Biblical Bibliographies
Charles Conroy [www.cjconroy.net]



The Book of Habakkuk: General Studies



[see also:  Habakkuk: commentaries;  Twelve Prophets: general studies;  Twelve Prophets: text transmission]



The bibliography is divided into six main sections as follows:

I.    General and introductory presentations   [see also Old Testament Introductions]

Asurmendi, J., "Les Prophètes du VIIe siècle, Chap. I-III: Nahum – Sophonie – Habaquq", in S. Amsler – J. Asurmendi – J. Auneau – R. Martin-Achard, Les Prophètes et les livres prophétiques (Petite bibliothèque des sciences bibliques, Ancien Testament, 4; Paris: Desclée, 1985) 117-146 [on Hab esp. 37-146]. Versione italiana: I Profeti e i libri profetici. Edizione italiana a cura di Gianantonio Borgonovo (Piccola Enciclopedia Biblica, 4; Roma: Borla, 1987) 125-159 [on "Abacuc" esp. 148-159].

Bruckner, J. K., "Habakkuk, Book of", in M. J. Boda – J. G. McConville (eds.), Dictionary of the Old Testament: Prophets (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press; Nottingham: Inter-Varsity Press, 2012) 294-301.

Budde, K., "Habakkuk", EncBib 2 (1901) 1921-1928.

Cothenet, É., "Prophètes d'Israël: Habacuc", DBSup 8 (1972) [fasc. 45: 1970] 791-811.

Fleischer, G., "Das Buch Habakuk. Alles andere ist Habakuk", in E. Ballhorn – G. Steins – R. Wildgruber – U. Zwingenberger (eds.), 73 Ouvertüren. Die Buchanfänge der Bibel und ihre Botschaft (Gütersloh: Gütersloher Verlagshaus, 2018) 415-418.

Graham, M. P., "Habbakuk, Book of", in J. H. Hayes (ed.), Dictionary of Biblical Interpretation. Vol. 1: A-J (Nashville, TN: Abingdon, 1999) 475-478.

Grintz, Y. M. – D. Briskin-Nadiv – S. D. Sperling (for the 2nd ed.), "Habakkuk", EncJud 8 (2007) 171-172: with an added section “In the Arts” on 172-173.

Hadjiev, T. S., Joel, Obadiah, Habakkuk, Zephaniah: An Introduction and Study Guide (T&T Clark Study Guides to the Old Testament; London & New York: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2020), esp. 57-86. [on Hab]

Humbert, P., "Habakuk", RGG3 3 (1959) 3-4.

Ko, G., "Habakkuk", in J. M. O'Brien (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of the Minor Prophets (Oxford Handbooks; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021) 487-498.

Leslie, E. A., "Habakkuk", IDB 2 (1962) 503-505.

Mason, R. A., Zephaniah, Habakkuk, Joel (OT Guides; Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1994), esp. 60-96 ["Part II: Habakkuk"]

Otto, E., "Habakuk / Habakukbuch", TRE 14 (1985) 300-306.

Otto, E., "Habakuk / Habakukbuch", RGG4 3 (2000) 1360-1362.

Otto, E., "Habakkuk / Book of Habakkuk", RPP 5 (2009) 625-627. [based on his article in RGG4 above]

Renz, T., "Habakkuk, Book of", in K. J. Vanhoozer (gen. ed.) – C. G. Bartholomew – D. J. Treier – N. T. Wright (assoc. eds.), Dictionary for Theological Interpretation of the Bible (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic; London: SPCK, 2005) 271-273.

Sweeney, M. A. et al., "Habakkuk (Book and Person", in EBR 10 (2015) 1037-1053. Details: I. Hebrew Bible / Old Testament (M. A. Sweeney) 1037-1040; II. New Testament (D.-A. Koch) 1040-1042; III. Judaism: A. Second Temple and Hellenistic Judaism (T. H. Lim) 1042-1046 / B. Rabbinic Judaism (A. J. Avery-Peck) 1046-1047 / C. Medieval Judaism (A. Frisch) 1047-1049 / D. Modern Judaism (J. Rosenbaum) 1049-1050; IV. Christianity (H.-D. Neef) 1050-1052; V. Music (N. H. Petersen ) 1052-1053.

Sweeney, M. A., "Habakkuk, Book of", ABD III (1992) 1-6.

Vanderhooft, D. S., "Habakkuk", in M. D. Coogan (gen. ed.), The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Books of the Bible (Oxford & New York: Oxford University Press, 2011) 1.351-357.

