This section of the site contains international bibliographies in selected areas of biblical studies, almost entirely related to the Old Testament / First Testament / Hebrew Bible. Titles in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish are listed (only exceptionally in other languages).
At present the bibliographies, to a large extent, deal with the areas that I had occasion to teach most often, namely, the Latter Prophets, the history of ancient Israel, and theology of the OT / Hebrew Bible. However I would hope to expand the coverage and update the bibliographies considerably in the future development of the site.
Please note that in some cases the same bibliography is listed under more than one name in the following index, to facilitate your search.
Abbreviations are used in the bibliographies for the names of most journals and series; the full titles can be found in the "list of abbreviations", to which there are links at the top and at the end of every page of bibliography.
Bibliographies put online for the first time in the preceding twelve months are signalled as such below, as are those which have undergone major revision. Ongoing small revisions of existing bibliographies, however, are not notified on this index page but only by a timestamp within the bibliography page in question.
Amos: commentaries (post-1800)
Amos – texts: 7–9: the visions of Amos
Ancient Near East: introductory bibliography
Apocalyptic literature in the OT and Early Judaism
Archaeology: introductory bibliography for Israel/Palestine and neighbouring areas
Archaeology: Jerusalem prior to its fall to the Babylonians
Archaeology: "Low Chronology" for Iron I-IIA
Asherah, with particular reference to the inscriptions of Kuntillet ʿAjrud and Kh. el-Qôm
Biblical Theology: Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
Biblical Theology: Jewish Biblical Theology
Biblical Theology: New Testament Theologies
Biblical Theology: Old Testament Theologies from the 19th cent. and early 20th cent.
Biblical Theology: Old Testament Theologies from 1920 onwards
Biblical Theology: Theologies of the whole Christian Bible (OT + NT)
Biblical Theology – origins: Gabler and his predecessors
Biblical Theology – origins: Gabler's Discourse (1787), with some downloadable texts
Call narratives in the Old Testament
Chronology: "Low Chronology" for Iron I-IIA
Chronology: regnal dates of the kings of Judah and Israel
Commentaries (Jewish and Christian) on the whole Jewish Bible / Old Testament (pre-1800)
Covenant: specific texts – in the Torah (Pentateuch)
Covenant: specific texts – in the Former and Latter Prophets
Covenant: specific texts – in the Ketubim (Writings) and the Deuterocanonical books
Cultic prostitution (so-called) in ancient Israel
Daniel: commentaries (post-1800) major revision 2020-09
Daniel – texts: 12,1-4 in the context of chaps 10–12
Divination in the Ancient Near East
Egypt and Canaan in the New Kingdom Period (LB and Early Iron)
Elephantine: Aramaic papyri new 2020-04
Elijah and Elisha: general bibliography
Exodus from Egypt: historical and archaeological questions
Ezekiel: commentaries (post-1800)
Ezekiel: reception and interpretation pre-1800, A: Jewish sources
Ezekiel: reception and interpretation pre-1800, B: Christian sources major revision 2020-10
Ezekiel: text transmission and text criticism
Ezekiel – texts: 40–48 (as a whole)
Ezekiel – texts: 40–48 (individual chapters)
Ezekiel – themes: the Glory of the Lord
Folklore studies in the context of oral literature in ancient Israel and the ancient Near East
Form Criticism and OT studies in general
Gabler and the origins of biblical theology
Gabler's Discourse (1787): with some downloadable texts
Geography of Israel / Palestine
Habakkuk: commentaries (post-1800) new 2020-07
Habiru, Shasu, and similar groups
Haggai: commentaries (post-1800) new 2020-07
Histories of Israel: selected global presentations (from 1950 onwards)
History of Israel: the Neo-Babylonian (exilic) period
History of Israel: the Achaemenid Persian period (first part of post-exilic period)
History of Israel: the Hellenistic period (second part of post-exilic period) major revision 2020-05
History of Old Testament Literature
Hosea: commentaries (post-1800) major revision 2020-03
Hosea: reception and interpretation (pre-1800) new 2020-03
Hosea – themes: popular religion according to the book of Hosea
Hyksos period in Egyptian history: Canaanites in Egypt
Introductions to the Old Testament
Isaiah: commentaries (post-1800) major revision 2020-12
Isaiah: text transmission and text criticism
Isaiah 1–66: general bibliography and studies on the composition of Isa 1-66 as a whole
Isaiah 1–39: general bibliography
Isaiah 40–55: general bibliography
Isaiah 56–66: general bibliography
Isaiah – texts: 6,1–8,18(9,6): the "Denkschrift" (memoir) hypothesis
Isaiah – themes: "servant of the Lord" (general bibliography)
Isaiah – themes: "servant of the Lord" (studies on Isa 42,1-9 and its immediate context)
Isaiah – themes: "servant of the Lord" (studies on Isa 49,1-13)
Isaiah – themes: "servant of the Lord" (studies on Isa 50,4-11)
