[see also: Nahum: commentaries; Twelve Prophets: general studies; Twelve Prophets: text transmission]
The bibliography is divided into six main sections as follows:
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 Nah, pp. 117-126]. 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 "Naum", pp. 125-136].
Baker, D. W., "Nahum, Book of", in M. J. Boda – J. G. McConville (eds.), Dictionary of the Old Testament Prophets (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic; Nottingham: Inter-Varsity Press, 2012) 560-563.
Behrens, A., "Das Buch Nahum. Des einen Leid, des anderen Freud", in E. Ballhorn – G. Steins – R. Wildgruber – U. Zwingenberger (eds.), 73 Ouvertüren. Die Buchanfänge der Bibel und ihre Botschaft (Gütersloh: Gütersloher Verlagshaus, 2018) 409-414.
Bonora, A., Nahum–Sofonia–Abacuc–Lamentazioni: Dolore, potestà e speranza (Leggere oggi la Bibbia, 1.25; Brescia: Queriniana, 1989).
Budde, K., "Nahum", in T. K. Cheyne – J. Sutherland Black (eds.), Encyclopaedia Biblica. A Critical Dictionary of the Literary, Political, and Religious History, The Archaeology, Geography, and Natural History of the Bible, Vol. III L-P (London: Adam and Charles Black; New York: Macmillan, 1902), cols. 3259-3263.
Cathcart, K. J., "Nahum", ABD IV (1992) 998-1000.
Dietrich, W., "Nahum / Nahumbuch", TRE 23 (1994) 737-742.
George, A., "Nahum (Le livre de)", DBSup 6 (1960) 291-301.
Huddleston, J., "Nahum", in M. D. Coogan (gen. ed.), The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Books of the Bible (Oxford & New York: Oxford University Press, 2011) 2.100-110.
Köckert, M., "Nahum / Nahumbuch", RGG4 6 (2003) 28-31.
Laie, B. T., et al., "Nahum (Book and Person)", EBR 20 (2022) 585-601. Details: I. Hebrew Bible / Old Testament (B. T. Laie) 585-589; II. New Testament (S. Moyise) 589; III. Judaism: A. Second Temple and Hellenistic Judaism (K. Antin) 589-591 / B. Rabbinic Judaism (Y. Nadiv) 591 / C. Medieval Judaism (M. Gómez Aranda) 592-593 / D. Modern Judaism (S. Sabar & B. D. Walfish) 593-594; IV. Christianity (K. Clarke) 594-596; V. Islam (S. R. Burge) 596-597; VI. Literature (D. Barratt) 597-598; VII. Visual Arts (J. H. Han) 598-600; VIII. Music (N. H. Petersen) 600-601.
Lim, B. H., "Nahum", in J. M. O'Brien (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of the Minor Prophets (Oxford Handbooks; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021) 473-486.
Lipiński, E. – S. D. Sperling (2nd ed.), "Nahum", EncJud 14 (2007) 757-759.
Mason, R., Micah, Nahum, Obadiah (Old Testament Guides; Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1991), esp. 55-84 [on Nahum].
Renz, T., "Nahum, 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) 527-528.
Sanderson, J., "Nahum", in C. A. Newsom – S. H. Ringe (eds.), The Women's Bible Commentary (Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 1992) 217-221.
Wehrle, J., "Nahum" / "Nahum (Buch)", in M. Görg – B. Lang (eds.), Neues Bibel-Lexikon, Bd. 2: H-N (Zürich: Benziger, 1995) 893-894 / 894-897.
Woods, J. I., Jonah, Micah and Nahum: An Introduction and Study Guide (T&T Clark's Study Guides to the Old Testament; London & New York: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2025), esp. 43-72 ["Nahum"].
Christensen, D. L., "The Book of Nahum: A History of Interpretation", 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) 187-194.
Christensen, D. L., "Nahum, Book of", in J. H. Hayes (ed.), Dictionary of Biblical Interpretation (Nashville, TN: Abingdon, 1999) II.199-201.
