looking for resources
Does anyone know of good resource material on the Pentateuch available in Logos products? (Beside commentary)
I will be taking a course entitled "People of God" at APU, I am a grad student in seminary and I appreciate any suggestions
R. A. Castillo
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Collin's Introduction to the Hebrew Bible is useful for a survey course.
I have not read The Torah Story, but it looks interesting.
If you are interested in modern literary criticism of the Pentateuch, such as the Documentary Hypothesis (dividing the Pentateuch into 4 main sources, now labeled JEDP), Prolegomena to the History of Israel is probably worth reading, though quite a bit of that has been revised and expanded upon (by Martin Noth on the Pentateuch but particularly on the Deuteronomistic History, and Gerhard von Rad, among others). We don't have Noth or von Rad on the Pentateuch, but we have several books that survey and critique their contributions (the ten volume Pentateuch set: http://www.logos.com/product/5404/pentateuch-history-and-origins-collection is probably the best deal on these), including: The Making of the Pentateuch: A Methodical Study and Problem of the Process of Transmission in the Pentateuch.
The Sheffield Reader on the Pentateuch is a rather random selection of journal articles on the Pentateuch, but this series is a nice way to introduce students to academic writing about biblical studies.
About half of Israelite Religions: An Archaeological and Biblical Survey deals either with pre-Israelite religion or the religion of the Pentateuch.
My Pentateuch class was taught in a way that emphasized historical and cultural background, and we actually spent more time reading Pritchard's Ancient Near Eastern Texts than we did in the Bible. Nowadays, perhaps Hallo's The Context of Scripture would be preferred - it has a different selection of texts (though with a lot of overlap), and much more extensive notes, but is rather more expensive. Note that Context of Scripture is in some of the base collections, so if you don't already have this and want it, you might look at the upgrade prices for the base collections that contain it.
I imagine you'd benefit from at least one book on textual criticism (issues of how the Bible was transmitted, manuscript evidence, etc.). I'm not terribly familiar with the Logos books on the subject, but generally turn to Wurthwein's Text of the Old Testament or Tov's Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible. The latter is more detailed and up-to-date, but the former is a good quick read and serviceable for an introduction.
That's probably enough to get one started...
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Hey thanks for responding, I really appreciate it and will look into the recommended material. I try to keep my eyes and ears open for resources, along with the bibliography that comes with the course syllabus, especially for papers : )
R. A. Castillo
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