II.    Bibliographical resources and histories of modern research

Dangl, O., "Habakkuk in Recent Research", CR:BS 9 (2001) 131-168. ["recent research" means titles published in the 1990's]

Jöcken, P., Das Buch Habakuk: Darstellung der Geschichte seiner kritischen Erforschung mit einer eigenen Beurteilung (BBB 48; Köln & Bonn: Hanstein, 1977). [the book is available for borrowing in the Internet Archive]

Jones, B. A., "The Seventh-Century Prophets in Twenty-First Century Research", CBR 14.2 (Feb. 2016) 129-175.

Wal, A. van der, Nahum, Habakkuk: A Classified Bibliography, with a Special Paragraph Concerning Literature on the Qumran Commentaries on Nahum and Habakkuk (Applicatio, 6; Amsterdam: Free University Press, 1988).

III.    Text-critical and philological studies

Balogh, C., "Tracing the Pre-Massoretic Text of the Book of Habakkuk", Sacra Scripta 17 (2019) 7-29.

Barthélemy, D., et al., Critique textuelle de l'Ancien Testament, 3: Ézéchiel, Daniel et les 12 Prophètes (OBO 50/3; Fribourg, Suisse: Éditions Universitaires; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1992), esp. 823-880 ["Habaquq"].

Barthélemy, D., "Un archetype commun au pré-𝔐, au 𝔊 et à 1QpHab?", in R. Gryson (ed.), Philologia Sacra: Biblische und patristische Studien für Hermann J. Frede und Walter Thiele zu ihrem siebzigsten Geburtstag. 2 Vol. (Vetus Latina. Die Reste der altlateinischen Bibel aus der Geschichte der lateinischen Bibel, 24/1-2; Freiburg im Breisgau: Herder, 1993) 150-176.

Carbone, S. P. – G. Rizzi, Abaquq, Abdia, Nahum, Sofonia: secondo il testo ebraico Masoretico, secondo la versione greca della LXX, secondo la parafrasi aramaica targumica (La Parola e la sua tradizione, 4; Bologna: Edizioni Dehoniane, 1997), esp. 27-186.

Carrez, M., "Ambakoum Septante", RHPR 72 (1992) 129-141.

Clark, D. J. – H. A. Hatton, A Translator's Handbook on the Books of Nahum, Habakkuk and Zephaniah (Helps for Translators; New York: United Bible Societies, 1989).

Cleaver-Bartholomew, D., "One Text, Two Interpretations: Habakkuk OG and MT Compared", BIOSCS 42 (2009) 52-67.

Driver, G. R., "Linguistic and Textual Problems: Minor Prophets III, Habakkuk", JTS 39 (1938) 394-398.

Fabry, H.-J., "Die Nahum- und Habakuk-Rezeption in der LXX und in Qumran", in E. Zenger (ed.), "Wort JHWHs, das geschah.." (Hos 1,1). Studien zum Zwölfprophetenbuch (HBS 35; Freiburg im Breisgau: Herder, 2002) 159-190.

Fabry, H.-J., "The Reception of Nahum and Habakkuk in the Septuagint and Qumran", in S. M. Paul – R. A. Kraft (eds.), Emanuel: Studies in Hebrew Bible, Septuagint and Dead Sea Scrolls in Honor of Emanuel Tov (VTSup 94; Leiden: Brill, 2003) 241-256.

Fabry, H.-J., "Ambakum / Habakuk", in M. Karrer – W. Kraus (eds.), Septuaginta Deutsch. Erläuterungen und Kommentare zum griechischen Alten Testament. Band II: Psalmen bis Daniel (Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 2011) 2413-2428.

Fabry, H.-J., "Ambakum / Habakuk", in S. Kreuzer (ed.), Einleitung in die Septuaginta (Handbuch zur Septuaginta, 1; Gütersloh: Gütersloher Verlagshaus, 2016) 519-525.

Harl, M., "Ambakoum," in M. Harl – C. Dogniez – L. Brottier – M. Caseviz – P. Sandevoir, Les Douze Prophètes 4–9: Joël, Abdiou, Jonas, Naoum, Ambakoum, Sophonie. Traduction du texte grec de la Septante, introductions et notes. Avec la collaboration de R. Dupont-Roc, T. Roqueplo et F. Roux (La Bible d'Alexandrie, 23.4-9; Paris: Cerf, 1999), esp. 231-310.

Harper, J. L., Habakkuk, Zephaniah, and Haggai: A Handbook on the Greek Text (Baylor Handbook on the Septuagint; Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2023).

Kim, J.-H., "Die hebräischen Textformen der hellenistisch-frühjüdischen Zeit: ausgehend vom Habakuk-Text der griechischen Zwölfprophetenrolle aus Naḥal Ḥever (8ḤevXIIgr)", in T. Wagner – J. M. Robker – F. Ueberschaer (eds.), Text – Textgeschichte – Textwirkung: Festschrift zum 65. Geburtstag von Siegfried Kreuzer (AOAT 419; Münster: Ugarit-Verlag, 2014) 347-357.