Han, J. H., "Nahum", in R. Coggins – J. H. Han, Six Minor Prophets through the Centuries: Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi (Blackwell Bible Commentaries, 29; Malden, MA & Oxford (UK) & Chichester (UK): Wiley-Blackwell, 2011) 6-35.
Jones, B. A., "The Seventh-Century Prophets in Twenty-First Century Research", CBR 14.2 (Feb. 2016) 129-175.
Sabar, S. – B. D. Walfish, "Nahum, Tomb of", EBR 20 (2022) 601-603.
Spronk, K., "Is God Revengeful? The History of Interpretation – A Less Welcome Aspect of the Image of God in the Book of Nahum", in L. J. Lawrence – P.-B. Smit –H. M. Strømmen – C. van der Walt (eds.), Challenging Contextuality: Bibles and Biblical Scholarship in Context (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2024) 204-223.
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). [on Nah, esp. 1-72]
Weigl, M., "Current Research on the Book of Nahum: Exegetical Methodologies in Turmoil?", CR:BS 9 (2001) 81-130.
Adler, M., "A Specimen of a Commentary and Collated Text of the Targum to the Prophets: Nahum", JQR 7 (1895) 630-657.
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. 235-338 ["Nahum"].
Carrez, M., "Naoum Septante", RHPR 71 (1990) 35-48.
Cathcart, K. J., Nahum in the Light of Northwest Semitic (BibOr 26; Rome: Biblical Institute Press, 1973).
Cathcart, K. J., "More Philological Studies in Nahum", JNSL 7 (1979) 1-12.
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).
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 (ed.), 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., "Naum / Nahum", in M. Karrer – W. Kraus (eds.), Septuaginta Deutsch. Erläuterungen und Kommentare zum griechischen Alten Testament. Band II: Psalmen bis Daniel (Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 2011) 2405-2412.
Fabry, H.-J., "Naum / Nahum", in S. Kreuzer (ed.), Einleitung in die Septuaginta (Handbuch zur Septuaginta, 1; Gütersloh: Gütersloher Verlagshaus, 2016) 513-518.
Gordon, R. P., Studies in the Targum to the Twelve Prophets. From Nahum to Malachi (VTSup 51; Leiden: Brill, 1994).
Grütter, N., Das Buch Nahum: Eine vergleichende Untersuchung des masoretischen Texts und der Septuagintaübersetzung (WMANT 148; Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Theologie, 2016).
Grütter, N., "«On ne peut pas tout avoir». Un rapport fictif du traducteur des Douze", in C. Dogniez – P. Le Moigne (eds.), Les Douze Prophètes dans la LXX. Protocoles et procédures dans la traduction grecque: stylistique, poétique et histoire (VTSup 180; Leiden: Brill, 2019) 43-58.
Harl, M. – 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. 163-230.
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. 635 ["Nahum (Naum)"].
Pazzini, M. – R. Pierri, "Il libro di Naum secondo la versione siriaca (Peshitto)", Collectanea Christiana Orientalia 4 (2007) 119-126.
Reinke, L., Zur Kritik der älteren Versionen des Propheten Nahum (Münster: Niemann, 1867).
Ribera i Florit, J., "La versión aramaica del profeta Nahum", Anuario de Filología 6 (1980) 291-322.
Álvarez Barredo, M., Los núcleos del libro de Nahún (Publicaciones del Instituto Teológico de Murcia. Manuales, 3; Murcia: Editorial Espigas, 2025).
Baumann, G., Gottes Gewalt im Wandel. Traditionsgeschichtliche und intertextuelle Studien zu Nahum 1,2-8 (WMANT 108; Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag, 2005).
Bič, M., Trois prophètes dans un temps de ténèbres: Sophonie, Nahum, Habaquq (LD 48; Paris: Cerf, 1968).
