Biblical Bibliographies
Charles Conroy [www.cjconroy.net]



Nah 1 (with 2,1-3):  Special Studies


Arnold, W. R., "The Composition of Nahum 1–2,3", ZAW 21 (1901) 225-265.

Baumann, G., Gottes Gewalt im Wandel. Traditionsgeschichtliche und intertextuelle Studien zu Nahum 1,2-8 (WMANT 108; Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag, 2005).

Baumann, G., "Der gnädige Gott ist zornig. Micha 7,18-20 und Nahum 1,2 f. als Beispiel inneralttestamentlicher Gewaltbearbeitung", in J. Kügler (ed.), Prekäre Zeitgenossenschaft. Mit dem Alten Testament in Konflikten der Zeit. Internationales Bibel-Symposium Graz 2004 (Bayreuther Forum TRANSIT – Kulturwissenschaftliche Religionsstudien, 6; Berlin: LIT, 2006) 39-49.

Becking, B., "Is God Good for His People? Critical Remarks on a Recently Proposed Emendation of Nahum 1,7", ZAW 117 (2005) 621-623.

Berlin, M., "Psalms IX and X", JQR 13 (1901) 669-682: the last section of the article is entitled "Nahum I and the Age of Alphabetic Acrostics" (681-682).

Bewer, J. A., "Textkritische Bemerkungen zum Alten Testament", in W. Baumgartner – O. Eissfeldt – K. Elliger – L. Rost (eds.), Festschrift Alfred Bertholet zum 80. Geburtstag (Tübingen: Mohr [Siebeck], 1950) 65-76: esp. 68-69 on Nah 1,10.

Bickell, G., "Die hebräische Metrik", ZDMG 34 (1880) 557-563 [on Nah 1 see esp. 559-560].

Bickell, G., "Beiträge zur semitischen Metrik, I: Das alphabetische Lied in Nahum I 2 – II 3", in Sitzungsberichte / Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Philosophisch-Historische Klasse. Sitzungsberichte der Philosophisch-Historischen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, 131. Band (Jahrgang 1894), 5. Abhandlung, pp. 1-12. [each Abhandlung has its own pagination].

Bliese, L. F., "A Cryptic Chiastic Acrostic. Finding Meaning from Structure in the Poetry of Nahum", Journal of Translation and Textlinguistics 7/3 (1995) 48-81.

Brug, J. F., "Biblical Acrostics and Their Relationship to Other Ancient Near Eastern Acrostics", in W. W. Hallo – B. W. Jones – G. L. Mattingly (eds.), The Bible in the Light of Cuneiform Literature (Scripture in Context, 3; Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen, 1990) 283-304.

Cannon, W. W., "Some Notes on Nahum I-II,3", Expositor. Ninth Series 3.4 (April 1925) 280-286, and 3.6 (June 1925) 433-444.

Cannon, W. W., "Some Notes on Nahum I-III", Expositor. Ninth Series 4.8 (August 1925) 102-110.

Cassuto, U., "Questioncelle bibliche: la patria del profeta Nahum", Giornale della Società Asiatica Italiana 26/2 (1913-1914) 291-302.

Cheyne, T. K., "Note on Mr. Gray's Article, 'The Alphabetic Poem in Nahum'", Expositor, Fifth Series 8.4 (Oct. 1898) 304-305. [see below for G. B. Gray's article]

Chia, P. S., "The Problematic Hebrew Verb תשא in Nahum 1:5", Perichoresis. The Theological Journal of Emanuel University, Oradea, Romania 23.2 (2025) 4-14: online access here.

Chia, P. S., "The Problematic Hebrew Word ועבר in Nahum 1:12: The Study of Ancient Translations", Verbum et Ecclesia 46.1 [3505] (2025) 1–6: online access here.

Christensen, D. L., "The Acrostic of Nahum Reconsidered", ZAW 87 (1975) 17-30.

Christensen, D. L., "The Acrostic of Nahum Once Again. A Prosodic Analysis of Nahum 1,1-10", ZAW 99 (1987) 409-415.

Cook, G. D., "Nahum's Prophetic Name", TynBul 67 (2016) 37-40.

De Vries, S. J., "The Acrostic of Nahum in the Jerusalem Liturgy", VT 16 (1966) 476-481.

Duniya, R. E., "The Judean Problem in Nahum 1:9", VT 75 (2025) 536-548.