Lachmann, J., Das Buch Habbakuk: eine textkritische Studie (Aussig: [Selbstverlag], 1932). [Aussig was the German name of a city in the north-western part of the present-day Czech Republic, now known as Ústí nad Lebem.]

Lang, B., Handbook of the Vulgate Bible and its Reception: Annotated Bibliography – Latin Glossary – Textual Notes = Handbuch der Vulgata und ihrer Rezeption: kommentierte Bibliographie – lateinisches Glossar – Anmerkungen zum Text (Vulgata in Dialogue, 2023 2nd Special Issue; Chur [Switzerland]: The Vulgate Institute, 2023), esp. 636-637 ["Habakkuk (Abcuc, Habacuc)"].

Mulroney, J. A. E., The Translation Style of Old Greek Habakkuk: Methodological Advancement in Interpretative Studies of the Septuagint (FAT II/86; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2016).

Ortega Monasterio, M. T., "Las masoras de A, C y L en el libro Habacuc", Hen 8 (1986) 149-184.

Pazzini, M. – R. Pierri, "Il libro di Abacuc secondo la versione siriaca (Peshitto)", LASBF 57 (2007) 163-170.

IV.    Monographs

Álvarez Barredo, M., Habacuc, un profeta inconformista: perfiles literarios y rasgos teológicos del libro (Publicaciones del Instituto Teológico Franciscano, Serie Mayor, 44; Murcia: Espigas, 2007).

Bič, M., Trois prophètes dans un temps de ténèbres: Sophonie, Nahum, Habaquq (LD 48; Paris: Cerf, 1968), esp. 93-123.

Fuller, D. J., A Discourse Analysis of Habakkuk (SSN 72; Leiden: Brill, 2020).

Gowan, D. E., The Triumph of Faith in Habakkuk (Atlanta, GA: John Knox, 1976). Reprinted [same title]: Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2009.

Haak, R. D., Habakkuk (VTSup 44; Leiden: Brill, 1992).

Humbert, P., Problèmes du livre d'Habacuc (Mémoires de l'Université de Neuchâtel, 18; Neuchâtel: Secrétariat de l'Université, 1944).

Ko, G., Theodicy in Habakkuk (Paternoster Biblical Monographs; Milton Keynes: Paternoster, 2014).

Koning, B. M., Prophet and the Sage: Intertextual Connections between Habakkuk and Job (Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2023).

Lloyd-Jones, D. M., From Fear to Faith: Studies in the Book of Habakkuk (London: Inter-Varsity Fellowship, 1953).

Lundbom, J. R., Zephaniah, Nahum, and Habakkuk: Hebrew Prophets of the Seventh Century (Cascade Companions; Eugene, OR: Cascade / Wipf & Stock, 2025).

Mathews, J., Performing Habakkuk: Faithful Re-Enactment in the Midst of Crisis (Eugene, OR: Pickwick / Wipf & Stock, 2012).

Moro, V., Con piede di cerva: il profeta Abacuc (Studi biblici; Bologna: EDB, 2025).

O'Neal, G. M., Interpreting Habakkuk as Scripture: An Application of the Canonical Approach of Brevard S. Childs (Studies in Biblical Literature, 9; New York: Peter Lang, 2007).

Renz, T., Colometry and Accentuation in Hebrew Prophetic Poetry (KUSATU – Kleine Untersuchungen zur Sprache des Alten Testaments und seiner Umwelt, 4; Waltrop: Spenner, 2003). [especially on the three books of Nah, Hab, and Zeph]

Rosenthal, L. A., Joel – Nahum – Habakuk mit einander verglichen: Aneinandergereihte Abreißblätter (Bibelwissenschaftliches 1; Straßburg: Trübner, 1905). Reprinted [same title]: Berlin: De Gruyter, 2022.

Staubli, T., Das Habakukbuch heute lesen (bibel heute lesen; Zürich: Theologischer Verlag, 2026).

Timmer, D. C., The Theology of the Books of Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah (Old Testament Theology; Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2024). [on Hab see esp. 104-172]

Vischer, W., Der Prophet Habakuk (Biblische Studien, 19; Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag, 1958).

V.    Articles and chapters

1.   From 1800 to 1999

Bail, U., "Das Buch Habakuk: Ein politisches Nachtgebet", in L. Schottroff – M.-T. Wacker (eds.), Kompendium feministische Bibelauslegung (Gütersloh: Christian Kaiser & Gütersloher Verlagshaus, 1998) 354-358. English version: "Habakkuk: A Political Night-Prayer", in L. Schottroff – M.-T. Wacker (eds.), Feminist Biblical Interpretation: A Compendium of Critical Commentary on the Books of the Bible and Related Literature. Edited for the American edition by M. Rumscheidt (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2012) 443-449.