Bosman, J. P., Social Identity in Nahum: A Theological-Ethical Enquiry (Biblical Intersections, 1; Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias, 2008).
Breiteneicher, M., Ninive und Nahum: mit Beiziehung der Resultate der neuesten Entdeckungen historisch-exegetisch bearbeitet (München: Lentner, 1861).
Chapman, C. R., The Gendered Language of Warfare in the Israelite-Assyrian Encounter (HSM 62; Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2004).
Eaton, J. H., Vision in Worship: The Relation of Prophecy and Liturgy in the Old Testament (London: SPCK, 1981).
Gadd, C. J., The Fall of Nineveh: the Newly Discovered Babylonian Chronicle, no. 21,901, in the British Museum, edited with transliteration, translation, notes, etc. (London: British Museum / Oxford University Press, 1923).
Grütter, N., Das Nahumbuch heute lesen (bibel heute lesen; Zürich: Theologischer Verlag, 2024).
Haldar, A., Studies in the Book of Nahum (Uppsala Universitets Årsskrift, 946.7; Uppsala: Lundequistska bokhandeln, 1947).
Kreenen, E., Nahumi vaticinium philologice et critice expositum... (Hardervici: Typis Evarardi Tyhoff, Academiae Typographi, 1808). [doctoral thesis at the University of Harderwijk, Netherlands]
Lanner, L., "Who Will Lament Her?": The Feminine and the Fantastic in the Book of Nahum (LHB/OTS 434 – Playing the Texts, 11; London: T & T Clark, 2006).
Lundbom, J. R., Zephaniah, Nahum, and Habakkuk: Hebrew Prophets of the Seventh Century (Cascade Companions; Eugene, OR: Cascade / Wipf & Stock, 2025).
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.
Schulz, H., Das Buch Nahum. Eine redaktionskritische Untersuchung (BZAW 129; Berlin: De Gruyter, 1973).
Seybold, K. D., Profane Prophetie. Studien zum Buch Nahum. (Hans Joachim Stoebe zum 80. Geburtstag) (SBS 135; Stuttgart: Katholisches Bibelwerk, 1989).
Sirikivuya Mumbere, A., Jonas et Nahum, un "miroir" des oracles prophétiques de la Bible hébraïque: cohérences et correspondances. Thèse de doctorat, Université de Lorraine (Religions) 2022 [unpublished but online access here].
Strenková, I., Devastata è Ninive! studio esegetico di Na 3,1-7 alla luce del suo contesto storico-letterario (Studia Biblica Slovaca – Supplementum, 4; Bratislava: Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, Rímskokatolícka cyrilometodská bohoslovecká fakulta, 2020).
Vernier, F., La ruine de Ninive et l'oracle de Nahoum: Etude historique, exégétique et critique (Montauban: Granié, 1891).
Zawadski, S., The Fall of Assyria and Median-Babylonia Relations in Light of the Nabopolassar Chronicle (Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu, Seria Historia, 149; Poznan: Adam Mickiewicz University Press; Delft: Eburon, 1988).
Allis, O. T., "Nahum, Nineveh, Elkosh", EvQ 27 (1955) 67-80.
Balabán, M., "Proto-Nahum und die Geschichtsphilosophie", CV 5 (1962) 234-240.
Ball, E., "'When the Towers Fall': Interpreting Nahum as Christian Scripture", in E. Ball (ed.), In Search of True Wisdom: Essays in Old Testament Interpretation in Honour of Ronald E. Clements (JSOTSup 300; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1999) 211-230.
Baumann, G., "Das Buch Nahum. Der gerechte Gott als sexueller Gewalttäter", in L. Schottroff – M.-T. Wacker (eds.), Kompendium feministische Bibelauslegung (Gütersloh: Christian Kaiser & Gütersloher Verlagshaus, 1998) 347-353. English version: "Nahum: The Just God as Sexual Predator", in L. Schottroff – M.-T. Wacker (eds.), Feminist Biblical Interpretation: A Compendium of Critical Commentary on the Books of the Bible and Related Literature. With M. Rumscheidt as editor of the American edition (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2012) 433-442.