Eshel, H. – J. Strugnell, "Alphabetical Acrostics in Pre-Tannaitic Hebrew", CBQ 62 (2000) 441-458.

Fabry, H.-J., "'The Lord over Mighty Waters', in H. Ausloos – J. Cook – F. García Martínez – B. Lemmelijn – M. Vervenne (eds.), Translating a Translation: The LXX and Its Modern Translations in the Context of Early Judaism (BETL 213; Leuven: Peeters, 2008) 151-165. [discusses esp. Nah 1 and Hab 3]

Fitzgerald, A., The Lord of the East Wind (CBQMS 34; Washington, DC: Catholic Biblical Association, 2002), esp. 27-35. [on Nah 1,2-8]

Floyd, M. H., "The Chimerical Acrostic of Nahum 1:2-10", JBL 113 (1994) 421-437.

Gaster, T. H., "Two Notes on Nahum [1. Nahum 1,12; 2. Nahum 2,4]", JBL 63 (1944) 51-52.

Giffone, B. D., "A 'Perfect' Poem: The Use of the QATAL Verbal Form in the Biblical Acrostics", HS 51 (2010) 49-72.

Graham, W. C., "The Interpretation of Nahum 1:9-2:3", AJSL 44 (1927-1928) 37-48.

Gray, G. B., "The Alphabetic Poem in Nahum", Expositor, Fifth Series, 8.3 (Sept. 1898) 207-220. [for a comment see T.K. Cheyne 1898 above]. Reprinted with additions in Gray, G. B., The Forms of Hebrew Poetry: Considered with Special Reference to the Criticism and Interpretation of the Old Testament (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1915) 243-263 [Chapter VII: "The Acrostic Poem in Nahum"] (see also his remarks on pp. vi-vii). Reprinted again in Gray, G. B., The Forms of Hebrew Poetry: Considered with Special Reference to the Criticism and Interpretation of the Old Testament. Prolegomenon by David Noel Freedman (The Library of Biblical Studies; New York: KTAV, 1972) 243-263.

Guillaume, P., "Nahum 1: Prophet, Senet, and Divination", in E. Ben Zvi – D. Edelman – F. Polak (eds.), A Palimpsest: Rhetoric, Ideology, Stylistics, and Language Relating to Persian Israel (Perspectives on Hebrew Scriptures and its Contexts, 5; Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias, 2009) 129-159.

Gunkel, H., "Nahum 1", ZAW 13 (1893) 223-244.

Happel, O., Der Psalm Nahum [Nahum 1] kritisch untersucht (Würzburg: Göbel, 1900).

Hieke, T., "Der Anfang des Buches Nahum, I: Die Frage des Textverlaufs in der jetzigen Gestalt. Ein antithetisches Prinzip", BN 68 (1993) 13-17.

Hieke, T., "Der Anfang des Buches Nahum, II: Wie begann die Prophetie Nahums ursprünglich? Ein Rekonstruktionsversuch", BN 69 (1993) 15-20.

Humbert, P., "Essai d'analyse de Nahoum 1,2-2,3", ZAW 44 (1926) 266-280.

Jeppesen, K., "The Verb yāʿad in Nahum 1,10 and Micah 6,9?", Bib 65 (1984) 571-574.

Jeremias, J., "Ein neues Gottesbild. Die programmatische Eröffnung des Buches Nahum", ZAW 130 (2018) 217-234 Reprinted in J. Jeremias, Studien zum Dodekapropheton, II: Gesammelte Aufsätze zu Joel, Obadja, Jona, Micha und Nahum. Herausgegeben von J. Gärtner und F. Hartenstein (FAT 133; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2019) 321-336.

Jeremias, J., "Das Ende Belials (Nah 1,9-2,1)", in R. Müller – U. Nõmmik – J. Pakkala (eds.), Fortgeschriebenes Gotteswort: Studien zu Geschichte, Theologie und Auslegung des Alten Testaments. Festschrift für Christoph Levin zum 70. Geburtstag (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2020) 317-327. Reprinted in J. Jeremias, Studien zum Dodekapropheton, II: Gesammelte Aufsätze zu Joel, Obadja, Jona, Micha und Nahum. Herausgegeben von J. Gärtner und F. Hartenstein (FAT 133; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2019) 337-348.