Begg, C. T., "The Non-Mention of Zephaniah, Nahum and Habakkuk in the Deuteronomistic History", BN 38/39 (1987) 19-25.

Betteridge, W. R., "The Interpretation of the Prophecy of Habakkuk", AmJT 7 (1903) 647-661.

Bliese, L. F., "The Poetics of Habakkuk", Journal of Translation and Textlinguistics 12 (1999) 47-75.

Boehmer, J., "Habakuks Schrift im Feuer der neueren Kritik", Neue kirchliche Zeitschrift 10 (1899) 724-735.

Brownlee, W. H., "The Composition of Habakkuk", in A. Caquot – M. Philonenko (eds.), Hommages à André Dupont-Sommer (Paris: Maisonneuve, 1971) 255-275.

Budde, K., "Die Bücher Habakkuk und Sephanja", TSK 66 (1893) 383-399.

Budde, K., "Problems of the Prophetic Literature. II. Habakkuk", The Expositor, Fifth series 1.5 (May 1895) 372-385.

Budde, K., "Habakuk", ZDMG 84 (1930) 139-147.

Budde, K., "Zum Text von Habakuk, Kap. 1 und 2", OLZ 34 (1931) 409-411.

Cannon, W. W., "The Integrity of Habakkuk, cc. 1. 2", ZAW 43 (1925) 62-90.

Caspari, W., "Die Chaldäer bei Habakuk", Neue kirchliche Zeitschrift 18 (1907) 156-175.

Coggins, R., "An Alternative Prophetic Tradition?", in R. Coggins – A. Phillips – M. Knibb (eds.), Israel's Prophetic Tradition: Essays in Honour of Peter R. Ackroyd (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982) 77-94. [on Hab see esp. 77-79 and 85-88]

Dangl, O., "Habakuk – Prophet der Opfer der Gewalt", PzB 3 (1994) 25-40.

Dietrich, W., "Habakuk – ein Jesajaschüler", in H. M. Niemann – M. Augustin – W. H. Schmidt (eds.), Nachdenken über Israel, Bibel und Theologie. Festschrift für Klaus-Dietrich Schunck zu seinem 65. Geburtstag (BEATAJ 37; Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 1994) 197-215. Reprinted in W. Dietrich, »Theopolitik«. Studien zur Theologie und Ethik des Alten Testaments (Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag, 2002) 255-269.

Giesebrecht, F., Beiträge zur Jesaiakritik: nebst einer Studie über prophetische Schriftstellerei (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1890) 196-198 [influential analysis of Hab 1-2]: online access to the book here.

Gowan, D. E., "Habakkuk and Wisdom", Perspective 9 (1968) 157-166.

Gruenthaner, M. J., "Chaldeans or Macedonians? A Recent Theory on the Prophecy of Habakkuk", Bib 8 (1927) 129-160, 257-289.

Gunneweg, A. H. J., "Habakkuk and the Problem of the Suffering Just", in Proceedings of the Ninth World Congress of Jewish Studies, Jerusalem, August 4-12, 1985. Division A: The Period of the Bible (Jerusalem: World Union of Jewish Studies, 1986) 85-90. [for a longer German text see next item]

Gunneweg, A. H. J., "Habakuk und das Problem des leidenden צדיק", ZAW 98 (1986) 400-415.

Haak, R. D., "'Poetry' in Habakkuk 1:1-2:4?", JAOS 108 (1988) 437-444.

Halévy, J., Recherches bibliques, Tome IV: Les livres de Nahum, de Sophonie, de Jonas, de Habacuc, d'Obadia; Antinomies d'histoire religieuse; La date du récit yahwéiste de la création (Paris: Ernest Leroux & Paul Geuthner, 1907), esp. 383-452 ["Le livre de Habacuc"]. [reprinted from a two-part article in RevSém 14 (1906) and 15 (1907)].

Heard, C., "Hearing the Children's Cries: Commentary, Deconstruction, Ethics, and the Book of Habakkuk", Semeia 77 (1997) 75-89.

Hobbins, J., "Il nome del profeta Abacuc", RivB 35 (1987) 307-311.

House, P. R., "Dramatic Coherence in Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah", in J. W. Watts – P. R. House (eds), Forming Prophetic Literature: Essays on Isaiah and the Twelve in Honor of John D. W. Watts (JSOTSup 235; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1996) 195-208.

Janzen, J. G., "Eschatological Symbol and Existence in Habakkuk", CBQ 44 (1982) 394-414.