Becking, B., "Is het boek Nahum een literaire eenheid?", NedTT 32 (1978) 107-124.
Becking, B., "Bee's Dating Formula and the Book of Nahum", JSOT 18 (1980) 100-104. [see below for R. E. Bee (1979)]
Becking, B., "Divine Wrath and the Conceptual Coherence of the Book of Nahum", SJOT 9 (1995) 277-296.
Becking, B., "Passion, Power, Protection: Interpreting the God of Nahum", in B. Becking – M. Dijkstra (eds.), On Reading Prophetic Texts: Gender-Specific and Related Studies in Memory of Fokkelien van Dijk-Hemmes (Biblical Interpretation Series, 18; Leiden: Brill, 1996) 1-20.
Bee, R. E., "An Empirical Dating Procedure for Old Testament Prophecy", JSOT 11 (1979) 23-35.
Bee, R. E., "Dating the Book of Nahum: A Response to the Article by Bob Becking", JSOT 18 (1980) 104. [see above for B. Becking (1980)]
Begg, C., "The Non-Mention of Zephaniah, Nahum and Habakkuk in the Deuteronomistic History", BN 38/39 (1987) 19-25.
Billerbeck, A.– A. Jeremias, "Der Untergang Nineveh's und die Weissagungsschrift des Nahum von Elkosch", Beiträge zur Assyriologie 3 (1895-1898) 87-188.
Boadt, L., "Nahum: God Rules over All Nations", The Bible Today 25 (1987) 272-277.
Cathcart, K. J., "Treaty-Curses and the Book of Nahum", CBQ 35 (1973) 179-187.
Cathcart, K. J., "The Divine Warrior and the War of Yahweh in Nahum", in M. Ward (ed.), Biblical Studies in Contemporary Thought. The Tenth Anniversary Commemorative Volume of the Trinity College Biblical Institute, 1966-1975 (Burlington, VT: Trinity College Biblical Institute, 1975) 68-76.
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, MT: Scholars, 1975), esp. 166-175 [on Nahum]. Second edition with new title and updated bibliography: Prophecy and War in Ancient Israel. Studies in the Oracles against the Nations in Old Testament Prophecy (BIBAL Monograph Series, 3; Berkeley, CA: BIBAL, 1989), esp. 166-175 [on Nahum].
Christensen, D. L., "The Book of Nahum: The Question of Authorship. Within the Canonical Process", JETS 31 (1988) 51-58.
Christensen, D. L., "The Book of Nahum as a Liturgical Composition: A Prosodic Analysis", JETS 32 (1989) 159-169.
Christensen, D. L., "The Masoretic Accentual System and Repeated Metrical Refrains in Nahum, Song of Songs, and Deuteronomy", in E. J. Revell (ed.), International Organization for Masoretic Studies: VIII International Congress of the International Organization for Masoretic Studies: Chicago 1988 (Masoretic Studies, 6; Missoula, MT: Scholars Press, 1990) 31-36.
Coggins, R. J., "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 Nah see esp. 77-85]
Dietrich, W., "Der eine Gott als Symbol politischen Widerstands. Religion und Politik im Juda des 7. Jahrhunderts", in W. Dietrich – M. A. Klopfenstein (eds.), Ein Gott allein? JHWH-Verehrung und biblischer Monotheismus im Kontext der israelitischen und altorientalischen Religionsgeschichte (OBO 139 / Kolloquium der Schweizerischen Akademie der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften, 13; Freiburg [Schweiz]: Universitätsverlag; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1994) 463-490. Reprinted in W. Dietrich, Theopolitik. Studien zur Theologie und Ethik des Alten Testaments (Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag, 2002) 204-223.
