General Introductory Works on Prophecy in the Bible

I.    Books and articles specifically on the prophets

Abrego de Lacy, J. M., Los libros profeticos (Introducción al estudio de la Biblia, 4; Estella [Navarra]: Verbo Divino, 1993); = I libri profetici (Introduzione allo studio della Bibbia, 6; Brescia: Paideia, 1996).

Alonso Schökel, L. – J. L. Sicre Diaz, Profetas. Introducciones y comentario, I-II (Madrid: Ediciones Cristiandad, 1980, ²1987); = I Profeti (Roma: Borla, 1984); = Profetas, I-II (Grande comentário bíblico; São Paulo: Paulus, 1988 / 1991).

Amsler, S. – J. Asurmendi – J. Auneau – R. Martin-Achard, Les Prophètes et les livres prophétiques (Petite Bibliothèque des sciences bibliques, Ancien Testament, 4; Paris: Desclée, 1985); = I Profeti e i libri profetici (Piccola Enciclopedia Biblica, 4; Roma: Borla, 1987).

Barriocanal, J. L. (ed.), Diccionario del profetismo bíblico (Burgos: Monte Carmelo, 2008).

Blenkinsopp, J., A History of Prophecy in Israel (Philadelphia: Westminster, 1983 / London: SPCK, 1984). Revised and enlarged edition (Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, ²1996); = Storia della profezia in Israele (Biblioteca biblica, 22; Brescia: Queriniana, 1997); = Geschichte der Prophetie in Israel. Von den Anfängen bis zum hellenistischen Zeitalter (Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 1998).
The French translation was made from the first American edition of 1983:    Une histoire de la prophétie en Israël. Depuis le temps de l'installation en Canaan jusqu'à la période hellénistique (LD 152; Paris: Cerf, 1993).

Brown, R. E. – J. A. Fitzmyer – R. E. Murphy (eds.), The New Jerome Biblical Commentary (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1990); = Nuovo Grande Commentario Biblico. 2ª ed. interamente rinnovata, con CD-ROM (Brescia: Queriniana, 2002) [already published in 1997 but without the CD-ROM]; = Nuevo Comentario Bíblico San Jerónimo. 2 vol. (Estella [Navarra]: Verbo Divino, 2005).

Conrad, E. W., Reading the Latter Prophets: Toward a New Canonical Criticism (JSOTSup 376; London: T & T Clark International, 2003).

Conroy, C., "Profeti", in R. Latourelle – R. Fisichella (eds.), Dizionario di Teologia Fondamentale (Assisi: Cittadella, 1990) 861-866. [the work was translated into several languages]

Cook, J. E., Hear, O Heavens and Listen, O Earth. An Introduction to the Prophets (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press / Michael Glazier, 2006).

De Moor, J. C. (ed.), The Elusive Prophet: The Prophet as a Historical Person, Literary Character and Anonymous Artist. Papers Read at the Eleventh Joint Meeting of The Society for Old Testament Study and Het Oudtestamentisch Werkgezelschap in Nederland en België, held at Soesterberg 2000 (OTS 45; Leiden: Brill, 2001).

Fischer, I., Gotteskünderinnen. Zu einer geschlechterfairen Deutung des Phänomens der Prophetie und der Prophetinnen in der Hebräischen Bibel (Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 2002).

Gafney, W. C., Daughters of Miriam: Women Prophets in Ancient Israel (Minneapolis: Fortress, 2008).

Gitay, Y. (ed.), Prophecy and Prophets: The Diversity of Contemporary Issues in Scholarship (Semeia Studies; Atlanta, GA: Scholars, 1997).

Gordon, R. P. (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).

Hayes, J. H., "Prophets and Prophecy, Hebrew Bible", in J. H. Hayes (ed.), Dictionary of Biblical Interpretation (Nashville, TN: Abingdon, 1999) II (K-Z) 310-317.

Huffmon, H. B. – J. J. Schmitt – J. Barton – M. E. Boring, "Prophecy", in D. N. Freedman et al. (eds.), Anchor Bible Dictionary. Vol. V (New York: Doubleday, 1992) 477-502.

Koch, K., Die Profeten, I: Assyrische Zeit; II: Babylonisch-persische Zeit (UTB 280/281; Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, I ³1995 [völlig neu bearbeitete Auflage]; II ²1988); = The Prophets, 2 vol. (London: SCM, 1982/1983) [from the first German edition].

Kratz, R. G., Die Propheten Israels (C. H. Beck Wissen in der Beck’schen Reihe, 2326; München: Beck, 2003); = I profeti d'Israele (Sintesi; Brescia: Queriniana, 2006).