Jeremias, J., Kultprophetie und Gerichtsverkündigung in der späten Königszeit Israels (WMANT 35; Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag, 1970), esp. 55-110 ["Das Buch Habakuk"].

Jöcken, P., "War Habakuk ein Kultprophet?", in H.-J. Fabry (ed.), Bausteine biblischer Theologie: Festgabe für G. Johannes Botterweck zum 60. Geburtstag dargebracht von seinen Schülern (BBB 50; Köln & Bonn: Hanstein, 1977) 319-332.

Johnson, M. D., "The Paralysis of Torah in Habakkuk i 4", VT 35 (1985) 257-266.

Keller, C. A., "Die Eigenart der Prophetie Habakuks", ZAW 85 (1973) 156-167.

Lescow, T., "Die Komposition der Bücher Nahum und Habakuk", BN 77 (1995) 59-85.

Nielsen, E., "The Righteous and the Wicked in Hăbaqqūq", ST 6 (1953) 54-78.

Nogalski, J. D., Redactional Processes in the Book of the Twelve (BZAW 218; Berlin: De Gruyter, 1993), esp. 129-181 ["Habakkuk"].

O'Connell, K. G., "Habakkuk – Spokesman to God", CurTM 6.4 (August 1979) 227-231.

Otto, E., "Die Stellung der Wehe-Worte in der Verkündigung des Propheten Habakuk", ZAW 89 (1977) 73-106.

Otto, E., "Die Theologie des Buches Habakuk", VT 35 (1985) 274-295.

Peckham, B., "The Vision of Habakkuk", CBQ 48 (1986) 617-636.

Peckham, B., History and Prophecy. The Development of Late Judean Literary Traditions (ABRL; New York: Doubleday, 1993), esp. 406-420 [on Hab].

Prinsloo, G. T. M., "Reading Habakkuk as a Literary Unit: Exploring the Possibilities", OTE 12 (1999) 515-535.

Rast, W. E., "Habakkuk and Justification by Faith", CurTM 10 (1983) 169-175.

Rothstein, J. W, "Über Habakuk Kap. 1 und 2", TSK 67 (1894) 51-85.

Ruiten, J. T. A. G. M. van, "'His Master's Voice'? The Supposed Influence of the Book of Isaiah in the Book of Habakkuk", in J. van Ruiten – M. Vervenne (eds.), Studies in the Book of Isaiah: Festschrift Willem A.M. Beuken (BETL 132; Leuven: Peeters, 1997) 397-411.

Schmidt, H., "Ein Psalm im Buche Habakuk", ZAW 62 (1950) 52-63.

Stade, B., "Miscellen, 3: Habakuk", ZAW 4 (1884) 154-159.

Stevenson, W. B., "The Interpretation of Habakkuk Chapters I. and II.", The Expositor. Sixth series, 5.5 (May 1902) 388-400.

Sweeney, M. A., "Structure, Genre and Intent in the Book of Habakkuk", VT 41 (1991) 63-83.

Thompson, M. E. W., "Prayer, Oracle and Theophany: The Book of Habakkuk", TynBul 44 (1993) 33-53.

Torrey, C. C., "Alexander the Great in the Old Testament Prophecies", in K. Budde (ed.), Vom Alten Testament. Karl Marti zum siebzigsten Geburtstage gewidmet von Freunden, Fachgenossen und Schülern (BZAW 41; Giessen: Töpelmann, 1925) 281-286 [on Hab esp. 283-284].

Torrey, C. C., "The Prophecy of Habakkuk", in S. W. Baron – A. Marx (eds.), Jewish Studies in Memory of George A. Kohut 1874–1933 (New York: The Alexander Kohut Memorial Foundation, 1935) 565-582.

Vanderhooft, D. S., The Neo-Babylonian Empire and Babylon in the Latter Prophets (HSM 59; Atlanta, GA: Scholars Press, 1999), esp. 152-163 ("Habakkuk 1-2").

Walker, H. H. – N. W. Lund, "The Literary Structure of the Book of Habakkuk", JBL 53 (1934) 355-370.

Wendland, E. R., "'The Righteous Live by Their Faith' in a Holy God. Complementary Compositional Forces and Habakkuk's Dialogue with the Lord", JETS 42 (1999) 591-628.

2.   From 2000 to the present

Achenbach, R., "The Transformation of Measures for Social Justice into Measures for International Law in the Book of Habakkuk", ZABR 18 (2012) 263-278.