Eybers, I. H., "Note Concerning the Date of Nahum's Prophecy", in A. H. van Zyl (ed.), Biblical Essays 1969. Proceedings of the 12th Meeting of 'Die Ou-Testamentiese Werkgemeenskap in Suid-Afrika' (OTWSA 12; Pretoria: Old Testament Society of South Africa, 1969) 9-12.
Fensham, F. C., "Legal Activities of the Lord according to Nahum", in A. H. van Zyl (ed.), Biblical Essays 1969. Proceedings of the 12th Meeting of 'Die Ou-Testamentiese Werkgemeenskap in Suid-Afrika' (OTWSA 12; Pretoria: Old Testament Society of South Africa, 1969) 13-20.
Florit, E., "Ripercussioni immediate della caduta di Ninive sulla Palestina", Bib 13 (1932) 399-417.
Halévy, J., "Recherches bibliques: Le livre de Nahum", RevSém 13 (1905) 97-123. Reprinted in J. Halévy, 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) 1-27 ["Le livre de Nahum"].
Haupt, P., "Eine alttestamentliche Liturgie für den Nikanortag", ZDMG 61 (1907) 275-297.
Haupt, P., "The Book of Nahum", JBL 26 (1907) 1-53. Reprinted as a separate booklet: Haupt, P., The Book of Nahum: A New Metrical Translation with an Introduction, Restoration of the Hebrew Text and Explanatory and Critical Notes (Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1907).
Helberg, J. L., "Nahum – Jonah – Lamentations – Isaiah 51-53", in A. H. van Zyl (ed.), Biblical Essays 1969. Proceedings of the 12th Meeting of 'Die Ou-Testamentiese Werkgemeenskap in Suid-Afrika' (OTWSA 12; Pretoria: Old Testament Society of South Africa, 1969) 46-55.
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.
Humbert, P., "Le problème du livre de Nahoum", RHPR 12 (1932) 1-15.
Jeremias, J., Kultprophetie und Gerichtsverkündigung in der späten Königszeit Israels (WMANT 35; Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag, 1970), esp. 11-55 ["Das Buch Nahum"].
Keller, C.-A., "Die theologische Bewältigung der geschichtlichen Wirklichkeit in der Prophetie Nahums", VT 22 (1972) 399-419.
Kirkpatrick, A. F., The Doctrine of the Prophets. The Warburtonian Lectures for 1886-1890 (London: Macmillan, 1892) 235-252 [Lecture VIII: Nahum]. [Second edition (1897); in the third edition (1901 and later reprints) Lecture VIII is on 239-257.]
Kleinert, P., "Nahum und der Fall Ninives", TSK 83 (1910) 501-534.
Lescow, T., "Die Komposition der Bücher Nahum und Habakuk", BN 77 (1995) 59-85.
Machinist, P., "The Fall of Assyria in Comparative Ancient Perspective", in S. Parpola – R. M. Whiting (eds.), Assyria 1995: Proceedings of the 10th Anniversary Symposium of the Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project, Helsinki, September 7–11, 1995 (Helsinki: The Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project, 1997) 179-195.
Mihelic, J. L., "The Concept of God in the Book of Nahum", Int 2 (1948) 199-207.
Nogalski, J. D., Redactional Processes in the Book of the Twelve (BZAW 218; Berlin: De Gruyter, 1993), esp. 93-128 ["Nahum"].
Noll, K. L., "Nahum and the Act of Reading", Proceedings: Eastern Great Lakes and Midwest Biblical Societies 16 (1996) 107-120.
Nysse, R. W., "Keeping Company with Nahum: Reading the Oracles against the Nations as Scripture", Word & World 15 (1995) 412-419.
Olivier, J. P. J., "The Concept Day in Nahum and Habakkuk", in A. H. van Zyl (ed.), Biblical Essays 1969. Proceedings of the 12th Meeting of 'Die Ou-Testamentiese Werkgemeenskap in Suid-Afrika' (OTWSA 12; Pretoria: Old Testament Society of South Africa, 1969) 71-74.