Isaiah – themes: "servant of the Lord" (studies on Isa 52,13–53,12)
Isaiah – themes: social critique
Jeremiah: commentaries (post-1800) major revision 2020-11
Jeremiah: general bibliography
Jeremiah: text transmission and text criticism new 2021-02
Jeremiah – texts: 28 and related texts in chaps 26–29
Jeremiah – texts: 31,31-34 in the context of chaps 30–31
Jeremiah – themes: prophetic conflict (false prophecy)
Jeremiah – themes: the confessions of Jeremiah
Jeremiah – themes: the new covenant
Jerusalem: archaeological and historical questions (up to 587/86 bce)
Joel: commentaries (post-1800) new 2020-06
Jonah: commentaries (post-1800) new 2020-06
Joshua: commentaries (post-1800)
Joshua: text transmission and text criticism
Judeans in Babylonia: Neo-Babylonian and Achaemenid periods new 2020-04
Judeans in Egypt, esp. at Elephantine: Neo-Babylonian and Achaemenid periods new 2020-04
Judges: commentaries (post-1800)
Judges: text transmission and text criticism
Judges – texts: 4 and 5 (titles relevant for both chapters)
Kuntillet ‘Ajrud and Kh. el-Qôm, inscriptions
Literacy, writing, and the making of books/scrolls in ancient Israel
Malachi: commentaries (post-1800) new 2020-08
Merneptah's (Merenptah's) Stele
Methodology and theory of exegesis
Micah: commentaries (post-1800) new 2020-06
Minimalists or revisionists: their views on the origins of Israel
Monarchy – emergence: general studies
Monarchy – Saul: general studies
Monotheism in ancient Israel, with reference to its ancient Near Eastern context
Nahum: commentaries (post-1800) new 2020-06
Nomads in the ancient Near East
Obadiah: commentaries (post-1800) new 2020-06
Old Testament Literary History
Old Testament Theologies: 19th cent. and early 20th cent.
Old Testament Theologies: from 1920 onwards
Old Testament Theology: debate about the question of a "centre" of the Old Testament
Old Testament Theology: surveys of research and methodological discussions
Old Testament Theology – contributions: P. Beauchamp, J. Schreiner, M. Nobile
Old Testament Theology – contributions: W. Brueggemann
Old Testament Theology – contributions: B. S. Childs
Old Testament Theology – contributions: W. Eichrodt
Old Testament Theology – contributions: G. Fohrer, C. Westermann, W. Zimmerli
Old Testament Theology – contributions: G. von Rad
Old Testament Theology – contributions: R. Rendtorff
Old Testament Theology – contributions: various Catholic scholars from 1940 onwards
Old Testament Theology – contributions: various Theologies published between 1991 and 2004
Orality, oral literature, and folklore studies
Origins of Israel: archaeological studies
Origins of Israel: general studies
Origins of Israel: exodus from Egypt and related historical questions
Origins of Israel: "minimalists" / "revisionists" on the topic
Origins of Israel: social structures and dynamics in pre-monarchical Israel
Origins of Israel: state-formation and the emergence of the monarchy
Pesharim: general studies new 2020-03
Philistine cities (1): Ashdod and Ashkelon
Philistine cities (3): Gath and Gaza
Philistines and other Sea Peoples: basic general bibliography
Philistines and other Sea Peoples: further archaeological titles
Philistines and other Sea Peoples: settlements outside the Philistine Pentapolis
Pontifical Biblical Commission: two significant documents (1993 and 2001)
Prophets: anthropological and sociological aspects
Prophets: book of the Twelve Prophets as a whole
Prophets: canon formation and the prophetic books
Prophets: general introductions
Prophets: general studies (including studies on female prophets)
Prophets: history of research and current tendencies
Prophets: pre-classical prophecy in Israel
Prophets: prophetic books (in general) – final form and process of formation
Prophets: psychological aspects ("ecstatic" prophecy and related topics)
Prophets: reception in Judaism (pre-1000 C.E) and in the Qur’ān
Prophets: sociological aspects
Prophets: terminology used in the Bible
Prophets – themes: call narratives
Prophets – themes: prophetic conflict (false prophecy)
Prophets – themes: social critique
Qumran: apocalyptic (general studies)
Qumran: pesharim (general studies) new 2020-03
"Remnant" as a theme in the OT
Resurrection and related themes in the OT and Early Judaism
Sacred prostitution (so-called) in ancient Israel
Samaria and the Samaritans in the Persian and Hellenistic periods new 2020-05
Saul: general studies on literary and historical questions
Scribal culture, schools, and the formation of scriptural literature in Israel
Syro-Ephraimite War (so-called)
Textual criticism of the OT books: an introductory bibliography
Treaties in the Ancient Near East
Twelve Prophets, Book of the: commentaries (post-1800)
Twelve Prophets, Book of the: commentaries (pre-1800) new 2019-12
Twelve Prophets, Book of the: general studies
Twelve Prophets, Book of the: reception in early Jewish and Christian writings
Twelve Prophets, Book of the: text-transmission and text-criticism
Zechariah: commentaries (post-1800) new 2020-08
Zephaniah: commentaries (post-1800) new 2020-07