Albertz, R., Die Exilszeit 6. Jahrhundert v. Chr. (Biblische Enzyklopädie, 7; Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 2001) 164-185.185-191 ["Das Vier-Propheten-Buch (Hosea, Amos, Micha, Zephanja)"; "Das Habakukbuch"]. English version: Israel in Exile: The History and Literature of the Sixth Century B.C.E. (SBL Studies in Biblical Literature, 3 / SBL Biblical Encyclopedia, 5; Atlanta, GA: SBL, 2003) 204-237.237-246. Italian version: Israele in esilio: storia e letteratura nel VI secolo a.C. (ISBS 42; Brescia: Paideia, 2009).

Albertz, R., "Exilische Heilsversicherung im Habakukbuch", in K. Kiesow – T. Meurer (eds.), Textarbeit: Studien zu Texten und ihrer Rezeption aus dem Alten Testament und der Umwelt Israels. Festschrift für Peter Weimar zur Vollendung seines 60. Lebensjahres mit Beiträgen von Freunden, Schülern und Kollegen (AOAT 294; Münster: Ugarit-Verlag, 2003) 1-20.

Baumann, G., "Ein 'Hiob' unter den Propheten: Habakuks Streit mit Gott über Gewalt und Unrecht", BK 66 (2011) 144-149.

Cathcart, K. J., "'Law is Paralysed' (Habakkuk 1.4): Habakkuk's Dialogue with God and the Language of Legal Disputation", in J. Day (ed.), Prophecy and the Prophets in Ancient Israel: Proceedings of the Oxford Old Testament Seminar (LHB/OTS 531; London & New York: T & T Clark, 2010) 339-353.

Cleaver-Bartholomew, D., "An Alternative Approach to Hab 1,2-2,20", SJOT 17 (2003) 206-225.

Cleaver-Bartholomew, D., "An Alternative Reading of Hab 1 and 2", Proceedings of the Eastern Great Lakes and Midwestern Biblical Societies 24 (2004) 45-59.

Crouch, C. L., "Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah", in C. A. Rollston (ed.), Enemies and Friends of the State: Ancient Prophecy in Context (University Park, PA: Eisenbrauns – Penn State University Press, 2018) 359-383.

Dell, K., "Habakkuk – the Prophetic Job? Links of Intertexts, Theological Themes and Religious Practice between the Books of Habakkuk and Job", in K. E. Southwood – S. Weeks – H. G. M. Williamson (eds.), Religion in Ancient Israel: Essays in Honour of John Day (LHB/OTS 756; London & New York: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2026) 213-228.

Dietrich, W., "Three Minor Prophets and the Major Empires: Synchronic and Diachronic Perspectives on Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah", in R. Albertz – J. D. Nogalski – J. Wöhrle (eds.), Perspectives on the Formation of the Book of the Twelve: Methodological Foundations – Redactional Processes – Historical Insights (BZAW 433; Berlin: De Gruyter, 2012) 147-156.

Everson, J. A., "The Canonical Location of Habakkuk", in P. L. Redditt – A. Schart (eds.), Thematic Threads in the Book of the Twelve (BZAW 325; Berlin: De Gruyter, 2003) 165-174.

Filitz, J. E., "Die Wege des Herrn: Vorstellungen zur praesentia dei in der exilisch-frühnachexilischen Prophetie am Beispiel von Habakuk, Ezechiel und Deuterojesaja", TZ 77 (2021) 261-289.

Firth, D. G., "Wrestling with the Absence of God: Theodicy as a Problem within the Psalter and Habakkuk", in M. I. Ayars – P. C. W. Ho (eds.), Between the Psalms and the Twelve: Exploring the Nature and Shape of Composition (Eugene, OR: Pickwick / Wipf & Stock, 2025) 218-236.

Floyd, M. H., "Habakkuk in the Book of the Twelve", in L.-S. Tiemeyer – J. Wöhrle (eds.), The Book of the Twelve: Composition, Reception, and Interpretation (VTSup 184 / Formation and Interpretation of Old Testament Literature, 9; Leiden: Brill, 2020) 201-213.

Floyd, M. H., "The Hope of Habakkuk in the Anthropocene Age", in G. Athas – B. M. Stovell – D. Timmer – C. M. Toffelmire (eds.), Theodicy and Hope in the Book of the Twelve (LHB/OTS 705; London & New York: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2021) 194-213.

Fuller, D. J., "The Triumph of Hope in Habakkuk", in G. Athas – B. M. Stovell – D. Timmer – C. M. Toffelmire (eds.), Theodicy and Hope in the Book of the Twelve (LHB/OTS 705; London & New York: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2021) 173-193.

Herrmann, W., "Das unerledigte Problem des Buches Habakkuk", VT 51 (2001) 481-496.

Holladay, W. L., "Plausible Circumstances for the Prophecy of Habakkuk", JBL 120 (2001) 123-130.