Leclerc, T. L., Introduction to the Prophets: Their Stories, Sayings, and Scrolls, (Mahwah, NJ: Paulist, 2007).

Marconcini, B., et al., Profeti e apocalittici (Logos 3; Leumann [TO]: ElleDiCi, 1995).

Meier, S. A., Themes and Transformations in Old Testament Prophecy (Downer’s Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2009).

Petersen, D. L., The Prophetic Literature: An Introduction (Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 2002).

Redditt, P. L., Introduction to the Prophets (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2008).

Rofé, A., Introduzione alla letteratura profetica (StBib 111; Brescia: Paideia, 1995); = Introduction to the Prophetic Literature (The Biblical Seminar, 21; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1997) [originally in Hebrew 1992].

Sandy, D. B. – D. M. O'Hare, Prophecy and Apocalyptic: An Annotated Bibliography (IBR Bibliographies, 4; Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2007).

Seitz, C. R., Prophecy and Hermeneutics: Toward a New Introduction to the Prophets (Studies in Theological Interpretation; Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2007).

Sicre, J. L., Profetismo en Israel. El Profeta. Los Profetas. El Mensaje (Estella [Navarra]: Verbo Divino, 1992); = 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).

Spreafico, A., La voce di Dio. Per capire i profeti. Seconda edizione ampliata (StBib 33; Bologna: Edizioni Dehoniane, ²2003 [¹1998]).

Steck, O. H., Die Prophetenbücher und ihr theologisches Zeugnis. Wege der Nachfrage und Fährten zur Antwort (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 1996); = The Prophetic Books and their Theological Witness (St. Louis: Chalice Press, 2000).

Steck, O. H., Gott in der Zeit entdecken. Die Prophetenbücher des Alten Testaments als Vorbild für Theologie und Kirche (Biblisch-Theologische Studien, 42; Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag, 2001).

Sweeney, M. A., The Prophetic Literature (Interpreting Biblical Texts; Nashville: Abingdon, 2005).

Tottoli, R., I profeti biblici nella tradizione islamica (StBib 121; Brescia: Paideia, 1999).

II.    Introductions to the OT as a whole    [For a longer list see here.]

Collins, J. J., Introduction to the Hebrew Bible. With CD-ROM (Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg Fortress, 2004).

Collins, J. J., A Short Introduction to the Hebrew Bible (Minneapolis, MN: Fortress, 2007). [Five of the Minor Prophets and three Deuterocanonical books are not discussed in this edition.]

Coogan, M. D., The Old Testament: A Historical and Literary Introduction to the Hebrew Scriptures (New York: Oxford University Press, 2006).

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

Rendtorff, R., Das Alte Testament. Eine Einführung (Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag, ⁶2001 [¹1983]); = The Old Testament. An Introduction (London: SCM, 1985); = Introduction à l'Ancien Testament (Paris: Cerf, 1989); = Introduzione all'Antico Testamento: storia, vita sociale e letteratura d'Israele in epoca biblica (Piccola biblioteca teologica, 22; Torino: Claudiana, 1990).

Römer, T. – J.-D. Macchi – C. Nihan (eds.), Introduction à l'Ancien Testament (Le monde de la Bible, 49; Genève: Labor et Fides, 2004); = Guida di lettura dell'Antico Testamento (Bologna: Edizioni Dehoniane, 2007); = Introducción al Antiguo Testamento (Biblioteca Manual; Bilbao: Desclée De Brouwer, 2008). Seconde édition entièrement révisée et substantiellement augmentée: [same editors and title], (Le monde de la Bible, 49; Genève: Labor et Fides, 2009).

Soggin, J. A., Introduzione all'Antico Testamento (Brescia: Paideia, ⁴1987 [¹1968]); = Introduction to the Old Testament (London: SCM, ³1989).

Zenger, E., u.a., Einleitung in das Alte Testament. 7., durchgesehene und erweiterte Auflage (Kohlhammer Studienbücher Theologie, 1.1; Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, ⁷2008); = Introduzione all’Antico Testamento (Brescia: Queriniana, 2005) [from the 5th German edition of 2004].

III.    Two useful documents from the Pontifical Biblical Commission

The Interpretation of the Bible in the Church (1993). Original French text: L'interprétation de la Bible dans l'Église (Città del Vaticano: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1993). [The French text was also published in Bib 74 (1993) 451-528.] There are translations in many other languages too.

The Jewish People and Their Sacred Scriptures in the Christian Bible (2001). Original French text: Le peuple juif et ses Saintes Écritures dans la Bible chrétienne (Città del Vaticano: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2001). There are translations in many other languages too.