZAW 64 (1952) 101-120. Reprinted in G. Fohrer, Studien zur alttestamentlichen Prophetie (1949-1965) (BZAW 99; Berlin: Töpelmann, 1967) 92-112.

Fohrer, G., Die symbolischen Handlungen der Propheten. 2., überarbeitete und erweiterte Auflage (ATANT 54; Zürich: Zwingli-Verlag, 21968) [11953: ATANT 25; Zürich: Zwingli-Verlag].

Garrone, D., "La gestualità dei profeti", in P. Stefani (ed.), La gestualità e la Bibbia: Atti del Convegno "La gestualità e la Bibbia", Parma, 8-9 giugno 1996 (Associazione Laica di Cultura Biblica; Brescia: Morcelliana, 1999) 21-32.

Graffy, A., A Prophet Confronts His People. The Disputation Speech in the Prophets (AnBib 104; Rome: Biblical Institute Press, 1984).

Graffy, A., "'The Lord However Says This': The Prophetic Disputation Speech", Scripture Bulletin 20,1 (1989-1990) 2-8. [reply to Murray 1987 below]

Harvey, J., "Le «rîb-Pattern», réquisitoire prophétique sur la rupture de l'alliance", Bib 43 (1962) 172-196.

Harvey, J., Le plaidoyer prophétique contre Israël après la rupture de l'alliance. Étude d'une formule littéraire de l'Ancien Testament (Studia, Travaux de recherche, 22: Bruges – Paris: Desclée De Brouwer; Montréal: Les Éditions Bellarmin, 1967).

Horst, F., "Die Visionsschilderungen der alttestamentlichen Propheten", EvT 20 (1960) 193-205.

Huffmon, H. B., "The Covenant Lawsuit in the Prophets", JBL 78 (1959) 285-295.

Koch, K., "Vom profetischen zum apokalyptischen Visionsbericht", in D. Hellholm (ed.), Apocalypticism in the Mediterranean World and the Near East: Proceedings of the International Colloquium on Apocalypticism, Uppsala, August 12-17, 1979 (Tübingen: Mohr [Siebeck], 1983, 21989 with bibliographical supplement) 413-446; = [same title], in K. Koch, Vor der Wende der Zeiten. Beiträge zur apokalyptischen Literatur. Gesammelte Aufsätze, 3. Hrsg. von U. Gleßmer und M. Krause (Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag, 1996) 143-178.

Lang, B., "Street Theater, Raising the Dead, and the Zoroastrian Connection in Ezekiel's Prophecy", in J. Lust (ed.), Ezekiel and His Book. Textual and Literary Criticism and their Interrelation (BETL 74; Leuven: Leuven University Press, 1986) 297-316, esp. 297-307 [on prophetic sign-actions in general]. Revised version of the latter section: "Games Prophets Play: Street Theatre and Symbolic Acts in Biblical Israel", in B. Lang, Hebrew Life and Literature (SOTSMS; Farnham: Ashgate, 2008) 185-195.

Lauber, S., "Textpragmatische Strategien im »Disputationswort« als gattungsbildendes Kriterium", ZAW 120 (2008) 341-365.

Long, B. O., "Reports of Visions Among the Prophets", JBL 95 (1976) 353-365.

Markert, L., Struktur und Bezeichnung des Scheltworts. Eine gattungskritische Studie anhand des Amosbuches (BZAW 140; Berlin: de Gruyter, 1977)

Murray, D. F., "The Rhetoric of Prophetic Disputation: Re-Examination of a Prophetic Genre", JSOT 38 (1987) 95-121. [discussion with Graffy 1984 above]

Niditch, S., The Symbolic Vision in Biblical Tradition (HSM 30; Chico, CA: Scholars Press, 1983).

Nielsen, K., Yahweh as Prosecutor and Judge. An Investigation of the Prophetic Lament (Rib-Pattern) (JSOTSup 9; Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1978).

Ott, K., Die prophetischen Analogiehandlungen im Alten Testament (BWANT 185; Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 2009).

Ross, J. F., "The Prophet as Yahweh's Messenger", in B. W. Anderson – W. Harrelson (eds.), Israel's Prophetic Heritage. Essays in Honor of James Muilenburg (New York: Harper; London: SCM, 1962) 98-107.

Stacey, D., Prophetic Drama in the Old Testament (London: Epworth Press, 1990).

Tångberg, K. A., Die prophetische Mahnrede. Form- und traditionsgeschichtliche Studien zum prophetischen Umkehrruf (FRLANT 143; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1987).

Tucker, G. M., "Prophetic Speech", Int 32 (1978) 31-45.

Viberg, Å., Prophets in Action: An Analysis of Prophetic Symbolic Acts in the Old Testament (CBOT 55; Stockholm: Almqvist and Wiksell, 2007).

Warmuth, G., Das Mahnwort. Seine Bedeutung für die Verkündigung der vorexilischen Propheten Amos, Hosea, Micha, Jesaja und Jeremia (Beiträge zur biblischen Exegese und Theologie, 1; Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 1976).

Westermann, C., Prophetische Heilsworte im Alten Testament (FRLANT 145; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1987); = Prophetic Oracles of Salvation in the Old Testament (Louisville, KY: Westminster / John Knox, 1991; Edinburgh: Clark, 1992).

Westermann, C., "Zur Erforschung und zum Verständnis der prophetischen Heilsworte", ZAW 98 (1986) 1-13.

Wischnowsky, M., Tochter Zion. Aufnahme und Überwindung der Stadtklage in den Prophetenschriften des Alten Testaments (WMANT 89; Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag, 2001).



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