Huwyler, B., "Habakuk und seine Psalmen", in B. Huwyler – H.-P. Mathys – B. Weber (eds.), Prophetie und Psalmen. Festschrift für Klaus Seybold zum 65. Geburtstag (AOAT 280; Münster: Ugarit-Verlag, 2001) 231-259.

Jeremias, J., "Habakuk – ein etwas anderer Prophet", ZAW 133 (2021) 495-511.

Kessler, R., "Nahum–Habakuk als Zweiprophetenschrift", in E. Zenger (ed.), "Wort JHWHs, das geschah..." (Hos 1,1). Studien zum Zwölfprophetenbuch (HBS 35; Freiburg im Breisgau: Herder, 2002) 149-158. Reprinted in R. Kessler, Gotteserdung: Beiträge zur Hermeneutik und Exegese der Hebräischen Bibel (BWANT 170; Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 2006) 137-145.

Kim, C.-W., "Reading the Book of Habakkuk through a Lens of Cultural Trauma", JSOT 45.2 (Dec. 2020) 217-235.

Krüger, T., "Prophetie, Weisheit und religiöse Dichtung im Buch Habakuk", in J. Krispenz (ed.), Scribes as Sages and Prophets: Scribal Traditions in Biblical Wisdom Literature and the Book of the Twelve (BZAW 496; Berlin: De Gruyter, 2021) 99-116.

Legaspi, M. C., "Opposition to Idolatry in the Book of Habakkuk", VT 67 (2017) 458-469.

Lissovsky, N., "Hukkok, Yaquq, and Habakkuk's Tomb: Changes over Time and Space", PEQ 140 (2008) 103-118.

Lyons, M. A., "The Construction of Prophetic Personae as Exemplars of Trust", Bib 105 (2024) 59-75.

Mack, R., Neo-Assyrian Prophecy and the Hebrew Bible: Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah (Perspectives on Hebrew Scriptures and its Contexts, 14; Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias, 2011), esp. 233-280 [Chap.7: "Habakkuk"; but see elsewhere in the book too]

Meyer, R. E., "Habakkuk's Call to Faith in God's Eschatological Deliverance", Detroit Baptist Seminary Journal 26 (2021) 57-80.

Moseman, R. D., "Habakkuk's Dialogue with Faithful Yahweh: A Transforming Experience PRSt 44 (2017) 261-274.

Neef, H.-D., "JHWH und die Völker. Beobachtungen zur Theologie der Bücher Nahum, Habakuk, Zephanja", TBei 31 (2000) 82-91.

O'Brien, J. M., "Nahum – Habakkuk – Zephaniah: Reading the 'Former Prophets' in the Persian Period", Int 61 (2007) 168-183.

Petersen, D. L., "Israel and the Nations in the Later Latter Prophets", in L. L. Grabbe – M. Nissinen (eds.), Constructs of Prophecy in the Former and Latter Prophets and Other Texts (ANEM 4; Atlanta, GA: Society of Biblical Literature, 2011) 157-164. [ The volume can be freely downloaded here].

Pinker, A., "Was Habakkuk Presumptuous?", JBQ 32 (2004) 27-34.

Pinker, A., "Historical Allusions in the Book of Habakkuk", JBQ 36 (2008) 143-152.

Porath, R., "Die 'Stadt der Blutschuld' – eine lateinamerikanische Perspektive: Milton Schwantes 'in memoriam'", in A. Schart – J. Krispenz (eds.), Die Stadt im Zwölfprophetenbuch (BZAW 428; Berlin: De Gruyter, 2012) 327-338.

Prinsloo, G. T. M., "Life for the Righteous, Doom for the Wicked: Reading Habakkuk from a Wisdom Perspective", Skrif en Kerk 21 (2000) 621-640.

Prinsloo, G. T. M., "Petuḥot / Setumot and the Structure of Habakkuk: Evaluating the Evidence", in R. de Hoop – M. C. A. Korpel – S. E. Porter (eds.), The Impact of Unit Delimitation on Exegesis (Pericope 7; Leiden: Brill, 2009) 196-227.

Prinsloo, G. T. M., "From Watchtower to Holy Temple: Reading the Book of Habakkuk as a Spatial Journey", in M. K. George (ed.), Constructions of Space, IV: Further Developments in Examining Ancient Israel's Social Space (LHB/OTS 569; London & New York: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2013) 132-154.

Prinsloo, G.T.M., "Inner-Biblical Allusion in Habakkuk's משא (Hab 1:1-2:20) and Utterances Concerning Babylon in Isaiah 13-23 (Isa 13:1-14:23; 21:1-10)", OTE 31 (2018) 663-691.