Levenson, J. D., "Textual and Semantic Notes on Nah. i 7-8", VT 25 (1975) 792-795.

Nogalski, J., "The Redactional Shaping of Nahum 1 for the Book of the Twelve", in P. R. Davies – D. J. A. Clines (eds.), Among the Prophets. Language, Image and Structure in the Prophetic Writings (JSOTSup 144; Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1993) 193-202.

Peetz, M., "Warum der barmherzige JHWH eifernd und rächend ist: Die Interpretation der »Gnadenrede« in Nahum 1,2-3a", in M. Peetz – J. Eck (eds.), Weisheit und Prophetie im Kontext des Zweiten Tempels. Festschrift für Burkard M. Zapff zum 65. Geburtstag (ABG 79; Leipzig: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, 2025) 149-173.

Peiser, F. E., "Miscellen", ZAW 17 (1897) 347-351: esp. 349 on Nah 1,1.

Pinker, A., "Shelter or Strength in Nahum 1,7?", ZAW 116 (2004) 610-613.

Pinker, A., "Nahum 1: Acrostic and Authorship", JBQ 34 (2006) 97-103.

Renz, T., "A Perfectly Broken Acrostic in Nahum 1?", JHS volume 9, article 23 (2009) [25 pp]: online here .

Ross, W. A., "Text-Critical Question Begging in Nahum 1,2–8: Re-Evaluating the Evidence and Arguments", ZAW 127 (2015) 459-474.

Selms, A. van, "The Alphabetic Hymn in Nahum 1", in A. H. van Zyl (ed.), Biblical Essays. Proceedings of the Twelfth Meeting of 'Die Ou Testamentiese Werkgemeenskap in Suid-Afrika' (OTWSA 12; Pretoria: Old Testament Society of South Africa, 1969) 33-45.

Seybold, K., "Vormasoretische Randnotizen in Nahum 1", ZAW 101 (1989) 71-85. Reprinted in K. Seybold, Die Sprache der Propheten. Studien zur Literaturgeschichte der Prophetie (Zürich: Pano-Verlag, 1999) 123-136.

Spreafico, A., "Nahum i 10 and Isaiah i 12-13: Double-Duty Modifier", VT 48 (1998) 104-110.

Spronk, K., "Acrostics in the Book of Nahum", ZAW 110 (1998) 209-222.

Spronk, K., "The Line-Acrostic in Nahum 1: New Evidence from Ancient Greek Manuscripts and from the Literary Analysis of the Hebrew Text", in R. de Hoop – M. C. A. Korpel – S. E. Porter (eds.), The Impact of Unit Delimitation on Exegesis (Pericope 7; Leiden: Brill, 2009) 228-240.

Timmer, D. C., "Experiencing a Future Theophany in Light of the Past: The Theophany in Nahum's Opening Hymn [Nah 1:2–8] and Its Relationship to Other Biblical Theophany Texts", in S. Kim Sweeney – D. Frankel – M. A. Sweeney (eds.), Theology of the Hebrew Bible, Vol. 2: Texts, Readers, and Their Worlds (SBLRBS 107; Atlanta, GA: SBL Press, 2024) 167-182.

Tournay, R., "Recherches sur la chronologie des Psaumes", RB 65 (1958) 321-357: esp. 328-335 ("Le psaume de Nahum").

Tsumura, D. T., "Janus Parallelism in Nah 1:8", JBL 102 (1983) 109-111.

Wessels, W. J., "Yahweh, the Awesome God. Perspectives from Nahum 1", JSem 141 (2005) 55-73.

Westhuizen, J. P. van der, "A Proposed New Rendering of Nah. 1:5b", 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) 27-32.

Williams, D. T., "The Acrostic of Nahum: Call of the Prophet", OTE 4 (1991) 248-256.

Wolff, M., "Nahum 1,5b", BZ 16 (1922-1924) 92.

Woude, A. S. van der, "Bemerkungen zu einigen umstrittenen Stellen im Zwölfprophetenbuch", in A. Caquot – M. Delcor (eds.), Mélanges bibliques et orientaux en l'honneur de M. Henri Cazelles (AOAT 212; Kevelaer: Butzon & Bercker; Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag, 1981) 483-499, esp. 493 on Nah 1,8b-c.

Zalcman, L., "Intertextuality at Nahum 1,7", ZAW 116 (2004) 614-615.