Patterson, R. D., "A Literary Look at Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah", Grace Theological Journal 11 (1990) 17-27.
Patterson, R. D. – M. E. Travers, "Literary Analysis and the Unity of Nahum", Grace Theological Journal 9 (1988) 45-58.
Patterson, R. D. – M. E. Travers, "Nahum: Poet Laureate of the Minor Prophets", JETS 33 (1990) 437-444.
Peckham, B., History and Prophecy. The Development of Late Judean Literary Traditions (Anchor Bible Reference Library; New York: Doubleday, 1993), esp. 396-406 ["Nahum"].
Renaud, B., "La composition du livre de Nahum", ZAW 99 (1987) 198-218.
Saggs, H. W. F., "Nahum and the Fall of Nineveh", JTS N.S. 20 (1969) 220-225.
Spronk, K., "Synchronic and Diachronic Approaches to the Book of Nahum", in J. C. De Moor (ed.), Synchronic or Diachronic? A Debate on Method in Old Testament Exegesis. Papers Read at the Ninth Joint Meeting of Het Oudtestamentisch Werkgezelschap in Nederland en Belgïe and The Society for Old Testament Study, Held at Kampen, 1994 (OTS 34; Leiden: Brill, 1995) 159-186.
Stronach, D., "Notes on the Fall of Nineveh", in S. Parpola – R. M. Whiting (eds.), Assyria 1995: Proceedings of the 10th Anniversary Symposium of the Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project, Helsinki, September 7–11, 1995 (Helsinki: The Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project, 1997) 307-324.
Sweeney, M. A., "Concerning the Structure and Generic Character of the Book of Nahum", ZAW 104 (1992) 364-377.
Wendland, E. R., "What's the 'Good News' – Check Out 'The Feet'! Prophetic Rhetoric and the Salvific Centre of Nahum's 'Vision'", OTE 11 (1998) 154-181.
Wessels, W. J., "Nahum, an Uneasy Expression of Yahweh's Power", OTE 11 (1998) 615-628.
Woude, A. S. van der, "The Book of Nahum: A Letter Written in Exile", in A. S. van der Woude (ed.), Instruction and Interpretation: Studies in Hebrew Language, Palestinian Archaeology and Biblical Exegesis. Papers Read at the Joint British-Dutch Old Testament Conference Held at Louvain, 1976 (OTS 20; Leiden: Brill, 1977) 108-126.
Wyk, W. C. van, "Allusions to 'Prehistory' and History in the Book of Nahum", in I. H. Eybers – F. C. Fensham – C. J. Labuschagne – W. C. van Wyk – A. H. van Zyl (eds.), De fructu oris sui. Essays in Honour of Adrianus van Selms (Pretoria Oriental Series, 9; Leiden: Brill, 1971) 222-232.
Zapff, B. M., "The Perspective of the Nations in the Book of Micah as a 'Systematization' of the Nations' Role in Joel, Jonah and Nahum? Reflections on a Context-Oriented Exegesis in the Book of the Twelve", in SBL 1999 Seminar Papers (SBL Seminar Papers Series, 38; Atlanta, GA: Scholars, 1999) 596-616. German version: "Die Völkerperspektive des Michabuches als 'Systematisierung' der divergierenden Sicht der Völker in den Büchern Joël, Jona und Nahum? Überlegungen zur einer buchübergreifenden Exegese im Dodekapropheton", BN 98 (1999) 86-99. Definitive English version: "The Perspective on the Nations in the Book of Micah as a 'Systematization' of the Nations' Role in Joel, Jonah, and Nahum? Reflections on a Context-Oriented Exegesis in the Book of the Twelve", in P. L. Redditt – A. Schart (ed.), Thematic Threads in the Book of the Twelve (BZAW 325; Berlin: De Gruyter, 2003) 292-312.
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Becking, B., "Who Was Nahum? A Wild but Informed Guess", JSOT 49.4 (June 2025) 490-506.
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