Renz, T., "Habakkuk and Its Co-Texts", in H. Wenzel (ed.), The Book of the Twelve: An Anthology of Prophetic Books or the Result of Complex Redactional Processes? With a foreword by G. Fischer (Osnabrücker Studien zur Jüdischen und Christlichen Bibel, 4; Göttingen: V&R Unipress / Universitätsverlag Osnabrück, 2018) 13-36.

Rota Scalabrini, P., "Jérémie et Habaquq: une étude comparée", in G. Benzi – E. Di Pede – D. Scaiola (eds.), Profeti maggiori e minori a confronto. Major and Minor Prophets Compared (Nuova Biblioteca di Scienze Religiose, 61; Roma: Editrice LAS – Pubblicazioni dell'Università Pontificia Salesiana, 2019) 139-159.

Sanders, J. A., "Habakkuk in Qumran, Paul, and the Old Testament", in C. A. Evans – J. A. Sanders (eds.), Paul and the Scriptures of Israel (JSNTSup 83 – Studies in Scripture in Early Judaism and Christianity, 1; Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1993) 98-117. Reprinted in J. A. Sanders, Scripture in its Historical Contexts. Volume 1: Text, Canon, and Qumran. Edited by C. A. Evans (FAT 118; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2018) 371-386.

Sneed, M., "Inspired Sages: Massa' and the Confluence of Wisdom and Prophecy", in J. Krispenz (ed.), Scribes as Sages and Prophets: Scribal Traditions in Biblical Wisdom Literature and the Book of the Twelve (BZAW 496; Berlin: De Gruyter, 2021) 15-32.

Snyman, S. D., "Non-Violent Prophet and Violent God in the Book of Habakkuk", OTE 16 (2003) 422-434.

Snyman, S. D., "Perspectives on Theodicy in Habakkuk and Malachi vis-à-vis Job", in D. G. Firth – B. N. Melton (eds.), Reading the Book of the Twelve Minor Prophets (Studies in Scripture and Biblical Theology; Bellingham, WA: Lexham Academic, 2022) 88-102.

Sweeney, M. A., King Josiah of Judah. The Lost Messiah of Israel (New York: Oxford University Press, 2001), esp. 301-310 [on Habakkuk].

Swinney, K., Reforging History in the Persian Era Editing of the Twelve. The Significance of the Motifs of the Divine Warrior, Chaoskampf, and Theophany for Shaping the Book of the Twelve (FAT II/159; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2024), esp. 70-113 [Chapter 4: "Divine Warrior, Chaoskampf, and Theophany in the Persian Era Reshaping of the Embedded Historiography of the Twelve – Habakkuk"].

Thomas, H. A., "The Use and Abuse of Technology: Habakkuk's Ancient Critique in a Modern World", in D. G. Firth – B. N. Melton (eds.), Reading the Book of the Twelve Minor Prophets (Studies in Scripture and Biblical Theology; Bellingham, WA: Lexham Academic, 2022) 46-63.

Timmer, D. C., The Non-Israelite Nations in the Book of the Twelve: Thematic Coherence and the Diachronic-Synchronic Relationship in the Minor Prophets (Biblical Interpretation Series, 135; Leiden: Brill, 2015), esp. 136-150 ["The Nations in Habakkuk"].

Timmer, D. C., "Reconsidering Textual Coherence: Complexity, Unity, and the Historical-Critical Task", VT 75 (2025) 270-291.

Vanderhooft, D. S., "The Name of the Prophet ḥăbaqqûq", in B. Halpern – K. Sacks (eds.), Cultural Contact and Appropriation in the Axial-Age Mediterranean World: A Periplos (CHANE 86; Leiden: Brill, 2017) 116-126.

Vanderhooft, D. S., "'Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, My Servant': Contrasting Prophetic Images of the Great King", HeBAI 7 (2018) 93-111.

Whitehead, P., "Habakkuk and the Problem of Suffering: Theodicy Deferred", JTI 10 (2016) 265-281.

Witte, M., "Orakel und Gebete im Buch Habakuk", in M. Witte – J. F. Diehl (eds.), Orakel und Gebete. Interdisziplinäre Studien zur Sprache der Religion in Ägypten, Vorderasien und Griechenland in hellenistischer Zeit (FAT II/38; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2009) 67-91.

Wöhrle, J., Der Abschluss des Zwölfprophetenbuches. Buchübergreifende Redaktionsprozesse in den späten Sammlungen (BZAW 389; Berlin: De Gruyter, 2008), esp. 289-334 ["Zur Integration des Habakukbuches"].

VI.    Online resources

Lima, M. L. C., "O livro do profeta Habacuc" / "El libro del profeta Habacuc", in Theologica Latinoamericana. Enciclopédia Digital: PT / ES (no date [2019]).

Robker, J., "Habakuk", in WiBiLex [erstellt: April 2015]. See the Useful Links page for information about the WiBiLex.